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(The countdown clock is 9 days.) I have a major milestone birthday on the weekend after next and have nothing in bottle or keg to serve anyone. As an avid home brewer, and all my friends know I am , I feel I have let them down. It's just been too busy this year to think about brewing. So I...

I was contacted at work by the bar owner (yes we have a bar at work) about putting a beer on a spare tap he has. I suggested he run a home brew competition, provide a decent prize to get a few entries, and take the winning reciepe to a small production house to have it made. that way he gets to...

Hi, I'm plannign on buying some of the Auber Instruments PT-100 temp probes and find that come as 1/2" and 1/4" NPT thread. All my connectors are 1/2" BSP Stainless. The plan is to purchase A T junction and put the Probe in the T. Which probeshould I get? Can you connect these threads? what...

Hello, First Liquor has this in a 2 Litre swing top bottle for $25. Has anyone tried it? Pictures attached as I couldn't paste into the post. BOG

(Yet another keg fridge thread!) The wife has agreed to allow me to convert a double garage into a "Man Cave" It's got a Full bathroom, and a Full Kitchen. The Kitchen has been designed to have a small cabinet positioned in the middle of the bench to allow for the gas bottle and tubes for the...

Does anyone have any additional report template for Beersmith V2? I'm actually looking for a simple lable maker report that sucks out the detailed Receipe infro from Beersmith. BOG P.S i've been to the beersmith forum , nothing there.

Hi, I purchased a font on ebay this week and it came with snaplock adapters. I presumed my taps where snaplock, but they have a locator pin on them that won't work with the snaplock adapter for the font and now I'm confused. There is no locator hole in the adapter for the pin to enter. What...

Hi, Whats the difference between a March pump model 809 PS-HS and a 809 PS HS/C. The C model looks like it has a mounting bracket. Can you remove this bracket or it it molded to the pump? Whats the difference with the mounting bracket supplied by Ross? Other than it's stainless steel. Ebay...

Hi all, Hopefully this question will be reasonably straight forward. I'm interested in getting an electronic temp prob. Like a screw in Mashmaster dial thermometer but as a prob with the reading being taken and presented elsewhere. What type of probes are available? How do you interface them...

Hi all, I did an English bitter AG on the weekend and realised after the boil had started that I had run out of whilrfloc tablets. I boiled for about 80 minutes , slightly longer than the usual 60 minutes. What is the impact to the beer? I have it in a cube (no chill) so can do a secondary...

Does anyone have a copy of the Brewtus 10 plans in PDF format? I know I can order them from the US from the Brew your Own web site for only US$3 but as they are so cheap I thought someone might have a PDF version somewhere. Thanks Brian

I've been struggeling with a problem in my brewing for some time and thought I nailed it the Refractometer as the cuprit. I measured some finished (fermented) beer from the fermentor and got 1.018 from the refract and 1.012 from the hydrometer. This test was a Fresh wort kit (Amber ale)...

Just a quick question. Whats the starting gravity and final gravity of this Fresh Wort Kit? I've added the 5 litres of water and it comes in as 1.030 (was 1.043 before water added) which is very light for an Amber Ale. Also, I've suspect I have a problem with my Refractometer and am using the...

My Fullers ESB recipe calls for Flacked Maze. I don't have time to get an order into Ross so does anyone have a suggestion for what to substitute it for? How do you calculate the replacement quantity? (Req: 400gms) BOG

Hi, My project over the christmas break is to build the brew rig, or at least parts of it. Today I've drawn what the valve configuration would be based on 3 position ball valves from T&S Stainless. I cannot get it work. do I need more valves or have I got this all wrong. Can you help? See...

My last 2 batches died early so I've decided to try an airstone to keep the yeast alive longer, ferment faster and finish dryer. So, what's the common practice with Airstones? how long do you run it for? When should you not run an airstone? How do you deal with bad stuff being pumped into the...

Last night the computer automatically updated Microsoft Vista. Today when I fire up BeerSmith all the ingredients are gone from the reciepe file. I can still see it when I display it in the Brewing Steps run sheet but cannot see any components or make any adjustments from the normal view page...

Hi, (yes, I've tried the search engine) Can someone help. I need some basic dimensions for a brew stand. I've scored $300 in Bunnings Vouchers and was planning to use "Metal Mate - Slotted Steel Angle". www.rcr.com.au I don't have a welder and don't know how to weld so this stuff seems...

Hi, I was in bunnings this morning and came across this stuff for a brew stand http://www.rcr.com.au/index.php?option=com...&Itemid=256 It's slotted gal steel. I've been provided with some bunnings vouchers from work. I've been a good boy. So the questions are; How much load can this stuff...

I dropped into Daves Home brew today and while getting some yeast picked up a can of Coopers International Series - English Bitter. (I don't usually buy cans) It's been out for a while now but still hard to find. Does anyone have any feedback on how it turns out? What's the suggested...