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I have 100l litres in plastic pails, and was wondering how long can I keep this water? Ive read a bit of information and have come up with a range of days to years.

Hi, I brew on a 3v system and wondering where the actual mash temp can be assumed to be measured from. My HLT is of cause temp controlled and the water is pumped around it for temperature consistency. I have a thermometer in the mash tun and my mash tun dose have an insulation wrap around it. At...

I have an Alt beer been cold conditioning for a month or so now. I tried a sample last night taste great however the colour really needs to be darker. Is there any reason why i can not draw off 2L bring to about 70deg on the stove, steep some grain, cool and return to the fermenter before i bottle.

Just wondering if anyone uses a counter flow chiller, if and how do you make adjustments to utilization. I use one and it takes around 12min to pump through and chill 60L. Thats a fair while for a fair amount of wort to be sitting near boiling. Beer tastes fine tho would like to be more...

Just wonderingi f anyone has purchased one of these SS pots. http://www.handyimports.com.au/98l-industr...epan-p-300.html

Just went to check on 50L of Scottish ale which was cold conditioning and found it almost frozen solid. Anyone know if this will affect the beer in any way? Cheers, Shane

:icon_chickcheers: I usually brew single batches, however just now time is hard to find and need to brew a larger batch. I want to brew a 60L batch. I will be using a fresh Wyeast 1968, and was wondering would it be ok to use the single pack or will i have to grow it up a bit? If so any...

I know there is no straight forward answer for this however i was wondering in general how long dose everone give the primary fermentation. So far have only brewed ales. Why i ask is i have been leaving my primary for 10 days at the correct temp for the recipe and always get down to 1.002 to...

Hi all, just wanted to know your thoughts on this. Wanted to brew something my own, not just everyone else's recipe. I wanted a beer easy to drink not to heavy, i guess a summer kind of beer,balanced with the bitterness though tasty as well. Using 1056 Would this give me what im after? Any...

Ok im a bit confused on the boil, how is boiling rate calculated. I boil in a 65l S/S pot if i brew a single batch i have a evaporation rate of 20%. Yesterday a did a double batch. So i had 55L in pot expecting to boil down to around 44l after one hour, however after one hour i still had 49l in...

I was just wondering is there a standard mill thickness, or further to the point what thickness are you milling to?

I have built a herms system and used it for the first time the other day and had the usual issue i have read about on other threads, that is the time it takes to ramp the temp up. My question is, dose it matter how long it takes to ramp up for the mash out? Weather it can be done in two...

Hi all, I was reading older messages about a substitute of Victory, and did not see anyone mention Dingemans Biscuit Malt from Grape and Grain im quite new to the AG brewing and from what i understand it sounds as if it would be quite a good substitute though have not seen it mentioned. Have i...