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Evening everyone. Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I'm looking at getting a 40L Crown Urn (probably concealed element) from craftbrewer in the coming weeks. This will purely be used for boiling wort from my mash tun. I don't want the hassle of an expensive SS pot, burner and gas bottle...

Don't get me wrong, I'm spending plenty at craftbrewer! But I sadly don't have much money to throw around when it comes to a single expensive item where 30%+ can be saved, I'll at least look into alternatives. If at the end of the day, buying local is the only suitable option I'll do it.

Thanks tomtoro, I'll go for the 6kg tank then. Would there be any advntage in buying the MKOL tank over this? Or would I be hard pressed trying to find a place that would refill it? Almost $100 cheaper. Cheers

Just wanted to get your thoughts on my options for a co2 cylinder in brissy... I've narrowed it down to 3, but still open to other ideas. Option 1: Supagas 6kg, $200 deposit, $32 refils/swaps, $8.25month rental. Free delivery on swaps. Option 2: Mykegonlegs 2.1kg, $275 outright (brewers...

Still amazed the beer fermented from 1.085 -> 1.020 in 3.5 days :S Is that normal?

Doh! My stupid. Makes sense now. Justed used the table in Beersmith to correct for the alcohol screwing with the light, all good. Sorry for not searching!

Hey All.. I've got a bit of an issue on my hands measuring the SG of my beer. Firstly, the equipment I'm working with. 1 x Refractometer with SG scale. Calibrated to 1.000 with distilled water and also tested with an 8% sugar solution, reading 1.030 on the dot. 1 x Standard brewshop...

Hey Guys I've been using my 15L stock pot for a year or so and getting tired of having to add water at the end. Would love to boil the whole batch! What are your thoughts on using Urns? I see craft brewer selling the Crown Urns, very temping but quite pricey. I saw this one on ebay...

Hi guys Just put my first brew in a while down on a whim yesterday using some spare ingredients I've accumulated and was wondering how you all think it'll turn out. 1 x Blackrock Bock Kit 300g Raw Sugar 30g EKG 10min Craftbrwert Belgian Ale Yeast (t-58) Made upto 10L. Smelling very...

I didn't use a starter! (And never have/had to) for Whitelabs yeast. All have fired up within 24hrs in the past.

Hi Guys, Made up a "Sauvin Lager" on Wednesday evening, OG 1.050 and pitched a Whitelabs German Lager yeast at around 24DegC, and let it drop down to 13deg overnight. 36hrs later and still no activity and am getting worried... does this yeast just take a little while to get going? Thanks

Thanks for all this fantastic info fellas. I managed to find some Dry Wheat Malt extract at a brewshop this afternoon which was good as I hadn't seen it there in the past! I'm definantly going to have to get some experience with that Beersmith software. Looks like a winner for sure.

Thanks for that mate! Is the wheat malt an extract too? Or grain to be steeped? I know it sounds tight but I dont want to fork out $10 bucks for a 1.5can of liquid wheat malt and only use 1/3 of it. I have a 15L stock pot and a gas stove, so can really only do a half boil. Will I need to...

Hi Guys, I'm keen to try an all extract version of Ross's Nelson Sauvin Summer Ale, using liquid or dry malt. Could anyone suggest exactly what types I would need? Also should I boil the hops in the liquid/dry malt extract or in water and add the extract in after the boil? Other thing to note...

Ahh thats great to know! Thanks everyone :) I can't wait to give it a try! Being my first brew in 4 years there were a few minor "rookie mistakes" (ie loosing 1L of wort becuse the tap was open when transfering it into the fermenter, reducing my OG to only 1.035) but upon bottling it was...

Hi Guys, I'd just like to say - Great forum! A wealth of information! I've just recently started homebrewing again, and for the first time I racked the beer (Lager), twice. The 2nd time was for the bulk priming, and I left most of the yeast cake from secondary behind, so now I'm a little...