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Hi just wondering if many people use their urn to do full extract brews and if you could give me a quick run down on your process?I have been doing kit brews for awhile and am abit time poor to do biab so was hoping to skip the mash stage and improve my beers by going full extract. Any advice...

Hi all been doing biab for about a year now and looking for the next step. Just after suggestions on what setup to build. I use a consealed crown urn so would like to incorporate that into the build. Would like to keep it simple and do double batches any ideas would be good. Cheers

Thanks will bottle tonight.

Hi just wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction normally I keg all my brews but I decided to bottle this batch. After cold conditioning should I bottle at that temp then store bottles at room temp or should I raise the temp of the wort to get it closer to room temp for...

Ok thanks the reason I'm using 30 mm rollers is that is what dia stainless we had at work hope it's ok.

Was going to use same dia rollers on both and make it hand driven.

Diameter of shaft is 30 mm

Just wondering if anyone could tell me the best gap to have between the rollers to achieve a good crush to suit my biab set up as I am building my own grain mill. I'm thinking round 0.9mm any help would be good.

Thanks guys I think I'll be just putting it in the cube don't want to risk the shiny new urn.

Thanks for the replies I have a brand new cube ready to go but was not sure bout aeration when transferring to the cube without a hose.

Hi just wondering everyone's thoughts on doing a no chill in the urn as I have not got any silicon hose yet to transfer the wort into the cube. It is my first attempt at biab and am keen to get a brew down so I don't run out of beer. My idea was to put the lid on for the last 5 mins of the boil...

Hi did a search on this and did not have any luck. I just purchased a 20 litre willow jerrycan the tall slim ones but no where on it does it say it is hdpe free just wondering if anyone uses these drums? I want to no- chill in it any help would be great.

Thanks for everyone that replied on the subject I originally posted!! I think I will be sticking with the fridge for fermenting ,everyone had a good point on lifting the fv in and out.

Thanks for the replies the only reason I was thinking of the chesty was for when I cold crash thought it might get down to temp quicker and hold better rather than the motor cutting in and out all the time.

Hi all just wondering people's thought on wat is better a chest freezer or a normall fridge to ferment in ? I currently use a fridge but have the option to get a chest freezer of mate cheap. Wat would be the better choice on power usage ? Any advice would be good for this noob

Ok thanks bats that was the advice I was after did not want to do it to early.

Just coming to the end of my first brew I took a gravity reading for the first time today it was 1010 I put the brew on the 9/4/13. Just wondering if I should cold crash it for a couple of days before I keg it ? Any advice would be appreciated

All is good brew showing sign of fermenting was unsure how long things took to kick off. Thank to everyone for advice will be a bit more patient next time.

Got home this arvo still no action. No foam on top or any sign of fermenting might have to strangle that cat.

Thanks for the reply sorry bout spelling was ment say fridge.