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manticle, your idea to compare finings and measure clarity is also great. I also like the idea of comparing extract vs AG. Maybe a good club could make extract kits from an AG recipe, then we could compare beer made from those kits vs. directly from the AG recipe?

Thanks, all! Pro_drunk, good question; we could simply outline the results here as a thread (using HTML tables for data and jpegs for figures). If we do a good enough job, we could shoot for an academic journal (the Journal of the Institute of Brewing or the Journal of the American Society of...

A great strength of this forum is the wealth of anecdotal evidence and impressions based on personal brewing experience. Another is the willingness of Aussies to screw the rules and try something new. Together, these are the seeds for real scientific progress: being observative and being...

Screwtop, PM me next time you're in town. With any luck I'll have my kegerator (and some kegs with a nice all-Galaxy IPA) by then. Happy Festivus,

Hope I'm not hijacking, but this seems closely-enough related. Mods, pls tell me if I should start a new thread. I'm slowly designing and building an AG system myself, using HERMS and, most likely, 1-2 2200 W elements for the HLT. Can anyone advise whether the unit below would be adequate and...

I'm American, and I'm with you on this one. Unfortunately it's impossible to succeed in politics in the US (in all but a few places) unless you're a born again Christian who wears it on his sleeve. The chances of removing the overt and obviously unconstitutional phrase from US currency are...

Why do you say boiling water isn't at the boiling temperature? The mixture of liquid and gaseous water is all at the same temperature during boiling. True that you can superheat water in a microwave (or by many other means), but then it's in a metastable state -- add anything to nucleate the...

Hi Aamcle, It's helpful to dintinguish precision (repeatability, or the smallest meaningful increment possible from a sensor) and accuracy (proximity of mean sensor output to the true value). Thermocouples can in practice be extremely precise and accurate; as precise as PRTDs, in fact, if not...

Hi Rowy, Is your kegerator still for sale? Hope you do get time to get back into brewing in the future. Best schrodinger

Thanks all. Punkin and ToG, I appreciate the offer and will certainly be in touch -- thanks! -schrodinger

Hi Raja and Brad, Thanks for the advice! Raj, good call to plan a trip to Brissie... shipping is an issue -- both delays (due to crappy local couriers who won't deliver out of town, and just sit on parcels) and cost for larger items. Such is life. Brad, thanks, I hadn't been aware of those...

Hi all, Just joined the forum. I've been brewing for 19 yrs, extract and AG, but due to $$ and repeated moves across the pond (and consequent abandoning of heavy gear), I'm starting from scratch again, with extract. I live in Narrabri NSW, 2 hrs NW of Tamworth, and moved here after 5 yrs in...

Hi, Did you ever sell that kegerator setup? Cheers schrodinger Narrabri, NSW