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Downsizing my brewery ahead of moving to a new place, so these have to go. Dual wall mash tun with camlock fitting, $60 Copper counterflow chiller $50 Pickup on both, in 3031.

Finally going to make the shift to a stainless fermenter, and weighing up my options. At this stage im relatively sold on the Brewbuckets, but still open to other ideas. I see that olive oil fustis come up often, but they are proving harder to come by at the moment. Then the Grainfather...

This was our home fridge until we upgraded when we moved in December. Kept it to use as a ferm fridge, but Daniel's one came up so im going with that as it fits in the space i have for it better. Would make a great ferm fridge, or a general beer/hop storage fridge/freezer. Its a Westinghouse...

In our new place the massive 440L fridge I have as a ferm fridge is a bit of an overkill and a waste of space, and so im looking at replacing it with a smaller bar sized ferm only fridge (rather than a fridge/freezer). In the past i have seen a small number of bar fridges around that don't...

A while ago i got some LCA02s for yeast propagation that were advertised using the LCA01 image. As many of you will know LCA02s are conical, wheras LCA01s have a little stand thing moulded into them. After knocking over yet another vial the other day, i finally got around to knocking this up...

Long story short, decided to replace the 3000w eBay element that was only intended as a stopgap, with one of the Camco elements i had originally purchased for the Fauxfather but took their sweet time in postage. Cleaned the system again with a 12hr soak in Starsan, and after the drain it looks...

Following on from my thread below (which upon re-reading made little sense) I present the destructive investigation of a KK one way / check valve. I had a chat with Juri at KK when i was getting a new CO2 cylinder and asked him the same question, but he wasnt sure on the design of the check...

On my kegerator im struggling with losing pressure out of the kegs. I switched from push in T valves to a manifold with inbuilt check valves. to try and rectify the issue. Still having the same issue though. I havent tried switching off the valves, but that is next on the agenda. The thought i...

Came home yesterday to a grinding noise coming out of the kegerator. Doesnt sound like it is coming from the compressor as it only starts a min or so after the compressor kicks in. Sounds like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etKVLFGNrPg Guessing it is the fan that has gone the way of the...

When it does this under heat/cold change: Labelled as Schott GL45, but certainly not. Unsure where it came from though, i bought up a few different sets of lab ware last year.

Been looking around on and off for a new keezer, and it seems that the majority of smaller ones can really only fit 2 kegs. From the Aldi ones to the Esatto ones at Masters, everything in the 150L ish range has so much room taken up by the hump that you cant realistically fit more than 2 kegs...

Finishing off the build of my recirc system, and getting frustrated by trying to get the tapered thread fittings to seal properly, while maintaining the angles i want. I have given some off hand thought to just silver soldering or TIGing the joins together so that they will be pointing in the...

If i had my lathe i would just make them myself, but it is in storage and so im stuck. Trying to find a source of M27 shims locally, or recessed washers. I would use standard M27 washers, but at ISO they are 50mm OD which means that they dont sit well against the curved pot/kettle wall. I cant...

Long story short: bought this for a mate to make him a budget Grainfather. Little did i know it was also an experiment in WAF for him, and as of this morning he has managed to convince his wife to just let him get a GF. Hence this pot is available and surplus to my requirements. It is one of...

Been piecing stuff together for a little while now to go recirculation on my BIAB setup. Things accelerated a little bit last week when i was able to pick up some of those cheap 56L pots at a good price. Ultimately ill probably discard that pot for a nicer MegaPot or similar from the US when i...

Picked up another urn for a mate to build a BIAB setup. But it has a blown element, which is difficult to source a new one. Was intending on just using a Camco in the side of it and ignoring the dead element, but it would be nice to remove it. Thinking just SS bolts and silicone washers, but...

So normally i filter my beer through a Pope line filter before putting it into the keg. But in my last transfer i forgot to do it and figured that any trub would be just blown out in the first glass. Sadly hop material isnt quite that compliant and is jamming up on the liquid post. For this...

Bit of an odd one here. I have just built a new PID controller for a mate using the pretty standard combo of a Rex C100 and a PT-100 RTD sensor. My controller is almost identical, and it measures fine throughout the range with relative accuracy. However this one tends to jump or latch to the...

Previously on my BIAB system i have only really had hot break for perhaps 5mins before the rolling boil started, but on this latest brew i had the hot break foam continue for a full 30mins of the boil and then even 15mins into hop additions before i got out a slotted spoon and removed a ton of...

Ducked into Big W to grab some PET bottles and spotted the 'Beer Machine' things on $40 clearance. Was thinking it's almost ideal for a 10L experimental batch that I don't want to keg. Or for taking to a party/event/camping without having to take all the corny gear. Anyone used one? Im...