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  1. Matplat

    Calling all Mackay Brewers!!!!

    Morning all, I'm in a bit of a bind and need some help if possible... I've come up to Mackay to visit family for Xmas and brought 2 kegs with me.... sounds great, except I forgot to bring my Pluto guns with me!! Just wondering if I can have a lend of a Pluto or picnic tap for the week that...
  2. Matplat

    Mesh plate for BIAB

    I'm looking to get a mesh plate cut on the CNC router at work but have a few limitations to deal with. I want to change my rig from malt-pipe recirc with sparge, to BIAB/no-sparge. The reason being that if I go BIAB, I can mash-in before putting children to bed and leave it without worrying if...
  3. Matplat

    You think micros do it tough in Aus

    http://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-40966196/fighting-for-craft-beer-in-thailand Minimum brewery size in Thailand!!!!!
  4. Matplat

    Another free fermenting fridge - Brisbane

    Fridge only, works fine for fermenting, but will only get down to about 5 deg. It's big enough to fit two fermenters one above the other, and I have all the glass shelves and plastic door inserts. The glass shelves are strong enough for a 23l batch! Keg not included sorry! If you're quick...
  5. Matplat

    Stir plate oddness

    Morning all, So I made a stir plate, and after some teething issues caused by shit glassware, seemed to have it running pretty well. I used it for the first time this week; I made up a 1l starter in a 1l flask and used the smallest stir bar I have (10mm) and it pulled a nice vortex, starter...
  6. Matplat

    Burton water... really?

    Morning all, So I recieved a copy of 'Designing Great Beers' for christmas, which I have been working my way through over the past two weeks. Planning an English Golden Ale to brew this weekend, and figured I would attempt to put some of the advice from the book into practise. For English Pale...
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    Brewmate App

    Evening all, I love using brewmate, but I also like sitting on my couch. Considering the apparent demise of the software developer. I was wondering if there is someone here able to convert the software into an app that I can put on my ipad? I have no idea whats involved, just a thought I...
  8. Matplat

    Stuck ferment troubleshoot

    Evening all, So my beer got stuck, and looking for some pointers as to where I went wrong. I brewed an AG dunkelweizen, mashed at 66-67, OG was 1.047 at 25l, threw a teaspoon of yeast nutrient in at the end of the boil. No O2 unfortunately yet, just sprayed the wort at the side of the FV...
  9. Matplat

    Coopers Amber Ale

    Afternoon everyone, So Coopers have just released an amber ale as a seasonal beer. They have apparently used a yeast that has been in the deep freeze for the past 15 years... Anyone tried it yet? Do coopers usually sell their seasonal releases in bottles? I know that the vintage ale is, that...
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    Refractometer usage

    Evening all, I did a bit of a search on this, but could only find about people who hadn't used a calculator to correct their FG reading. So i just got a refractometer, and immediately calibrated it. Being most of the way through my current fermentation, i thought I would give it a go. First...
  11. Matplat

    What kind of beer is this?

    Morning all, So I bought some Mandarina Bavaria on a whim, to try something different, then realised I should have had a plan for what to do with them first, as they seem to be quite a unique hop. I feel like they should go in something wheaty, and really want to get a feel for what they bring...
  12. Matplat

    IPA hop schedule creation

    Afternoon all, Just after some advice with creating an IPA. I've decided I need one available for an event Im brewing for in 8 weeks time, and have a brew ready to bottle this weekend which I can use the yeast cake from BRY-97. Spur of the moment thing so I want to create a hop schedule from...
  13. Matplat

    FS: Cluster Plant and rhizomes

    This is my cluster plant that I'm trying to get rid of as is in the pot, its one year old. I'm open to offers.... I also have 4 cluster rhizomes available from the other plant that I dismantled... $10 each
  14. Matplat

    Free champagne bottles

    Morning all, I've decided I cant quite be bothered with bottling in champagne bottles, and rather than chucking them in the recycling I thought I would offer them up. I've got 25-30 or so bottles, most are either jacobs creek or chandon bottles, but there are a few odd ball ones in there...
  15. Matplat

    Spontaneous fermentation

    So as many of you probably do, I collect all remaining wort including trub in a separate container after filling the cube/FV, then when trub settles out, use the cleared wort for starters. I have had a bottle of such wort sitting for a few weeks now waiting to be used, and the other day I...
  16. Matplat

    Am I just being a snob

    So a friend, who is just getting into craft beers, told me they really enjoyed a beer at a local brewpub, which for now will remain nameless. I looked up said beer and was suprised when it advertised itself as a Double IPA (remember, entry level craft brew drinker), initally I was excited as I...
  17. Matplat

    Calling all metallugists/chemists

    Morning all, I recently built myself an immersion chiller from some left over A/C copper coil. Having read about how clean they come up the first time you use them (and subsequent contamination of wort), I was keen to avoid that mishap. I decided to simply boil the coil in acidic water, to...
  18. Matplat

    Young Henry's Real Ale Clone

    Morning Lads (and Ladies), I recently drank a 6 pack of the above that my bro brought up from down south and wanted to have a crack at it, it was booodiful :) They give a reasonable amount of detail about it on their website here: http://www.younghenrys.com/real-ale From that, I have come up...
  19. Matplat

    Little guys leading the charge

    http://www.3ders.org/articles/20160520-saltwater-brewery-launches-3d-printed-edible-six-pack-rings-that-are-safe-for-animals-to-eat.html That's pretty cool.... unfortunately it will probably be one of those things that doesn't hit the main stream 'cos of the bean counters at the big players.
  20. Matplat

    I made a mill

    Wassup peeps... check it out, I made a mill! #stoked I made the rollers from 6"NB pipe which works out to 139mm OD in real money, and they are 150mm wide. The motor i was given to me and its 0.37Kw 2800rpm, it turns a 1 1/2" pulley stepped up to a 14" pulley which means the rollers should be...
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