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Just thinkin of upgrading to 60 litre brews and so I guess I have to rethink the design of my setup just wondering if anyone knows of a good website for allgrain setups also Ill prob go for fly sparging rather than batch. Cheers Jethro

Well i have had problems with stuck ferments ( the last 3 brews) so on my last brew (wheat beer) I ensured good yeast (wyyeast 3068) from a healthy starter the wort had 4 hours of airation and fermented at 20 degrees ( the ferment went crazy and after 4 days I got a gravity of .006 (starting...

well lads I Just overshot my mash efficiency (maybe Im getting it rightat last :D ) was aiming for 1.052 got 1.058 I hopped heavier than normal after checking my pre boil s.g I was planning to dilute with about 5 litres of water when I rack to the secondary (cant fit anymore in now or Ill lose...

Well I finally have a fridge available for kegs :rolleyes: Just wondering if any Perth brewers have any Advice on the best place to purchase them. I recon on getting 3 kegs One for CC and two on Tap (The ones that attach on the fridge door) My Known options is Keg Ed and malthouse. Any...

I have recently out of convenience moved to hop pellets from a blend of flowers and pellets and I recon the aroma and flavours are not quite there. whats the general feeling on hopping. :rolleyes: Cheers Jethro

Im wondering if the ion exchange resins in the brita water filter reduces calsium hardness to a degree where it effects the mash. I guess since all the water is boiled anyway most chlorine will disipate anyway any thoughts :unsure...

Ive done three all grains now @ Pils and a Baverian/Dunkel I mashed and batch sparged them all and Im reasonably happy with the results but the Pilsons have a fairly strong haze ( similar to a wheat bear) what could be causing this.I used malt craft pilson malt on thepils and hoefner munich on...

Im borrowing one of those grain mills that look like a meat mincer and looking at purchasing a mill. In Perth the mincer type is all I have found for sale but I heard the roller mill is better. Why? does it give the beer an improved flavour or increase mash efficiency I have noteced the roller...

My next door neighbour has a rain water tank and has suggested I try some for my brew While doing partials and extract I felt that as not all the H2O would be boiled that there may be a bug or two that may spoil the brew but I guess with a full mash as the full wort is boiled that should not be...

After muckin around for months trying to gear up on the cheap Ive just mashed and boiled up my first all grain beer Yay 6 hours from the start of mashin thou. aimed for 1.045 25 litres ended up with 1.049 22 liitres (got to be happy with that. hope I didnt do my over hopping trick but. oh well...

Just trying my first all grain with 5kg Hoepfner pils is this a under modified malt. ( is it necissarry to do a step mash or should I do a Infusion mash) The girly at the HBS didn't have a clue. Cheers Jethro :)

I have always rcked lagers (chasing that clean crisp taste) but never bothered with ales (except to a bulk priming vessel) Is there any benifit, at this stage I am only using safale yeast and that appears to flocculate well...

I'm Planing to Go for the all grain brew and I am seeking a decent sized keg to boil the wort, are there any Perth brewers out there who knows where I can locate a 45 to 80 litre Keg or other suitable vessels CHEERS JETHRO