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Also ... check the Relief Valve ... I've had a small number of kegs (2 out of 24) that wouldn't hold pressure only to find that the relief valve was cracked in two pieces! When I took them out they fell apart ... only held together by being screwed into the lid! Replaced them and no problems...

It's raining in Toowoomba today ... so it's brew day! Tried the Red Angus Pilsner a couple of weeks ago and while it's not really a pilsner IMHO ... it was an interesting beer so I thought I'd try to clone it today. The website says the grain bill is just wheat malt and carapils (although the...

Plus a couple of my own ... ghhb

And here's some more ... ghhb

I recon if you're gonna clone the beer why not clone the label ... ghhb

Currently drinking a Robust Porter (came 4th in the QABC last week) and last night I opened a bag of licorice root (purchased from Craft Brewer on a whim) and chewed on a small piece while drinking the Porter. Great combination! So today I'm home on TOIL and I want to brew a Locorice Root...

So with the grains sorted ... what's the best yeast to get that great raisin and/or marmalade taste? ghhb

Thanks for the knees up ... we'll take the quick route home instead and bypass BrisVegas!

Going to be in Harvey Bay tomorrow night and until Sunday morning ... for a conference at the Boat Club on Friday. Got the whale watching booked for Saturday morning ... looking for some recommendations re good food and beer for the rest of the time - Thursday, Friday Saturday nights?

I'm a first time competitor in the QABC this year and I was wondering what's the protical on attending. I'll be passing back thru Brisbane on Sunday on my way home to Toowoomba and wondered if there's any value in dropping in at the Platform Bar (apart from the obvious reason to have a drink!)...

Can I suggest www.99designs.com. You register a design brief and in 5 days you'll have hundreds ... well at least dozens ... of designs to choose from. My wife is a graphic designer and she tells all of her clients to use 99designs for their logos ... great designs at a good price. This...

Just confirming RedVjin will also be picking up my grain ... he's a legend! ghhb

I used to chill again before transfer but then one batch I didn't have the time so I transferred 'warm'. No difference. So now I don't bother chilling again. FWIW.

At the Archive right now. Thanks to the iPhone! Had the heffe Its okay today and a Stone & Wood Pale Lager. About to try the White Rabbit. Yum!

The way I understand it ... the high mash temp and the high proportion of dark grains (don't have beersmith so couldn't open your recipe to check the actual percentage) ... means you won't go much lower than 1020. That my experience anyway. I now mash at between 63 and 65, especially when...

I actually spend a bit of time a while back creating an Excel Spreadsheet that calculated the cost of the ingredients for making AG brews. Based on buying my ingredients from Ross at Craft Brewer. Of course it assumes the water is free which in today's world isn't actually true, doesn't...

I've also started fermenting a bit high on a few occasions and had a similar experience with a runaway fermentation. US-05 (dried I assume) should handle it okay as it's a 'clean' finishing yeast. At least that's my experience. How's it tasting? :icon_cheers: ghhb

Another causality of a stuffed economy? What's the world coming to ... a man brews his own beer to save money (and drink a good drop) but it doesn't help in the end. I don't know you but I've been saddened to hear your plight. There, but for the grace of GOD go all of us.

Great invention ... but doesn't the gunk drain into the bucket and get resprayed up into the keg? Or do you remove all of the gunk first? You could modify the upright into a "L" shaped bit and have a drain bucket separate from the clean water supply bucket. Just a thought. :icon_cheers: ghhb