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I guess I'm a little dense, but i dont understand what the hell all these things are and how they go together. I was wondering if someone could help explain it to me by way of a practical example (ie, tell me how to do the thing I want to do) Here's what i want. I have one of these That i...

I'm looking to build a couple of PID temp controllers for my system and general temp control duty. I'm comfortable with the PID side of things and have the units already - but so far i have been running my PIDs via manual relays not SSRs. I need to buy an SSR or two. I plan to run a maximum of...

You can dick about with all sorts of finings, lagering, dancing about a fire and praying to the beer gods.... OR.... You could buy a packet of Polyclar and a 1 micron filter. Clarity matters to me - and even though I am fussy, I'm willing to call this good enough.

My downstairs neighbours have moved out and left a working old style fridge on the street. Its a pretty damn cool retro Crossley brand one and looks like this I'd have this in a second if i had room for it. A little TLC and it would make a super cool kegggerator or just a nice addition to...

I brewed a double batch of pilsner today - 50L pre boil volume. It took about 20 - 30 mins after i hit volume to get it boiling. I continuous sparged for about 75mins and the mash was brought to a mashout before sparging began. And here's a video to show that you dont need to point the arse end...

Been a busy day... Today I have * Made the dough for Vanillekipferl (German Hazelnut Vanilla shortbread x-mas biscuits). They will get baked tomorrow night. * Re-Upholstered my motor scooter seat. * Transitioned my "Roggen-Wit" from cube to fermenter. * Started fermenting my latest Malt Free -...

Its the better half's birthday today and the request is for a nice roast beef dinner. So its Roast beef with assorted roast veggies, steamed asparagus and Roast Potatoes done in duck fat Dinner will be at 8:30-9:00 when the beloved gets home from her early evening flamenco gig (bass player)...

Hey Ho AHBers - Been overseas for a month and drank a lot of good beer. Thought I'd share some beer drinking adventure. Went to Hawaii, New York, Paris, London, Wales, Hong Kong The object of the game was to see live Jazz, drink a lot of good beer and generally swan about. Achieved! We...

Looks like Purvis is going to build a new store in Richmond.... What a shame!! A new specialist beer store, fair chance it'll be one of the best in country, in the next suburb from mine. Bugger :) From their newsletter... They're looking for staff who know about beer. Staff Needed - Passionate...

Ok, so while merrily arguing with Nick in another thread with evaporation in the title, I have also been having grand chicken cacciatore that my lovely wife made for dinner and annoying her in the kitchen while doing a couple of benchtop experiments on evaporation rates. Just to be clear though...

Hey Guys, about to head out the door to G&G. Today we are having the dry run for the System Wars video/presentation/discussion that will be happening at the ANHC. So if you want to see a brewing cage match between standard 3V vs HERMS vs BIAB ... and you can't make it to the main filming day...

So, I've been having a ******* of a time doing "quick" fills of bottles to take to parties etc etc. Pouring nothing but foam. I could dick around dropping the pressure etc, but by the time I do that I might as well bust out the CP filler. I want simple, fast, proper CP filling up on the outside...

Anyone know about these guys?? http://goodheadbeer.com.au/ The blurb on the website seems to peg them as just another marketing company with a contract brewed beer (AIB I think) and they seem to be offering franchises of some sort. I've never heard of them, but they have taken over what used...

I won a Beersmith license as a prize from Beerfest ... but I am a confirmed Pro-mash user so I wont be needing it. Make bids, highest bidder wins - donate the cash to AHB and I send you the License Key Will close the Auction COB Monday - I'll contact highest bidder. Starting at $10.00 TB

I was looking for a nice recipe for tomato sauce when I stumbled on the fact that traditionally Ketchup is a fermented food.... I love fermented stuff, so I am going to give it a go. Pinched wholly from this webpage http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/artic...ed-tomato-sauce - here's the...

I'll kick this off with an easy one In yeast metabolism, the EMP (Glycolytic) pathway ends in Pyruvate (CH3COCOOH). My main text seems to refer to CH3COCOOH as either Pyruvate or Pyruvic acid interchangeably. They are the same thing right?? TB

Been reading up about Sous Vide cooking. It seems that what you need is a vacuum wrapper and an accurately temperature controlled circulating water bath... I have a vac wrapper for hops etc I have a RIMS system I have a blowtorch (apparently handy for this style of cooking) Therefore I believe...

I have been trying to work out why the hell I cant fill my corny kegs properly from my fermenters. The fermenters are quite accurately calibrated, so is my brewpot etc... I make 21-22 L of beer and leave a litre or so in the fermenter... and my bloody cornies are still inches from the top. I...

If you have a link to a good online textbook or article; post it in this thread. In this thread you will find links to these books Essays in Brewing Science - Michael J. Lewis & Charles W. Bamforth Brewing Science and Practice - Dennis E. Briggs, Chris A. Boulton, Peter A. Brookes and Roger...

I finally (bloody finally! :rolleyes: ) got around to brewing my first batch in the bling heavy custom Mash tun I got from Beer Belly. A fabulous bit of kit that seems to do extremely well everything I wanted it too. Thanks Wayne. Great flow rates through my RIMS and I think the insulation...