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I'll be moving in a bit and don't have the spare space for the hand pump. I haven't used it since building the keezer. For sale is - Angram CO handpump with medium sparkler - Barfridge covered in timber to make a mini bar with the pump - One or two 12L collapsible jerrycans that can be used for...

I've slowly making my brewing setup more time efficient to make it easier to fit it in. I built a keezer 6ish months ago and recently I've decided to get that spare electric keggle up and running with a ball valve. This way I can use my diy single vessel recirculating system as a recirculating...

I'm wondering if it is just me or not but I've found that my attenuation rates don't really match the specifications from the manufacturers. For example I have quite a bit of experience with wyeast 1187 Ringwood / wlp05 and often get relatively high attenuation despite the low specified...

I have been meaning to put together a "Pumperator" for a while. The idea was for a stand alone unit that looked passable within the house. I had a slightly rusty and aged bar fridge from my parents place that was going to be the basis. The plan was to keep a similar thing as the handpump, timber...

Post a photo and a relevant story about something you experienced that may be interesting. Went for a push bike ride the other day down some fire trails. On the return trip I was trying to figure out why the fallen tree across the track had such an interesting pattern. Fortunately my eyesight...

I'm thinking of making an attachment to my recirculating brew setup so that I can swap my sparge arm for a set of upward facing nozzles that fit into the neck of a bottle. They would drain back into the "Kettle". This way I can set my pid controller so that the element will keep a sodium...

I just found 2 stubbies of a belgian IPA I brewed a while back, bottled 15 months ago before going overseas from memory. It was an IPA with vienna/pale malt for the base and late hopped with a fair wack of nelson sauvin with centennial and bittered with saaz. It was fermented on 1388 belgian...

Some people would have seen some talk or descriptions on using olive oil to yeast instead of oxygen. The idea is that yeast metabolises oxygen to produce unsaturated fatty acids and sterols which are required for yeast health and budding (multiplying). Instead of giving it oxygen, you add some...

I've mucked around adding spec grains after the mash (at mash out/sparge) and have found that there is often quite a large difference in fg, particularly when using crystals. I believe that much of it is because the unfermentable sugars in the crystal malts often are converted to fermentable...

I haven't been that active on here for the last month or 2 because I've been planning a bike trip. The title pretty much says it all. Probably sounds like hell to some people but I'm looking forward to it. There may be a lack of variety of beers in the small town. I'm headed over there mid...

MOD: Description inserted by Lord Raja Goomba I, to ensure hop descriptions are at the top of these hop topics. Original post below: I'm starting this thread because I haven't seen much Pacific Gem details around aside from some details pasted from the growers details and I feel it needs more...

I've finally gotten ahold of my xmas present I gave myself, an Angram hand pump. Within 5 minutes of getting the box open I had it set up pulling 20L of napisan solution through the lines followed by plenty of water for a good rinse. Yesterday I bottled and "bagged" some beer. A bit of an...

I've been meaning to make some bread using spent grain for a while now, and finally got around to doing it on new years eve after brewing the night before. My only experience making bread was kneading some for my grandmother when I was a kid but it was easy and turned out very well. The only...

I think I'll be going to New Zealand south island in november for about a month. I'm going to be riding my bike around for nearly a month and stops at brewery's would be quite welcome. Anyone have any reccomendations for some good pubs or breweries to stop at while I'm there? Might have to jump...

I was lucky enough to pick up beer of show at the Castle Hill comp this year and the prize was a brewday at Schwartz's brew pub. After getting in contact with head brewer Michael we decided on a date for me to focus my excitement. I was told to be prepared to shovel grain and get dirty...

Is anyone interested in semi-regular meetings where a group of people meet up for a meal and matched beers prepared by someone in the group? The concept is a group meets up for a 3+ course meal where someone or a pair of people plan and prepare a course as well as a beer to go with it. So if...

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I'm starting this thread for my own recently built system but I think with the number popping up we might as well keep a single thread for them here as I suspect we'll be seeing alot more. This could keep most of the information available or linked to from this thread for people looking into...

What do people brew that their partners enjoy quite a bit? My little lady always enjoyed coopers amongst some other beers and I've brewed a few simple beers along the lines of coopers to keep her happy, but I've recently found out that she really likes american IPA's. I haven't brewed an AIPA...

I had a great Ukrainian beer while over there, Cherniviski Bine Nich (or something like that, it's in hyroglyphics). Has anyone tried it? Tried to do something similar? The beer was really enjoyable. It was essentially a Wit beer with a touch of roasty flavours and licorice. The coriander...