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Hey guys, Disclamer: I'm not trying to start a racking debate. :icon_cheers: I was thinking but couldn't find and answer. I usually always just do a primary fermentation. I was doing some reading and alot of people kept mentioning that one of the reasons they racked their beer into secondary...

Hey team, Im in the process of packing all my brewing gear up :( for a move to a new unit and have a bottle of liquid caustic that I made up in high concentration from granule form. Its been kept in a sealed air tight container but hasnt been used for about 10 months. I use it for general...

Hey does anyone use or know of a themometer that I could buy a couple of and install into the side of all my fementers. They are plastic ones and it would be good if it could be removed without to much hassle. What would be perfect is a small 1 1/12" dial version of the mashmaster ones.

Hey guys, Been a while between posts. Ive been away from home for a while and havnt been able to do much brewing at all. I will be moving out soon and most likley will be moving into an apartment. I currently have a full AG setup with a 2 tier system. The apartments im looking at all have...

Gday Lads, Im about to rack my Vienna Lager into secondary, Is it worth adding some finings into the secondary before I rack or will I not have enough yeast to bottle condition in 2 weeks time if I do this?

Was at a mates BBQ and a bloke I dont know showed up with some of his HB. Coopers Red clone I heard him say. He said it was 9% :blink: . I tried some and it was very easy drinking and tasted very much ok and drinkable but basicly like a coopers kit. I would also sit down to take a piss before I...

Hey guys ive been a bit quiet for the past few days as I have been bed ridded for 3 days with terrible gastro. I did manage to get out of bed yeasterday long enough to make a starter for my WLP833 yeast which im using in my vienna sometime this week if I improve. Anyway I made a 1L starter...

Happy Aussie day folks, Im installing my temp display today onto my system. Its a modifed PC fan cotroller which has 3 thermometer probes that Im going to place around the brewery and be able to monitor the temps of various locations on the display. I also have a mashmaster dial thermometer...

Hey guys im brewing a Vienna Lager this week: BeerSmith Recipe Printout - www.beersmith.com Recipe: Drops of Jupiter Brewer: Blake Muir Asst Brewer: Toto Style: Vienna Lager TYPE: All Grain Taste: (35.0) Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size: 22.00 L Boil Size...

Had a pint or 6 at the James Squire Brewhouse yesterday with a few mates and worked my way along the taps. (No highway man :angry: ). I was checking out their brewing room behind the glass..... 1 HLT (1 big element) 1 Cold Liqour tank 1 mash tun 1 copper (boil kettle) 2 big elements) Then I...

Guys I cant take my brewery for its maiden run with a plastic mash paddle. Ive got some lengths of 1/2" X 1/2" hardwood (teak) that dad and I used to repair the marlin board on our boat. I asked if I could have it and I can. :P So does anyone have any plans or articles about making a mash...

Blake's AG brewery progress: Well I mentioned last week that I was going to move on from BIAB, get my arse into gear and work on my 3 vessle system. No where near finished yet but Ive made enough progess to have something to show. I have been working on it heavily for the last 2 days and today...

Guys Im looking at using an unused PC fan controller for monitoring the temperatures of my AG system. THe fan controller has 4 probes all raited -50C to 90C. The power cable that comes with it plugs into a standard molex PC plug. The controller has a small fan on it which uses 12v (0.09A) a...

Incase you didnt realise my nic was "Finite" changed it to my real name "Blake". Makes me more accessible that way :D

Well after getting a bottle through a BA swap I loved this beer and was curious if I could culture up the yeast After reading this thread it seemed to be easier to buy the liquid yeast from whitelabs but I thought I would have a go anyway. Some say its pasturised but others say you can still get...

Had a look around but couldnt find an answer, im in the middle of a mash now so just wanted to check. Do i disolve the Irish moss in some water then add to the boil or just throw it in how it is? Also is 15min till end ok?

Is it ok to have the lid on the kettle to get to the boil faster or are their still volitiles comming out at say 90C?

Gday folks, Im trying to setup a party keg system with a soda stream bottle and 8L garden sprayer. Today I bought the sprayer and a female QD from the LHBS. The sprayer is exactly the same as this except it is 8L. I will fabricate a plate and washer to fit over the hole where the hand pump...

Just remembered to post this after reading another thread about throwing yeast on the garden. After my first AG 2 weeks ago I threw the spent grains in the garden. One week later im doing my 2nd AG and walk to the same spot to find it teaming with little black flies (fruit flies?). I dumped the...

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