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Replacing the tap on a crown urn with a ball valve is pretty easy - I did it last weekend. You will need two large spanners. If you're trying to spend as little as possible then a cheap pot from Big W or an equivalent shop will be fine for your HLT. Probably easiest to batch sparge. I did it...

Bump... Genuine question - anyone know the answer to this?

When we mash crystal malts with base malt do the enzymes work on the sugars in the crystal? The process used to make the crystal is basically a mash within the grains that is then stopped by the kilning process. But would the enzymes in a mash with base malts be able to break down the sugars in...

I used an ISR like this guy describes along with debouncing caps. https://www.circuitsathome.com/mcu/rotary-encoder-interrupt-service-routine-for-avr-micros Works really well - is fast and no problems with the arduino misreading user input. Hope someone finds this helpful.

The temperature for steeping speciaty grains (crystal, roasted malts etc) is actually pretty forgiving - between 60 and 70 degrees will be fine. Its more important to have reasonable accuracy when mashing base malts because the mash temp determines the fermentability of your wort. With specialty...

I recently checked my digital thermometer by measuring the temp of a pot of boiling water. It was out by 1 % which is within the precision range given by the manufacturer. I'd suggest setting your dial themos up the same way. Just remember that water boils at different temps for different...

I've used it a few times - its a good dry east for belgian type ales, especially dark ones. Its quite estery (fruity) even at normal ale temps and can produce some clove and spicy type flavours. I quite liked it in a dubble I made but it was also quite good in a blonde / belgian pale. Hope that...

I used the exterior grade double sided tape (3M) - and covered the entire back of the ply with tape (basically a whole roll). According to the pack it should hold 30kg in ideal conditions... Mine definitely holds a large g&g drip tray and a full pint. Haven't tried a full jug but I think it...

I put screws into a piece of plywood the same size as the back of the drip tray and then used double sided tape to hold the ply onto the chest freezer.Then the drip tray hangs off the screws, hiding the ply. Hope that makes sense.

Coopers sparkling ale clone - they use some sucrose to up the gravity without increasing the body...

Yeah, from what I've read, they had some issues with prop noise and generator systems on the first design but that's all sorted now.

Sorry mate - you can't just replace a coopers can with treacle. You can use a small amount of treacle in some beer styles though - eg Old Ale. The coopers tin contains malt extract that has been bittered with hops - beer is made from malt and hops and can contain adjuncts but not all adjuncts...

I got mine from Beerbelly in Prospect. They're supplied full

No-you need a CO2 cylinder. Different valve and you won't get anyone to put CO2 in it for you. Some people use fire extinguishers though

One of the reasons to boil wort is to sterilise it - malt is full of bacteria. It's pretty likely that your wort was sour - did it smell ok? Edit: beaten to it...

Another happy user of t-58 here. I've used it in Belgian dubbel type beers and have enjoyed the results-was similar to Leffe brun. I ran it at 18 in my fridge.

And with the drip tray in place

I put two screws into some plywood the same size as the splash back on my drip tray and then stuck that to the chesty with double sided tape - the plywoods not going anywhere but I can remove the drip tray to wash it.

While on a tour of cascade a few years ago we were told that the CO2 from the fermentation was sold to BOC. I have also heard of gas from industrial processes being captured and sold to gas suppliers as a byproduct.

I leave my gas on all the time - no problems with leaking beer or gas yet. Fingers crossed for none in the future...