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Brined, dry rubbed and slow roasted pulled pork has an hour to go, made a big batch of homemade sausage rolls for lunch. Just pulled out two chocolate cakes for a double layer cake.. Veggies going in soon, just need to make the icing. Sipping on a homebrewed belgian dark ale. Got to love...

Thinking of diversifying my alcohol production, specifically looking to make some homemade whiskey. I was looking at http://puredistilling.com/product/home-spirit-maker-2/ Anyone else used these, do they create a smooth spirit? Any other suggestions? Not wanting to feature in an episode...

Again, prices? first dibs on the wooden keg, subject to price and details of what is a wooden keg (vs a barrel)

Found this link with multiple pics that might help http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/i-think-i-screwed-up-my-lambic.46954/

Bumped for the OP and evening crowd

Not even a novice on this line of brewing, but exposure to air at top of fermenter could be the source of the growth if re-fermentation didn't kick off in a hurry, I had a batch of olives show similar growth, the fruit needed to be submerged at all times to avoid it. Did you wash the fruit...

Jump on www.beercartel.com.au for pricing, they are comparable to other imports. Cheers.

It has the import labels on each bottle, so fingers crossed the batch is fresh.

Splurged at beer cartel - they have Stone beers! Going to try and pace myself and just taste one bottle a night, with a fresh batch of English Strong Ale on tap it should (in theory) be doable.

Double jack was lovely, good balance given the high alcohol Suffolk Ale - delicious, brown sugar treacle sugar flavoured malts, must.. get... more

A 40L urn is a tried and true step up from kits as a starting point, electric, concealed element, easy and cheap way to move up. As Hoppy2B said, you will also need a gas burner or be comfortable drilling holes in the pot for electric elements (bad drilling = buggered pot) , ball valves etc so...

Nice one - thanks for the tip Manticle. How to perform the fast ferment test? To perform the test you need a sample of wort and yeast. The amount of wort should be enough to perform a hydrometer reading later (6 to 8 oz (120 to 200 ml)). The amount of yeast should result in a pitching rate...

? what's a forced - fast ferment test?

Umm electric hoist not electronic. But otherwise... as above!

Huh that's odd. Did you aerate the wort well before pitching? Otherwise you've done the trinity of shake, temp rise and re-pitch. It's under 1.020. I say crash and bottle

What was your mash temp?

Spiesy, I know you were after some feedback on the pot. Got to say, overall, really happy. There is a bit of a mark on the base, but otherwise it is a really solidly built pot and some great fittings, couldn't be happier. Big bugger.... ;) Hooked up an electronic hoist so now all that...

Having read the thread amarillo and galaxy hops get a good run. I have smelt passionfruit in the aroma but it is subtle, and reckon amarillo is a good bet too. I have an amarillo IPA which I dry hopped with whole hop galaxy on Sunday - Kegging on Thursday and I will do a side by side next week...

Not a big twitter fan usually, but checked the feed a couple of times last night.

After doing the research, I went local. I ordered my 100L boiler with thermometer and 3 piece ball valve this week, with an added sight glass. Pretty good deal for the size. I picked up a basic hoist for under $100, so I can biab double batches until I can buy the HLT and mash tun. I may go...