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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

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...

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.

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.

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

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

Put first brew on last night coopers pale ale and used saf ale yeast. Got up this morn and brew is not bubbling is this normal how long does it take? Re-hydrated yeast as per instruction and pitched in 18 c wort. Fudge is set on 18 c as well. Have I done something wrong?

Just wondering people's thoughts on using rain water to brew with. It prob has been a topic before but since I'm new to this site and brewing your thoughts would be a big help as rain water is all I have access to.

Hi just wondering everyone thoughts on pitching yeast. I am about to do a lager brew and I am using a saf lager yeast should I get the temp of the wort to 12 c then sprinkle it over the top or should I hydrate the yeast then put it in as a liquid? I'm new to the brewing so any help would be good.

Hi just purchased a brewmate and scored a fridge of the old man, going to put my first brew on this weekend im doing a coopers lager with a number #40 brew craft kit converter and a saflager yeast . I have brewed in the past with not much luck. Just looking for tips or things to watch out for...

G'day im new to home brewing looking foward to getting some advice off you all.