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Just moved back to the bush and am on tank water and wanted to use some ball park figures to put into the ez water calculator.As we all know the mineral content will be low and the water very soft.I will be able to do a pH at work of the water and maybe mash samples as its only a 3 min drive to...

Has anyone done an overnight mash with their system? Secondly what sort of gravity loss are people having if they dont sparge when they remove the malt pipe? The reason for these questions are not having time to spend the day or a whole night and finishing late as we are doing 8 brews a week at...

Next Thursday i will be making my first commercial beer for release onto the market in the coming months.It will be a Saison using premium euro malts and no sugar just a 2 hour Belgian mash schedule. The test batch week down well with the few that got to try it at Sydney craft beer week. I...

I am thinking of stepping my temperature up a couple of degrees for a lager i am doing once i rack after the primary fermention stage to hit my FG.Am using California lager yeast and primary temp of 15 Oc,was thinking of going up to maybe 17-18 to help the remaining yeast do its job.Is this a...

I ordered some Camlocks in January and then realised i needed to add to the order which was fine,but the parts had sold out.Waited 2 weeks parts back in stock ordered and payed for.Cool had a couple of 1/2 pounds of hops thrown in as there was space in the box and i thought $8 1/2 pound was...

Had two very different experiences on the same day.Was looking for a 3/4 to 1/2 inch reducing nipple and the big red colored chain store said yes we have that item for $26.65 +gst.Ohh that is really expensive.the answer was because we have a large range and items are always in stock.You will...

being maths challenged how do i work out my losses when using a pump and X metres of 1/2 diameter hose. Also what kind of loss do you get with using whole hops as i will need to change my recipes to include the losses from tube and hops.The hops will be used in a Hoprocket AND WILL MAINLY BE...

Am going to order in the next couple of hours and there is room for a few more in the box.if you are in Melbourne and need a couple more fittings you can help with the postage.PM me to work it out. http://www.chicompany.net/index.php?main_p...x&cPath=435 cheers SCum

Has anyone had experience with using a plate chiller packed in ice as a pre chiller for cooling water post boil? I am now thinking of using my plate chiller for this purpose after reading quite a few American forums on the cleaning process involved when passing wort through one...its a bit of a...

I have just ordered one of these http://www.dudadiesel.com/choose_item.php?id=HX1230BWGH and will need camlocks for my hop rocket to plate chiller etc.anyone know of a good supplier here or o/s that they have ordered from that uses paypal? by the way the 30 plate chiller with post will cost me...

I still after all these years dont understand this ratio.will be the first to put my hands up and say it that math is not a strong point.thank god for brewing software.have read the section in Ray Daniels designing great beer many times but the penny does not drop can anyone enlighten me as to...

this is quoted from a face book page but could find no release date. Reading first 2 chapters of part of the new Brewing Elements Series - Water by John Palmer & Colin Kaminski - excited! #homebrew #craftbeer http://www.facebook.com/BrewersPublications

Am sick of using an immersion chiller and want to pump up my hop aroma so i have been looking into this string of toys.Have been thinking of using a Dudadiesel 30-40 plate chiller for around $80 plus post,not sure which model of pump and the hoprocket from a local supplier.The question is am i...

Is a D rest required for this yeast?i am a couple of points off target gravity(fg) if so raise to 20 oC and hold it for how long? Chhers SCum

Have just score a kitchen managers job and apart from getting the kitchen sorted will be building a pub friendly menu with great rustic food.The food will sit in the middle ground so not quite your Gastropub fare but down a notch.This pub was a find by accident as a mate was having 40th drinks...

Have bottled a couple of batches which the brew length was longer than the 18lt kegs and have tasted them after 3 weeks and i dont think i am overly rapped with the end product.I used DEX which i used to use 13 yrs ago before kegging. Have made a Bass ipa type that is going to be bottled as its...

Any thoughts on the Alpha Acids of some Melbourne grown hops,was given the following Cascade Columbus Chinook

Have got 3lt of kettle runnings @ 1051 which i want to dilute to 1030 so i can Can it to use for starters? cheers in advance.

Am going to bulk prime my case swap Steam beer (its tasting so good i dont know if i want to swap it.) and havent bottled for 10 years and when i looked at the calcs the amount of sugar/dex seems alot less than i remember using, i put it down to in the past bottled at room temp where when i...

Want to get away from using 5.2 for my ph adjustments and need to treat my Seddon,West Melbourne water for and English IPA Grain bill as it stands at the moment is Maris 94% Medium crystal 5%...