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Good luck Pete - that design looks interesting ! We have kept bees for 2 seasons in our back yard in Melbourne. My wife's grandfather is a beekeeper. We have a standard 8 frame hive which is very productive - last summer we harvested over 30Kg of lovely tastinng honey. Towards the end of the...

If your glycol tub is in the same freezer as your kegs (eg at 1C) then I have just used water (with an ocassional dash of bleach to ensure it stays clean). Works fine. Cheers Simon

Hi Steve I just used a circular saw to build the frame for my bar. I simply cut slots for the joins and used coach screws to fasten in. I used a chainsaw to cut the upright logs to fit the bar top. The frame is made out of old hardwood of some type and the top is 2 pieces of Jarrah...

I got mine at Plastic Plumbing Supplies - use it to run water thru the font - works fine.

+1 for Beer Alchemy

Hi Captain If you're going to buy a March pump (see bulk buy) then I would definitely try a whirlpool immersion chiller, http://www.mrmalty.com/chiller.php I have a normal immersion, a convoluted CF chiller and a whirlpool chiller. The whirlpool chiller (combined with settling overnight in the...

I whirlpool in the boiler before running thru a CF chiller - works fine. Careful not to aerate though when hot of course. Cheers Simon

Hi B&T I use a cast iron 4 ring burner for a 55L boil - works fine. If you're infusion mashing (not decoction) you need a 30 min strong rolling boil BEFORE you add any hops. This is to ensure your beer will clarify properly. So simply adjust the burner as high as possible without it boiling...

Hi Thirsty Looks good - some ideas: If you're going to the trouble of adding water additives, then then it would be worth recording the starting water pH and the Mash pH (you should add the water additives into the mash, not the water since the grain changes pH). Also the one I designed a...

Grain and Grape has these in stock (new) - not cheap though but a great size. Cheers Simon

I had a pin hole in one of my 17L kegs. Cost $5 to fix at a local welding shop in Sth Melb (he was a SS specialist) and did the job in 5 mins. Works fine and you can hardly see the fix.