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Howdy Homebrew friends ITEM NUMBER 1: NOT REALLY WORKING FRIDGE/FREEZER For sale today I have my very first ever brewing fridge. (the one in the middle, though the one on the right is for sale, too) It never really got cold, but it got cold enough that I could ferment ales all year long -...

Hey All Was surprised to not find an already existing thread. You guys got any recommendations for vacuum sealers for hops? I'm a buy-in-bulk-and-always-have-enough-stuff-for-unplanned-brewing kinda guy, but I worry a lot about my hops that have been in the freezer for months or years. I'd...

Hey Gang Hoping someone can help me figure out what's going on. About five weeks ago, I made a keg of soda water. This is not unusual, I like to have one on. Last weekend I went to pour SWMBO a soda and was surprised to find the keg empty. Figured it was possible, though I don't know how, so...

Hey All, I Keg 99% of the time but often fill bottles to enter in comps. I've long been thinking about a Blichmann beer gun but now I see Keg King are offering one, too. (part number 007124 on the price list, here http://kegking.com.au/Downloads/Catalogue%20-%20Retail%20Price%20List.pdf)...

So I'm looking for something like a valinch I guess. Something to take samples out of glass carboys and barrels without having to go through the hassle of sanitising a whole syphon/hose setup. Anyone got any nice simple ideas? I'm thinking super simply a long piece of copper or PVC dunked in...

hello folks been happily AG brewing and cubing for about three years now (time goes fast!) but I find myself with my first swollen cube. In November I did a double batch of Janet's Brown into two cubes. When I went to ferment a week or so later I found one of the cubes had swollen right up. I...

In the spirit of using stuff for applications which it wasn't designed for, Kogan are today selling wireless floating pool thermometers for 25% off. http://www.kogan.com/au/buy/professional-wireless-pool-thermometer I've been toying with a wireless BBQ thermometer for remote mash temperature...

Hi All, Was about to tip a little over 10 kilos of grain into my keg today and I thought I'd check out EZCalc before hand. I've played a little bit with water stuff in Brew Alchemy and Brew Smith in the past but neither of them really helped me figure out why I was doing what I was doing, just...

Hi Guys I've recently bought a mill through one of the bulk buys and I'm looking for some grain handling/storing best practices as I've only ever bought pre-milled stuff before and now I find myself with 200 kilos in my shed. Can someone answer questions like 1. How long will grain keep in...

Hi Guys Today or tomorrow I'm moving my sweet stout to secondary and throwing it onto some cherry puree that I'm going to make up from some frozen cherries. (the recipe I'm following is in Jamil's classic styles) I know my ABV at the moment but this will change when I add more fermentables in...

Hi All More noob starter questions. I have 22 litres of 1065 wort in a cube that I want to pitch some London 1028 into. On Sunday 19th I pitched a packet about a month old and a packet about four months old into 1.5L of 1035 wort. Spun it around for two days then put it in the fridge on...

Hello all I've recently invested in a two stage water filter (specifically this guy) and I'm curious about long term storage - if I'm only using my filter every week or second week, what's the best way to store it in between brew days? I've taken it apart and drained it today but I'm not sure...

Hi all, Inner eastern (Kew) based electric BIABer here. Looking to get a bit more experience and a bit more exposure to how other people brew - if anyone's around Melbourne and having a brew day one weekend and they're willing to have a spectator/assistant, please give me a shout either via PM...

Hi Guys Up for sale I have a five gallon (often sold as 19L) Better Bottle fermenter. You can read about Better Bottles here: http://www.better-bottle.com/products_master.html Only used once for a ghetto (juice) cider. As I keg 99% of what I brew, fermenting in sub 19L batches doesn't suit...

Hi Guys I'm making a St Ambrose Apricot Wheat clone, well that's the end goal anyway. I'm starting with the Apricot Wheat recipe out of Classic Styles. The recipe calls for about 1.4kg of apricot puree. Despite having a good look, I'm at a bit of a lost as to where to buy some! My preference...

hi Guys Just looking for a bit of feedback on my starter process - it works fine, I get active, fast ferments but I think my process could be a bit more streamlined. Consider the following example of my process with a smack pack of 1056 1) Starting with a dry flask, add 200g of DME. 2) Add...

Rather than hijack Jaypes' thread here, I thought I'd start a new one on the topic of garden hose water. So, continuing on from comments in that thread: I'd be keen on more information on this. At the moment I lug half-fermenter loads from a tap in the laundry back to my kettle, but this...

HI All, Looking over the GABF Hop Jockey recipe, it's the first one I've come across that calls for Victoria's Secret hops. My usual merchants don't stock them - anyone able to recommend to me either someone in Melbourne that's stocking them and/or someone that'll ship them to me?

Hey Gang I have two Tesuco regulators that look like this guy Is there any way I can combine them and thus have two pouring pressures? Seen lots of post on other regs, but not these cheap guys.

Hi Guys So I'm pretty sure my hand-me-down $50 fridge has finally died. It used to only get to 6-7 degrees (which was fine for fermenting purposes) but recently it doesn't get below 16-17 which prevents me from doing lagers and crash cooling. So, I'm looking to replace it. There seems to be...