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Good point, didn't really know about the ester reduction in pressurised fermention. Also, all you other points are sound :). Also, I'm glad you didn't take offence to my post (unless you did) as I re-read it this morning and I came across as a dick :/.

...Fermenting at 20°c, so the fermentor liquid would be higher than that. My fermentor ATM has the probe on the side, insulated as is standard. And the liquid is 1°c higher when I checked it this morning. Sure I could adjust my settings and set it to 1°c lower than I aim for, but who's to say...

If adding a thermowell (weldless) as mentioned above to a Kegmenter. Would this mean that you would advise against pressurising the vessel? Either for fermenting or carbonation.

Count me in Scotty.

Oh yeah I'm in :)

Oh hai there, I'm all in.

Perfect, I just got my stir bar today and wondered where to get a 2L jar for cheap, not forking out for an erlenmeyer yet. To Aldi!!!

I'm testing a speed ferment as we speak. Put down a 15L 1.048 brew with nottingham yeast on Saturday night, by Monday night it was 2 points off of predicted FG. Kept under 20°c as far as I can judge. I dry hopped last night, will cold crash on Saturday and bottle Sunday. I just want to see what...

Seehusen; yep, apart from not getting to making a starter yet and using camden treated water, that's how I did it. Been in the fridge since the 26/2. Nice layer of yeast at the bottom and no signs of mould etc. Lfc_ozzie: going to make a 1L starter tonight. See how it goes. I bought some test...

I wanted to have a go at washing and saving yeast, it was only US05 but it fermented like a beast and plus if I can save $5-10 per brew that's good too. The only thing was;instead of using boiled/cooled water to mix the yeast bed into solution, I used the remains of my 25L Jerry can with my...

When I say whirlpooling, I mean the hose is curled around the bottom, and the action of the wort entering the bucket moves it in a circle- I don't use a spoon to whirlpool the shit out of it like in the kettle to build a mound of trub. Unless this is still likely to oxidise the beer? I had read...

I think I've figured this one out, but just wanted some clarification. I've got a raspberry Brown ale in bottles. FG of 1.01, in bottles since 18/2/17 A few bottles that's I've drank were fine. But I've just opened two in a row that gushed. I've just checked the gravity after drinking and...

Got an eBay jobby vac sealer on the way, will see how it goes I guess, if it's shit, will buy a decent one.

Pcmfisher: no, what I'm saying is that for the expense of an additional $1-4 extra per 100g (depending on strain) per buy in 100g packets (every other week), I can't see the benefit of outlaying a substantial amount in one go. Sure if I had the disposable income to spend on this I probably...

Dan: valid point, not sure how it's relevant to my question on pricing though. Surely there are ways to make savings on new season hops.. Peteru: that makes sense, but what homebrewer is buying 20kg of hops at a time? I've seen mentioned in posts the 'savings' in ordering in 'bulk' off the net...

I've been looking at the best way to purchase hops in bulk and I can't seem to be able to justify any big outlay. Simply trying to buy 500g online seems cheap enough, but as soon as you add postage it bumps it up to LHBS prices, so there's not much point there. Buying from the US, with postage...

**** stress. **** planning a wedding with family drama already. **** IVF. **** work. On the plus side I thought it was funny how the little bar fridge we have is being used for both storing brew stuff and hundreds of dollars worth of drugs... not even the fun drugs I used to do either! And some...

Yeah, not going to get into that one :P There's a whole multitude of reasons for and against both the traditional and new. I was hoping to do more brushwork than I have done on the job, but I delve into reverse glass painting and gilding at home.

Perks of being a signwriter, can design labels and print them easily. First draft which I'm sure I'll change once I run out anyways. I wanted something a bit more vibrant than my first quick easy label system so that when I give a few away they will know something about it, as opposed to "Brew...

I've been waiting for the LHBS to get a new supply of Citra in, they finally have so I'm planning on a heavily hopped pale (this might not even be that heavily hopped), combining the citra with some cascade I already have in stock after reading that they combine nicely; and using some millennium...