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This guy does a good video for harvesting and washing that I have followed in the past just re-using old olive and vegemite jars and the yeast worked great with a 1lt starter to wake the yeast back up. A quick and lazy method (that some might not agree with) is to just save a portion of your...

If you are doing partial brewing I wouldn't be too worried about it unless you are fussy about brew efficiency. Like AKX said, you have your 3:1 ratio for the mash in which is the important part. Some partial brewers don't sparge at all since they are just going to add malt extract anyway, while...

I only broke two before SWMBO bought me a refractometer for my birthday... she loves me apparently.

New element installed and tested. It goes like the blazes! I even forgot to take the strainer out and it still came to a vigorous roiling boil - something my older element wasn't doing at the end there. I had a pretty savvy friend help me out with it, so no shorts, electric shocks or blown...

Was planning to, I'm not quite that hapless...

Only have the stove & I'm not ready to go back to the two pot method just yet... I know a bloke who knows a bloke who reckons it was a blown element so I talked to a bloke and ordered a new one direct from Crown this morning. Soon it'll be time for a lil' home done wiring, here's hoping I don't...

I'm not a handy guy by any stretch, so ummm.... no I have no idea what kinda wattage the urn might be pulling. I fell pretty emasculated right now :huh:

Hey there Brew-brothers, I have a crown urn, nearly two years old, purchased from my fav AHB sponsor brewshop with the cutoff switch already disconnected. It's worked fine for the last 24 months, reaching a roiling boil regularly but tonight when trying to heat water in prep for tomorrow's...

Around 700lts? That's calculated on running two fermenters at a time and brewing close to non-stop... which I'm pretty sure I've done this year. And considering how little I have beer I have left by the time the next twin batch is ready to drink - it's a little worrying :unsure:

I would sell up and move for this ****... just get a place out of town & then I'll be living the dream!

Agreed, it's kinda getting to be a bit of a competition, though I think people are getting crazier at the winter swap with the RIS's and what-not...

Same thing happens to me often... I can suggest two ways to go forward. You can wash it; boil some water, bottle it, cool it to the same temp as your yeast and then (after tipping off the spent wort) pour the clean water into the yeast jar, shake and settle again. Hopefully then it'll settle...

So you're offering to tie me to the roof-racks? ...well beggers can't be choosers. At least I'll be away from any noxious gas emissions that might occur inside the car :P Seriously tho, I'd appreciate it dude - I'll just be packing the esky, my lil' tent and a small assortment of gear. If...

I am happy to jump on a train with all my gear if that entices anyone to pick me up somewhere along the way. It will mean I can at least attend, if not swap. I'm just saying, if you're driving out there and you see some fat balding bastard dragging an esky along the side of the road in the...

Holy crap, we organizing this already? Ravensbourne... Ravensbourne... Google be telling me it's out near Esk. Anyone willing to give a poor brewer with no wheels a ride out there? Would be willing to pitch in with cash for petrol, geeky conversation, beer & road tunes...

Damn Rocker, you have me worried now. I planted mine in August and haven't seen any activity yet. Watered and fertilized regular with Seasol but probably not getting as much sun as they would like (given a vicious tree branch blocking their sun in the afternoon). Maybe my brown thumb is...

No time for AG brewing this week, but I did have time to knock out a couple of partials... Murphy's Red Ale Batch size: 25lt Est OG: 1.053 Est FG: 1.013 Est IBUs: 18.2 Est. ABV: 5.2% (after bottling) 31.5% Briess CBW Pilsen Light Malt Extract 31.5% Briess CBW...

It was a great night, thanks to the kind hosts & great catching up with you boys again. Holy Jesus that Barleywine almost blew my head off!

Faster QR Train, farking faster!!! ...speed me to the CaseSwap!

Nice work on the poem everyone, though I just noticed that I mispelled Bradsbrews as 'Bradshoes'. Well time for me to quit drinking and hit the sack, see you lads tomorrow ☺