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I'm starting to come to grips with fermenting in my new(ish) unitank. I've started thinking about the best way to use it to carbonate the beer before transferring to keg. I was looking at carb stones and it got me thinking. Could I install a carb stone into a tri clover port towards the bottom...

For those HERMs brewers out there, how fast do you recirculate your mash and have you ever got astringency from over recirculation? Over the last few years I've had some low-level astringency with some of my beer. This could come from a number of places in the brew including the grain crush...

For the last couple of years I've used Kegland pure O2 to oxygenate my lagers and high OG beers (anything with liquid yeast). I really think this has improved my fermentations and I'd like to continue to do this. I've recently exhausted my Kegland disposable O2 cylinder and it doesn't look like...

Small keezer for sale. Fits two 19L kegs plus the shelf on the side takes a 9L keg, a couple of mini kegs or just bottles of beer and yeast packets. I built this when I was living in a small apartment so keeping it small was important. It's about four years old. Comes with: 2 intertaps with...

The Masher's IPA comp is running again this year. Judging will be on the 26th of March at The Woodlands in Coburg (same as last year) and beers need to be entered by the 11th of March. We're looking for judges and stewards and we're going to have an awards party after the judging which everyone...

The Merri Masher's IPA Comp is back again for 2022. Entries close 19 March, Judging 27 March. The awards will be streamed via FB like last year and we're inviting people down to the judging venue (The Woodlands Hotel in Coburg) to help celebrate. For more info check out IPA Competition 2022 |...

I have this copper chiller for sale. I've been using it for about three years and it's awesome. Only selling as I have new kit and it's now too big. $60. Pick up from Preston in Melbourne.

I've recently switched to a HERMS system and, while I've only done two brews on it, I'm loving it already. I realise though that there are a lot of different ways to use a system like this and I'm keen to understand how people a) mash in and b) how and when they stir when HERMS brewing. My...

I've been setting up my HERMs brewery and just got the final things I needed to complete it - two MKII magnetic pumps from Kegland. The ones with the plastic head unit. While tightening the camlock fitting onto the pump the plastic head broke. I wasn't even screwing it on very tight. Annoyed I...

6 June. Entries now open. Also looking for judges. https://merrimashers.org/ipa-comp-2021

I've been trying to work something out this morning and thought I would see if anyone else has already solved this problem. I usually brew beer but lately I've enjoyed doing a mead or two. I like that they're relatively quick and easy to start and it's just a nice change from beer. The...

I need to pass 1/2 inch copper tubing through the side of my kettle. I can find stainless compression fitting that go on the end of the pipe but none that allow the pipe to pass through. Anyone know where I can find one? I've been looking all morning./

OK so this title is slightly clickbaity, but I seriously would like some thoughts on what people would do to modify this recipe. I was attracted this this one in the most recent BYO magazine (which I subscribe to online): https://byo.com/recipe/imprint-beer-co-s-imperial-milk-porter-clone/...

I made myself and some friends some copper wort chillers recently and since I had all the tools and templates I made this one with the left over copper. It's made from 9m of 1/2 inch copper so it's got a lot more surface area than the store bought ones to help cool your wort fast. The dimensions...

Looking for some advice on grain storage. Until now I've been ordering each grain bill from the LHBS. I'd love to start buying grain in bulk in advance so I don't have to do this but I'm a little unsure the best way to do it. What grains do people keep in what quantities? If stored properly how...

I've got two brew buckets and one large fermentation fridge which both will fit in. Problem is if I'm fermenting two beers at the same time I'm not 100% sure of the best way to control their temps. To date I've been choosing a temp mid way between the two and dangling my heat belt and temp...

Hi, I brewed a Wee Heavy on the weekend with an SG of 1.098. I built up a multi stage yeast starter of Wyeast 1928 Scottish Ale yeast before the brew day and I noticed there wasn't much activity in terms of krausen/bubbles on the stir plate. I hadn't used this yeast before though so I thought...

I've got a RIS in bottles in my cupboard and I'm having issues with carbonation. I'm considering popping the caps, adding some CBC-1 yeast and then re-capping. Or maybe I just need to be patient? The beer is a RIS which I brewed a few months back. The yeast is Wyeast 1968 and it was in the...

Just brewed today and I'm wondering how much everyone leaves in their boil kettle when they drain to the cube/fermentor? I have a boil kettle with a pretty high valve outlet. I use a hop spider so I keep hops out of the wort when I'm draining it but there is always heaps of kettle trub at the...

So, I wanted to brew a few different things before the world ends. I've always wanted to brew an RIS but haven't got around to in until now. I'm using as a base the Brooklyn Brewery's Black Ops Clone recipe from BYO: https://byo.com/article/the-king-of-stouts/ Questions: 1) So the recipe...