Search results

With a hydrometer? It's calibrated for 20 celcius and I was taking readings in the high 20s to it would have been off by a tiny bit. The original gravity reading was done at pitching, so around 27-28 also probably. But that adjustment would make it about 1.042 - 1.022 which is even worse of a...

Hmm, I gave both a go. Neither seem to include the Coopers Brew Enhancers which makes it a bit more difficult to be accurate. I'm also not sure what kind of amber malt grain I have but none of the options on the spread sheet ring a bell. I added: 1.7kg AusPA can 0.5kg Amber 50 grain 1kg Light...

Hey guys. I know this is an old topic but I decided to bump it up once more in order to post my final results. After a solid week of giving both fermenters a good slosh around each morning, as well as having no cooling methods in place during 30 degree days, both brews still did not budge from...

Thanks for all the replies, All good Carnie. But as Bruce said - I did say it was an experiment of sorts. I made a brew almost identical to these using US-05 yeast with almost no temp control and it came out perfect. Like, seriously good. I've been told and also read that the yeast is what...

Hi, I was just reading new_guy's post about his stout stopping at 1.020. This is even more peculiar as both of my beers started at 1.040 and have both stopped at exactly 1.020?! They both had: 1 x Coopers Aus Pale Ale can 1 x Brew Enhancer #1 1 x Kit yeast Then 1 had: 200g medium crystal...

Wow, thanks for the replies I feel heaps better now. It was just a cheap and nasty kit and kilo batch so I wasn't super worried, but it's nice to know you don't have to throw it all out for more or less nothing. Everything was super sanitized (soaked in iodophor solution for about a week) so...

Pretty much as simple as that. I put together a stout in a 20L clear chemical drum (used to have non scented cleaning chems), one of the square-ish ones. The hole I'd drilled was about 0.5mm too open making the grommet just a little bit loose, but not enough for air contamination to be an issue...

hahaha funny you say that cause I do open bottles with my teeth and everyone said id damage them because of it. Ironically the damage had nothing to do with that though. I simply fell forward chin first into a gravel car park.

I've made a few but im far from getting them perfect. I've done 2 batches with vanilla. One was adding the solution to the wort, which was a very subtle flavour. The other was adding the solution to the bottles (evenly divided 500ml of vanilla paste in water with 17 litres of cider). The latter...

After writing that I felt like another taste test was in order (sure, it's 1:20pm, but it's NYE so ner!). Really enjoying it. One of the easiest drinking beers I've made. And after 1 schooner (proper schooner glass) I'm already feeling a bit buzzed. Potent stuff!

I just put together a 'rushed' CMC for tonight (New Year's Eve) as it's going to be close to 30 and I'm headed to a pool party. Mine is far from fantastic at the moment as it's only been in the bottle for 48 hours! xD But for what it is, it's still very drinkable. I didn't use any hops but I...

Too scared to find out xD The rest of the batch was great though. I'm paranoid that it might be mold. Could possibly strain it I suppose.

Hello, I've been brewing a ridiculous amount of cider lately (like, a lot). One of the batches was plain apple, nothing fancy, but I mixed up 500ml of boiling water with 3 teaspoons full of vanilla paste and divided it up evenly in all of the bottles. So there was only 2 bottles (2L) of this...

Hmm, just looked it up, 1.5ml per litre is great. And doesn't stain - perfect. Looks like I'm buying some.

$3.90 for 1.5lb is expensive? How cheap is Starsan then?! I imagine you would only use a small amount of it (40ml maybe) per litre? Generally 500ml is enough to clean all the bottles, just transferring the solution from one bottle to the next with a funnel. Giving each bottle a good shake...

Ergh, syringes gross me out so much. Immature, I know :P But just the sight of them makes me cringe. I guess if I use them often for brewing it may help desensitize me a bit. Last time I saw a syringe was when I cut a tendon on my hand (few weeks ago, still recovering) and ended up having 16...

Ah, I went back through the thread and found it. Juzdu suggested "Morgans No Rinse Sanitise" and provided this link: POWER LINK! Might order some online while I still have some money left in the bank (damn you December).

It wasn't Starsan, no. But I do hear of that all the time. Is it any good?

Yeah they are plastic bottles. I have iodophor but it's not great. Needs 1ml per litre which is a pain to measure. And it has a strong smell, it stains like crazy etc. I really need to work out what to get, or buy good no-rinse online. Iodophor says it's no-rinse but I wouldn't want a single...

Hi, I desperately needed some bottles last night and bought 10 2L Coles sparking water bottles. I figured if they've only had water inside they should be pretty much sterile and bottled some cider into them without using sanitizer first. Anyone reckon this is a bad idea? Or should it be...