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    Grainfather connect temp probe

    Hey guys, Does anyone know what temp probe grainfather use with their connect box? I want a longer one so I can mount the box elsewhere and put the probe in the mash. I can’t find any info on what probe it is anywhere. Any help greatly appreciated TIA, Checka
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    Temp probe for mathos controller

    Hey guys, I've got a mathos controller I've been using for the last few years. I'm about to upgrade to a 70L 1V herms system with a herm-it coil. The temp probe that comes with the mathos controller has a large probe in the end as if it is ment to be mounted in the sidewall of the kettle, I'm...
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    Sour beer not souring!

    Sour brewers, So I've been given a heap of mango cheeks and decided to try an make a mango sour. Research has lead me to believe 5 caps of this here pure lacto culture into 23l of 1.045 wort lowered to ph4.8 with an estimated 4 IBU sitting at a constant 23c after 48hrs should drop to PH 3.4...
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    Bottle conditioning and 40c plus temps

    Hey guys, so there is 40+ degrees expected for the next few days here in Perth and I've just bottled an all grain Aussie larger using Nottingham ale yeast fermented at 18c, I keep my beers in a tin shed out the back till there ready to drink and I throw them in the fridge. With all this hot...
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    Dubble trubble

    3 days into fermentation of my weatmalle dubble clone this has happened using wyeast 3787. Is this normal and will it be all good??
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    Brew day problems!

    Hey guys, So I'm sorta into my 5/6 all grain Biab brew and I've been having efficiency issues. I've just made a pickup tube as part of my problem I believe was that I had 10L below the 2 way valve that went to waste. Anyway this brew I measured pre- boil and post boil gravity. The thing is I...
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    Hitting really low gravities!

    Hey guys, So just put down my 3rd all grain brew in my electric 50l converted keg. I'm hitting ridiculously low gravities. Like I mean I have setup my brew smith profile as 65% efficiency and I'm hitting like 50% Here's what I did today 4kg BB ale malt 1kg BB wheat malt .3kg crystal malt...
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    Cream on top of boil

    Hey guys, Just punching out my first all grain bias beer today.. I've done lots of LDME boil ups but never noticed this before.. It's like when oxygen has gotten into my fermenter before and I've had a clear scum on top of my beer. Is this normal or is the boiling wort slowly eating away at the...
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    Bottling made easy

    Not sure if this is common knowledge or not or been covered but here's a hands free way to bottle with only a milkcrate.. Cut out a few bits where the bottle sits and your off and away. Sure as hell made my life easier!!!! Bottle just wedges in on top of the milk crate as shown.. Use a...
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    Ball lock carbonation lid with 0.5m stone

    Brought this brand new a week ago, put it together, went to drop it in my leg and realised that I have Firestone kegs not cornelius kegs and the lids are different sizes [emoji35]Can't take it back as I've put it together... Spewing!! Brought for $48.50 Selling for $30
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    Re-culturing yeasts!

    Hey guys, So I've just started re-culturing coopers pale ale yeast from the bottle for the first time. Made a 750ml starter in a 1L mason jar. All is going well and is fermenting along nicely. I read most people start with a 1.5L starter in a big coke bottle so what I want to know is once this...
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    Galaxy hops Freo W.A

    Brought a kilo of Galaxy bout a week ago but so many things have come up of late no way I'm gonna use it all.. So anyone that's wants to buy some off me $6 per 100g. Take half a kilo.. Whatever I would just hate to see it go to waste. I'm in hamilton hill As you can see it's still unopened...
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    OG 1.100 extract IPA?

    Hey guys, I'm fairly new to brewing.. Probably knocked out 15 extract kits... Anyway I knocked off early today so thought I would come home and whack a brew on. Had gear here so off I went.. This is what i did.. 1 Thomas coopers IPA 1 briess CBW sparkling amber liquid malt extract 300g dark...
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    Overcarbonation

    hey everyone, new to home brewing, i was under the assumption that it was 1 TABLESPOON per longneck and after some research i have found it to be 1 TEASPOON roughly :-/. so i have a a 30 bottles sitting in the spare room I've bottle primed with a tablespoon instead of a teaspoon!!! Are they...
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