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If bulk priming you could put a piece of hose on the end of the dip tube so it takes the beer a couple cm above the crud.

Does this have any effect on carapils in the grist? If it does I guess it could be added when mash temp is raised up into the 60's.

Just noticed you put type 60 adapters, not sure if its a typo or not but CO2 use type 30, Air cylinders use type 60.

You get to have a little fun with the labels!!

Yes, its the kit yeast from the Thomas Coopers Heritage Pilsner. I used the Saflager 34-70 in its place. Got the Pils on tap at the moment, did it as a partial with 2kg Wyerman Pilsner, 250g carapils and added Saaz at various times and added another 10g in a sock to the keg (not enough for my...

A mate of mine has done a draught with home brand sugar and kit yeast and fermented it around 20. Nice and easy to drink on a hot day you when your planning to have a big night. Sure there might be better but after you have a few glasses of something better you'll have lost sensory awareness to...

The Andale transformer is just a 12V downlight transformer, can get them cheap at hardware (or trash n treasure type markets) . If you have an old computer modem, speakers or printer around the house you may find it has a power supply voltage suitable for the job (particularly if your tempted to...

I found the wheat beer to be tricky to pour without too much foam - it just foams up so easily (compared to a pils I had carbed at the same pressure). Pouring technique is important as one of my mates foamed up his glass every time he filled it, yet the rest of us had no problems getting the...

They look like the same style as the ones they have at Cheap as Chips. I have the 18L pot for boiling partials. They are pretty thin but cheaply do the job, plus they can be used by SWMBO for christmas pudding.

It would work well if you get the stuff squirted up the bottles. Plus you could do your fermenter in it. Just had a look at the MSDS for a couple dishwasher powders, contains Sodium Carbonate (component of bottle cleaner), Sodium Tripolyphospate (cleaner component of pink stain/neo pink), some...

I bag my spent grain in 500g lots and freeze it in freezer bags for later use in bread. When I'm ready to make the bread I just defrost a bag (so the grain is warm, also activate 2 tbl spoons of baking yeast in a cup of warm water and tsp of sugar), add a packet of wholemeal or rye bread mix...

An update. I had my Tempmaster start to chatter. Was using a switchmode plugpack PSU so I changed it to an older transformer type. It made some improvement but not enough. I simulated the circuit in an electronic simulator program and found the circuit was suscpetable to ripple and small...

Don't overlook the option is to get a different sized hose, there are literately a dozen sizes and types that will work for a gas line. Another option is to get an adapter (I got mine from the air compressor fitting section of a bunnos but other well stocked hardware store or Enzed/Pirtek type...

Not sure which taps you have, but if its a chromed brass tap you could be getting corrosion from the brass coming from a stratch in the chrome.

Just make sure you don't let it warm up otherwise the yeast will start eating the honey and over carbing the beer

You could try spraying with a sodium metabisulfite solution. I used it last year to get rid of the cause of a smell in my fridge last year - it died of SO2 poisioning (I also got a good wiff when I opened it to make sure it was working as planned)

Yes cross platform can be a pain. Apart from Java (either a script in a html file or an app) there isn't too many other options that allow for one set of code to work on all without being compied for each platform. An option be to do it as a macro in an Open Office document - I've not used it...

I use 3metres of 4mm line to my Andale beer gun (Andale give the option of 4mm or 6mm ID on their guns - wanted 4mm for the higher flow restriction). When I purchased it I forgot to order a 4 to 6mm joiner to connect it to the disconnect as the disconnect is for an ID of 6mm. In the eagerness...

I have the Inox MX6 as well, got it at a Mitre10.

They still had them when I was at the gas and gear last month (they had full cylinders in the dock). However from memory (might be wrong) they only do cellarmix in F size cylinders, they should do straight nitrogen in D or VT. The BOC website is down so I can't login to confirm.