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this might come in handy for me, it's my dad's favourite "beer"

Stux that's awesome. Is there anybody in OZ that sells cold plates?

I made a batch of a clone very similar to Yob's recipe. $35 is a joke. I used US05 as it's what I had around. Bloody awesome beer.

I'm fermenting a batch of this now, based on the BYO recipe. Unfortunately I miscalculated the efficiency and got an OG of 1.082 instead of 1.088 and didn't have any DME around. Hoping the bitterness turns out balanced. 8 days of fermenting and down 1.035, still a while to go.

Cool was perhaps an overstatement. But given the only pubs near my house are the Leighoak and Forresters Arms (both hideous pokie dives) the Nott is a haven in comparison. Yeah a tree fell on the Micawber, I think it's all repaired though.

Micawber is great, Nott is cool too. I now live near Oakleigh, and i can tell you this a total wasteland for decent pubs. Unless I'm missing something...

a bit more than I'm willing to spend, but thanks! Probably looking around $150 max

Just received a brewmaster bucket from Auspost. Looking forward to using it this weekend for a stout.

I've tried a couple of these and found the bitterness lacking. I think it comes down to how your software calculates the bitterness.

Still looking...

I would recommend doing a bittering addition, cube hopping and a hop tea with a coffee plunger into the FV (or even keg). I could never get the late hop flavour I was after without doing the hop tea thing.

Might pop down, I'm kinda interested in seeing a GF being used.

I use one for my 98 litre pot. Most I have boiled so far is about 70l.

And define pale, I've seen some pretty red-looking IPAs around!

These type of pots sometimes taper down a little bit, so cylinder volume calculations are not always correct.

climate what? /chomps onion

I made beer, tomato beer! Seems I didn't boil for long enough. I bottled the pulp fresh without boiling and then after bottling I boiled for 2 hours. Lucky it was only a small test batch though and have lost 12 bottles, still annoying though. Now I have to hunt down a few more boxes and try...

Chinese grocers? I have seen 'Lye Water' there. Not sure if it's the same thing. It's used to get that super crackly skin on roast pork belly.

Cheers, I'll keep it in mind. I was kinda looking for one without a freezer (or all freezer if that makes sense). If i don't find something soon though I might take it. 311 Litres you mean?

My chest freezer has carked it. So I'm looking for a bar fridge or upright freezer I can use to ferment in. Preferably one that can fit 2 x 30l fermenters. Any leads?