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For those using gas burners under keggles that have a rolled lip at the bottom, stumbled across a hazard reported HERE where one post states: "Apparently if those rolled lips are not vented, you create a massive build up of pressure from heating and whether that be from gas, water, or just air...

This is the discussion topic for article: 2012 AUTUMN Close-enough-to-get-to-Adelaide case swap

Since we seem to be on a bottle theme tonight, I've been wondering whether anyone has seen bottles that seem to have surface scratches like those shown in photos below (they've been pretty tricky to photograph). The bottles are Coopers longnecks (tallies) and scratches are shallow - like when...

G'day, Just examining a 2-piece ball valve I got today and tried to see if it could be taken apart for cleaning. Managed to unscrew it with two large wrenches so it looks like they could be cleaned as easily as the 3-piece ones. Anyways, one thing that struck me was there was a strong smell -...

G'day, I want to make a small copper manifold for a mashtun so would like to hear from Adelaide members who either: * have surplus copper tubing they'd like to offload, or * also planning to make a manifold and interested in going halves to get some tubing I'm thinking of using 19mm OD...

... raw chicken! :ph34r: Evenin' all, I've been making a starter with WLP530 Abbey Ale Yeast (that I haven't used before) which has been at the krusening stage since this afternoon. While I guess you could describe it as smelling bready, I think it's more like raw chicken with some hints of...

Hi Guys, A separate thread for tasting notes worked well last time so here's one for this latest swap. I'll update the ARTICLE: 2011 Close-enough-to-get-to-Adelaide Autumn Case Swap with things like brewer notes on when beers are ready to drink and other info that I come across on this thread...

G'day, I need to get an LPG hose for an outdoor cooker so was wondering whether anyone has looked into whether braided LPG hose are better than unbraided? My uninformed feeling is that braided is probably better than plain PVC LPG hoses but is it? Could it even have negatives as the...

This is the discussion topic for article: Desktop brewery - 2 vessel G'day - have been thinking about designing/building a small footprint 2 vessel brewery and need to look at getting a cooler quickly so have created the article sooner than planned. My question right now is what drawbacks...

G'day, I just ordered some Cascade hops rhizomes - is anyone in Adelaide interested in one or two of the four that I'm expecting? (share percentage cost of ~$50 accordingly). Apparently they're busting to be let loose in some soil to shoot up. Guess PMs to me is the go - two of them might...

Yeah, new thread is probably a good idea so here it is. I would be interested in participating if there are other Adelaide (or SA) based members interested (or at a stretch, Melbourne based members interested AND can be done/delivered by next mid-Dec). Tom.

Hi Guys, Got some caramalt for steeping and then realised they're not cracked .. tried bladed coffee mill - works fine for half but leaves other half intact - too hard. So went looking for a milll and found the Porkert mill on sale at Cooks Market on Gouger St for $60 (normally about $105) -...

G'day All, Recent post asking to help ID a hops plant gave me the idea to start a thread for posting images of hops leaves, early growth development, etc as a resource to help with identfying hops varieties. Did a quick search of AHB and did not find any previous threads along these lines so...

G'day people, As a way of calculating amounts of bulk priming sugar without using a computer, I've put together some charts for beer bulk priming based on values derived from the AHB Bottle & Bulk Priming Calculator. The charts are for 23 litre and 1 litre batches of beer to be primed and...

Don't know if anyone already does this but I pitched a brew late last night and there's still no bubbling bubbling yet. Then I remembered being able to hear the sound of bubbles when I did a starter recently so stuck my ear against the fermenter (go on, you know you want to :D) and yep, can...

Hi Guys, For those using a refractometer, below is a chart showing corrections for a range of starting Original Gravities from 1030 to 1070 (in steps of 2 SG units) for when you want to check SG readings without having to switch the PC on. Also: Refractometer thread

Finally got around to solving a problem that's been bugging for a while - how to remove the plug from a cube (and other containers with such a plug) without destroying the plug. Walked around a big green and red hardware store and found some T-shaped reinforcing plates as shown below - use some...

G'day guys, I'm nearing the end of a TAFE Electrotech/Refrigeration course and we have a chance to make a little can cooler refrigeration system and I've been thinking of making a version for chilling wort - something that has copper coils that would be dunked into a pot to cool around 30...