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Spotlight ball jars for about $20 for a 6 pack. Easy to boil all the bits for 15 mins and I’ve not had a problem with bring back yeast a year old

I’ve been doing BIAB in a crown urn and it’s stoopid easy and I make beers People seem really happy with. With wrapping the urn in a camping mat and some blankets it’ll hold temperature for 90 mins without any problem. With cold crash with some gelatin my beers are always clear so I don’t...

This is a tough one. standards exist for a reason. buying equipment from China to an international standard has a bad reputation in many industries for a very real reason. I’m an engineer in industry and chinese stock comes with extra precautions, procurement support and inspection. We buy...

Northern brewer would be the best of those you have on hand. It’ll play well with the EKG in the kit.

Mine all smell like hops, especially as I cube hop. I don’t think it matters too much but I can reduce it by filling the cube with water and a helping of Pbw and leave it for a week or so. I’m more trying to clean out the handle so I turn it upside down but you have to keep venting off the pressure

I just did a rye saison with this yeast and I’m very happy with the results. It’s got a great Dry Spicy finish. I was hoping to make it a 4% summer quaffer but hadn’t counted on it finishing so dry so it’s almost 5%. I’ve made a couple of ciders with this yeast as well and it has a really nice...

There’s the fire equipment and home brew mob in mount barker.

86 grolsch bottles for $40 with 2 bags of spare silicone seals

One keg of cider is more enough. It’s in the fridge and looks like it’s settled out well, just like beer would so I’ll see what happens in a few months time when I do another cider

Gravity check at day 5 and it’s been a qualified success. Sg at 1.030 so it’s 9.7% and tastes every bit of it. If it can get to 1.020 I’d be a happy boy. It’s got 2 more weeks in primary and then 2 months with oak in secondary to smooth itself out. The coffee and chocolate are running the show...

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Hey ho Ive started making cider with belle saison yeast after listening to a brulosophy podcast on cider and found it really good. It’s retaining lots of Apple character even before backsweetening. My local brew shop doesn’t carry it so I was going to store some cake from the fermenter and...

Update - fermentation was started this Morning. Starter was a 2 half jars of cake from the last brew with 1272 and a litre starter on the kitchen bench for a couple of days. Wort was tipped from the cube into the fermenter from a good height so all the conditions are as good as I can do...

My wife got a book from the library called the brewers tale about a women brewing beer in 1400s. It’s a little more leaning into the bodice tearing genre but has lots of details on ale making. I fell asleep after the first two pages but will try again Discussion on malting Visual picking mashing...

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Any idea when 3l Erlenmeyer flasks are going to be back in stock

Vienna Citra smash APA 6.5% Brown ale - 5.4% American stout 6.4% Dead pony club clone 3.8% pale ale I’ve got tap envy now

Off topic but I need info on upside down. Spunding valve on the liquid out post Drain slurry out the gas post Put back up the right way before cold crashing? Is this a corny or other sized keg

I treat every chinchilla like it’s going to attack. That’s why I’m still alive. This couple are in for a treat when they are educated and they get to experience the wonder of those marvellous wee beasties. (That’s yeast, not the chinchillas)

It was pretty stressful, mainly because I’m virtual solo dad at the moment and it needed a lot more attention than I’m used to with BIAB & cubing but was an interesting challenge. Certainly the most rewarding beer I’ve done and I’m sure the fermenting will be just as challenging. I think I...