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  1. benchick

    Speidel Braumeister 20l For Sale

    This item is now sold, thanks all for the interest
  2. benchick

    Speidel Braumeister 20l For Sale

    lol, downsizing on toys around the house that never get used, the braumeister is one of them
  3. benchick

    Speidel Braumeister 20l For Sale

    For Sale, speidel braumeister 20l with thermojacket, this is a brand new unit, i have run water through the cycle once to check that it all worked, but other than that it is unused, selling due to a major downsizing, the only thing missing is the original box which i threw out when i bought it...
  4. benchick

    Beer Label Software

    Mentioned before i had adobe, but it wasnt photoshop, it was another one, my mistake, anyways, tried to download gimp and no luck, was running too slow so got inkscape instead. seems like a capable program considering its free, just going to take a good sit down to work it all out. photoshop and...
  5. benchick

    Beer Label Software

    ok just downloading gimp, will give that a try
  6. benchick

    Mill Motors

    certainly was, thats the single tier double batcher currently under construction.
  7. benchick

    Mill Motors

    Thanks fellas,I fabbed the frame myself, gota sheet metal place to bend the hopper and chute etc and machine place to make the coupling, had a mate whos a boily tig the hopper and chute, im a sparky so wiring was easy done. if i could tig weld and bend staino woulda done the lot on my own. am...
  8. benchick

    Beer Label Software

    excellent, will chase down that thread, have adobe already and havnt had much luck with it for photos etc, their are a couple on the net which i found after a quick search, one was called the labeller and the other one was label maker 2.15 or something. not much info other than that on those ones.
  9. benchick

    Beer Label Software

    Just looking at making up some beer bottle and font tap decal holder labels. anyone have any tips on which software is best to use?
  10. benchick

    Mill Motors

    Got this from royce cross in adelaide for $400 for motor and gbox, brand new, straight out of china, build quality is spot on, 0.75kw single phase motor, 15 - 1 worm drive gear box, cap start cap run. Final RPM is around 98. Works a treat, no belts or pulleys to muck around with, just slid...
  11. benchick

    Lack Of Head

    Lack of head? Buy her some flowers.........
  12. benchick

    Beer Flies

    true that barney, at work now we use a rosemary and cedarwood cream as a fly/mozzie repellant, same story it being all natural, the buggers hate the stuff and its easy on the nose too. beats rid and aeroguard hands down everytime.
  13. benchick

    Beer Flies

    oh and yeah i keg my beer but my drip tray is always clean so thats not a problem, i ferment in my spare room which is where they have been infesting mainly.
  14. benchick

    Beer Flies

    Its the airlocks on the fermentors that they love and any glass of beer i pour, i have to skull my drinks before they fly into it which probably isnt a bad thing really, and they seem to hang around the sinks a fair bit too.
  15. benchick

    Beer Flies

    So it worked. Better than expected too. Have caught about 200 flies in 6 hours in 1 trap alone, the little buggers cant resist apple cider vinegar by the looks of it. Will put some fresh traps out over night and im guessing it will be problem solved for the time being. Who would think something...
  16. benchick

    Beer Flies

    The trap is set......
  17. benchick

    Beer Flies

    thanks for all your help, just went and bought some apple cidar vinegar and some more bleach, will set 3 traps with 2l coke bottles and re-bleach the drains, fingers crossed it works, the last thing i need is the missus having an excuse to stop me from brewing. :(
  18. benchick

    Beer Flies

    awesome, will give the vinegar a shot, i initially put some banana in a container with small holes in it to see what i was dealing with and they went nuts on it, it also seems like they breed in the drains on the trub i wash down their, if they arnt buzzing around the fermentors air lock they...
  19. benchick

    Beer Flies

    Ok, just moved into a new house, have put down a couple of batches over the last couple of months and now iv got beer/fruit flies buzzing around the house, in particular my fermentors, beer in glass, coke etc. iv tried everything except professional spraying. have bleached the drains (this...
  20. benchick

    Brew Rig Design

    good 3 vessel design is the brutus 10, im sure you have seen it but if not , look it up, the designer lonnie mac even has plans that are floating around on the net, i got a copy of them and although i wouldnt do exactly what he is doing he has some good ideas worth considering, especially his...
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