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Does anyone know if the RAPT portal is down? When I try to log in, all I get is the flashy vertical lines. Get the same result from the mobile app on my phone. Thanks

Lot's of people mention using an Inkbird - does it provide any advantage over the Keg King Mk II Temperature controller? Cheers

I have temporarily repurposed an upright freezer that still gets use the family kitchen. I'm using a Keg King Mk II Temperature controller and a low wattage heating pad. It means I'm running two cables in through the front door (temperature probe and a 240v for the heating pad. A bit worried...

Resurrecting this thread - sorry - please let me know if I should start a new one. My fermentation chest freezer died this weekend, mid-ferment :( So looking for some new options. I'm considering an upside down Fisher & Paykel fridge/freezer given the comments earlier in this thread about...

Hi All, Just wondering if anyone has an all-grain or BIAB recipe that is pretty close to Stone and Wood garden ale. I want to brew a mid-strength session ale, and quite like this beer. I’ve done a search of the forums and the Internet and can’t seem to find an all-grain recipe anywhere. If...

Hi all, I’ve bought in the last year and a half two 3 way brass gas manifolds for distributing gas to multiple kegs inside my beer fridge. One of these was for my fridge and one was from my dads. Both of the manifolds have developed a fault whereby gas is not released through one or more of the...

Unless I’m mistaken, I think iBrew.com.au sell Harris regulators that will do what you want. I have a dual secondary reg from them that works well. https://www.ibrew.com.au/products/harris-hospitality-regulators-dual-and-triple Cheers

Hi Mark, Think I will set up a keg with the scrubbing solution you mentioned. A couple of questions come to mind. 1. Due to space limitations in my beer fridge, I thought that I would put the scrubbing keg outside my fridge with the gas bottle in line. Connection would be gas bottle ->...

This is an old thread, but I have a similar question. I brew in a bag and so far have only brewed ales. I’m keen to try my and at a larger, and really like this Green Coast brew from Stone and Wood brewery. Does anyone have a full mash recipe for this and would be willing to share their...

Hi Wolfman1: do you have recipe you could share for the Vienna Citra SMaSH APA? Cheers

Hi All, Looking for some suggestions of a favourite SMaSH all grain ale recipes for BIAB. I’m looking to do a couple of 10L brews in quick succession in order to improve my technique. I’m aiming to improve my beer clarity, and mash efficiency. So tell me which SMaSH recipes get you excited...

Thanks Mark for another thoughtful response. I need to think about what you’ve said, and fiddle with BeerSmith to check that it seems to account for the dead space in my urn. My thought was that it did and should scale the recipe to reflect the dead space. Will get back to you. For the...

Beersmith recipe shown below: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com Recipe: Stone & Wood Pacific Ale (1.2) Brewer: Tangle Foot Asst Brewer: Style: American Pale Ale TYPE: All Grain Taste...

Malts were from CraftBrewer at Capalaba. Tank is about 4 years old. Post boil my gravity was closer to expected 1.046 achieved compared to BeerSmith expected SG of 1.050. Cheers

So I did the brew today. Borrowed a reasonable pH and TDS meter. My tank water is pH 9.3, with 41 ppm TDS. I added 150ppm if Ca ions split evenly between CaCl and CaSO4. Strike water had pH 8.6 and 257ppm TDS. The mash, measured just after dough in had dropped to pH 5.56. This is close to the...

More great advice Thankyou. Brewing tomorrow. Borrowed a pH meter and TDS meter. Have a check list with one step in particular highlighted[emoji3] But brewshop had no lactic acid today. Will let you guys know how I get on. Cheers

Hi Mark, Just reading your reply again, and wondering how you turn ppm into grams. I want to add Calcium as you’ve suggested and have CaSO4 on hand. Are you able to explain the calculation? Thanks Alex.

My bad. I got you. Calcium it is.

Thanks again for all great feedback. I will look into filtering the water that comes from the tank, and adding some extra carbonates. Also will check pH of mash for my next brew to see where it’s sitting.

I’m going to blame it on the visitors I had on new day [emoji14]