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Free 229 litre fridge. I picked it up on gumtree a few years ago. Works well, but I've been using it for fermenting in and taking on camping trips. It is painted in chalk board paint and has a couple of floor boards as the lowest shelf. Has 3 other shelves and two compartments for the door. Pick...

Hey All, been building new rig for a while and a big thanks for all the help opinions etc along the way - even if I just stalked your convo. Went from the exploding keg King element to a 5 Star 3600w element. I looked at a few online calculators to see what an extra 1200w would do for my mash...

Hey all, am I throwing this wort. Element blew 30 min into boil. Can I cube it and boil when I have new element? Fylp

Hey all, I've acquired a kiln controller that I can rig up to my new control box for my BIAB grainfatheresque set up- I'm adding 1kw more power. It will be a bit of a stuff around to get it to fit in my box I scored in a clean up, so I'm wondering if it is worth it. My other unit will fit fine...

Hey all, I've been brewing for about 15 years, went to BIAB just over a year ago and love my beers. However, I do link to tinker and pushing 2 20l cubes out of my current set up is a bit dangerous- few close calls with heavy bags and hot wort. So I have this 35l esky I don't use and I'm...

Hey All, Just wondering who uses one during the boil and why. I started using one- just because- and stopped a while back. Phil

I reckon I can build on for about $50-80, but not sure how it would go for my BIAB set up.

Hey All, I've had this question rolling around for a while. What constitutes a rolling boil? Is it on the verge of boiling over or is it having movement beyond a simmer? The other thing is, how covered can a boil be? Half? Less? When doing my max capacity I need to keep the lid on half way...

Hey Brewers. After losing an keg king element for no apparent reason yesterday, I've decided I need more power in the next one. I'm not sure if i should go for a 3000w or a 4000w. I wouldn't mind getting up to boil quicker, but I also don't want to overboard- if that is possible. I do either...

Hey all. Just had my element blow 2 min in to my first step (62c) of an ale. So i went bush mechanic and have fudged some wiring to get it going again. My problem is that it has had a 50 min mash at 62 or so degrees. Now I have it heading up to 67 for the rest of its run, but what will end up...

Hey all, had a bit of crap luck with a brew yesterday. I had recently added a bazooka style hop screen on the inside of my kettle- biab with recirculation. When emptying the batch, it couldn't get the last few viable litres out due to blockage. Anyone else had this issue? I'm thinking I'll bin...

Hi All, I tend to leave out cube hops when storing for a while- more whirlpool instead. Does anyone out there cube hop and leave it for any extended period, i.e. longer than a few days. Thanks

Hey all, Wondering who swaps their CO2 and who waits for a fill. I've got a 2.3kg my keg on legs with 6 years of test date left, it looks brand new still. But I'm also impatient and a fill takes 1/2 a week at my LHBS. Fylp

Hey all, I've lost my brew book which had written in it the min temp it needs to be when transferred over to the cube. I'm experimenting at moment with whirlpool times and about to shoot my self in the foot- well hope not! Help Phil

Hey Brewers, Wondering if anyone uses the standard glass shelves to hold cornies in their keg fridge. I saw an image in an old thread that got me thinking I could fit a larger co2 bottle in if I got them off the bottom of the fridge in front of the compressor hump thing. Phil

Hey All, I'm trying to work why my efficiency has dropped recently. One big change was going from Simpsons MO to Voyager Pale as my base malt. Happy with it in other ways, but wondering if anyone out there has noticed anything similar. Phil

Hey Brewers. What can I expect from this yeast? I had another impulse buy moment at the brew shop. I was planing on the White Labs English for a hoppy brown ale, but got distracted and ended up with a slightly out of date Belgian ($6). Kegged it yesterday and it was fruity, but also dryish...

Hi all, I have been given 2 of these kegs. They take a U coupler. Does anyone have any experience with them? I only have a small fridge that cornies fit into. I'm not if they would be worth selling or if they will just become a fire pit for the backyard. Cheers

Hey Brewers. I am setting up a new keg system and I realised that my regulator screws very snugly on to my Sodastream bottle without the adaptor. Has anyone either thrown in a small nut (4mm or so) to depress the valve or turned the little nut on the side of the tank. The nut on the tank is...