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Surprisingly there is no need to be rude about it. You have your opinion and I have mine. 1 I don't like the idea of glad wrap air locks which I have mentioned previously in this thread 2 where are you buying jerry cans for $5-10? I can't find them cheaper than $25 which puts them much closer...

Wish I could draw, but yeah, that's about the gist of what I had in mind. Square rather than round because most people put them in a fermenting fridge (at least the people who are likely to want a more fancy fermentor), so a square shape could more efficiently fill available space. Stackable...

I would have thought that starsan would be a pretty standard item for a home brew store. But I'm still on my first bottle so I haven't had to look for it again. Assuming it is standard, then you just need to find your nearest brew shop. Go to http://maps.google.com.au/ put in your address so...

actually, it occurs to me that it would be fairly easy to diy a hydro, the only worry would be accuracy. I think though that the next time I break a glass one I'll be keeping the paper scale out of it to mess around with. Just need some sort of plastic tube with a weight in the bottom. As for a...

no, usually racking is done after fg. Normally, racking is done in a sealed container, so if it's not at fg, I guess it could explode. Other than that, I don't know of any particular reason why racking early could be bad. I guess it might change the flavour, but that would more likely be a good...

I do things a bit different. I just bought some simple mailing address labels, like you sometimes see stuck to envelopes. They are not waterproof, but I print with a cheap laser (you can get them for like $50 from dick smith or wherever). They are waterproof enough to stand up to condensation...

I made a hash of that sentence. Let me try again: raw meat=required yeast=recommended kit tins=suggested It's not the end of the world if you haven't the room, or the swmbo bans them from the fridge, but if you can refrigerate them, then do it.

I've read a few times that when a kit gets old, they can develop a "twang" which is a kind of stale metallic taste. This is why they have expiry dates. Subjecting them to excessive heat can make this twang develop faster, therefore, it's not really recommended, that's too strong of a word, lets...

I came across these a while ago, and they seem pretty simple additions to normal kits. http://www.liquorcraft.com.au/wawcs0113634...inger-beer.html

Well, I just opened the choc one. It was definitely much better carbed, as expected. What I didn't expect was how bland it was. I expected a hint of chocolatey taste, but I couldn't detect any chocolate at all. It also seems to have cancelled a lot of the initial ginger spice taste, but I still...

Yeah, I bought a cube last week. I was going to rack it at 20 degrees for a few days to get it off the yeast cake, then cold crash it for a few more before siphoning it back into the cleaned and sanitised primary fermentor to bulk prime. All that after steady fg of 3 days in primary of course...

I put down a simple kit today, with Brewer's choice ultra brew. I had meant to use the brew booster, but picked up the wrong packet, I hope I've not made a mistake. I've also not pitched the yeast yet, I'm waiting for the temp to get down to 25 before I do. I plan to rack this one for about 4...

I started drinking these this weekend, since it's been about 2 weeks, and I'm not ecstatic with the results. It has come out far sweeter and with much lower carb that I had wanted, so I am hoping that the carb will take a long time like the fermentation did. It's also an odd golden colour, I...

also, with that much liquid in the fermentor, you may blow out the airlock. That isn't really a problem so much as it can be messy. You might want to go get a tube from the brew shop so you can direct the mess into a bucket or something. and don't forget to sterilise it. As for it being too...

yeah, I have a little bottler, but it still froths a bit, and much worse with powders. Like, the drops had almost no froth at all, and the dext had about an inch (because it was narrowed by the neck) by the time the bottle was full. Ah yeah, I had a bit of a look at that book, but I've never...

I finally bottled today at 1.008. Higher than I had expected, but not surprising considering how much sugar and how long it took. Next time I think I will use more yeast. well, the time after next. I still have a packet to use. Out of curiosity, I tried as many different kinds of sugars for...

Yeah, if it's been 1.014 for that long, then it's done and time to bottle. 1.014, is not really that bad a number, I'm sure the brew will taste fine. cheers

I know it's a bit off topic, but I found a calc I like here: http://www.rooftopbrew.net/abv.php It's pretty simple to use and includes temperature corrections. Oh yeah, and it also supports calculations below 1.000. I actually found one that doesn't, how silly.

Your right of course, so I took another reading, and it's only at 1021. But then I didn't really expect it to be finished since I have a lot of sugar in it. Tastes great though. Can't wait for it to finish.

haha, yeah. I know that the airlock is the least reliable way to judge the fermentation, but it's not totally useless. I figure that if it's still bubbling, then there is not much use in taking a gravity reading, since it's obviously still fermenting. My wort has actually started bubbling...