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I have a keg spear that is threaded. I am going to smash it into 1000 pieces so I will need another one. Either that or a Type-S Keg so i can use my existing Coupler. I am in Melbourne and will come pick it up and give you money. Cheers, Losp

Hi All, I Was wondering if I would be able to have a couple of beer lines go from a keezer that i have built, Into another bar that has already a tower and 2 fonts? I would prefer not to just drill a couple of holes in the keezer and put silicone around it. I was wondering if there would be a...

Hello All, I have a couple of pumps handy that I am thinking about using for a herms setup. But what i need now is a way of heating the wort! I have been thinking about doing it on the cheap by getting a small electric urn (10L or so) and putting a coil inside. However, i figured i would ask...

Hi All, I am new to kegging so I apologise if this is a rediculous question. I was wondering if it would be possible to get a semi portable keg charging setup that i could use as a party dispensing getup (with a picnic tap), when cleaning to push through the lines and on the off chance that i...

I am looking for something that will fit 4 kegs, lines and a bottle.

Hello All, I have been brewing for 5 years now, and i feel stupid for it only just occurred to me that bottling outside is possibly a stupid idea. yet I have been doing just that for 5 years. My general process is to clean rinse and sanitise all of the bottles i use. Transfer fermented beer to...

Argh! I just realised that i doubled up on my caramalts. I meant to swap 250gm of caramalt with 250gm carapils, and i ended up chucking in both, What do you think? should i put 2L of water and 200gm dextrose in to balance it out a bit? Here is the recipe anyway: 24L Ingredients Amt Name...

Hi All, I feel silly for asking these questions after knocking out many a brew so far but i wouldnt mind alleviating my mind! I have a 3V system, Mash in a 40L esky, have a hand held immersion heater. I intend to mash & batch sparge with only 2 runnings. Is this possible? Lets just say on a...

God i hope this is not another infection. I would rage... Just tested the gravity of a couple of batches and gave it a little taste. Both of them have this long sort of bitter (wouldn't say sour) aftertaste that i couldn't taste a week ago. They are both sitting on about 1015 or there about...

Hi All, I have had a sodium perc mix (perc & met) in my fermenters for 3 days and I was wondering if its ok to just rinse it out, star-san and then transfer the brew from my no-chill cube. I ask the question because i have had a bit of trouble with infections recently and i read somewhere that...

Has anyone used 'Earth's Choice Laundry Soaker' for cleaning the fermenters? I know many here use napisan, but this stuff was cheaper than napisan. It has: sodium carbonate, sodium suphate, sodium percabonate, sodium methyl ester sulphonate, Tetraacetylethylenediamine and enzyme(proteasa...

I put a dark lager in 7 days ago. scrubbed the fermenter and then used star san. OG: 1059 22 Litres + 4 litre starter (tipped everything in after 20 or so hours). Wyeast 2308 after 7 days its already 1015 I have another one (munich lager II, OG: 1054) that went in there on the same day its...

I'm not going too well at the moment. I put in the yeast last night (19:30) when i thought the thing was set to 12 (lager - wyeast 2308). I realized at lunch time today that the temp probe was sitting right where the cold air comes out and the temp was playing up it was really about 18/19!! and...

Arg! Just when the brew day was going really well, something always has to happen! I ran out of gas (and somehow the spare was empty too) during the second runnings of my Batch sparge. At mash out i drained the second runnings (which was actually a bit low in temp, about 68, i think the temp...

Hi All, I usually brew with a mate, and we throw down one Ag and one Kit brew (keeps the supplies going!). We are doing Lagers this weekend one dunkel (AG) and one Helles (extract). I have the facility to lager one fermenter easily (move it to the from the fermentation-fridge to the...

Hi All, The last few brews have all come out lacking a bit of body/flavour. I was hoping someone could give me a hand or a few hints as to why. I single infusion batch. The last few brews (bright ale, pale ale and dark lager) have all come out slightly thin tasting. They have all been done at...

Now, I know there has been a lot said about Hop Isomerisation times. Apologies if this topic has come up many times. But i am wondering if anyone has a graph or something like that showing the average isomerisation amount in relation to the temperature. I have been no chilling for some time and...

OK, so i have one of these at home. Its my Cousin's it was bought for him by his wife. I reckon it sucks balls. Looks pretty cool, but sucks balls. Does anyone have one of these? I can't figure out the damned thing. its hardly air-tight and it says that i need to replace the collar after the...

I fucked up. I had a shocking brew day on sunday. messed up in many ways, on of the worst ive had!! Now ive just gone to the brew fridge just now and noticed that i have put a wyeast 2308 in an ale. I put it in last night. I meant to put in an american ale yeast, cant find that now. The fridge...

Hi Guys, Just trying to make my brew days more efficient. I was just wondering whats the longest i can leave fermented beer in a bottling bucket for? Was just planning on putting it in there and letting it sit for a couple of hours so i can clean a couple of things at the same time. Cheers, Losp