Search results

I’m in.

this is my latest cheese i've made (asiago) it's only just been waxed will be ready to eat in 2 months. i've also made cotwold, cearphilly, haloumi, feta, i have a Jalapeno & Garlic, Tomme and Asiago in the fridge aging. i've been keeping a blog of all my cheese and beer making...

havnt had a chance to tast it til i get home from work today. yeast was "PRO- 74 ENGLISH PALE ALE YEAST" i have noticed some lightening of the wort i still have a couple of yeast in the fridge that are that old so next time i'll try the smaller 100ml starter.

Yea I am getting foam. Will have to draw off a bit tomorrow to taste.

So I this is the first time I've done a yeast starter. Now the pro-culture yeast vial I have has been sitting in the fridge for at least two years so I know there is a chance that it may not be viable. But I did a small starter of 500ml with a stirplate. I've just stepped it up to 1000ml after...

Where did you get your box from? Whats the dimensions???

Thanks, Designing my HERMS control panel at the moment and that will work a treat... been wondering how/where to get a regulator for my elements.

awesome rig. :) where did you get the variable switch for the 'Kettle (v)' from?

What yeast are you using with that??

will this be the case as i cube my beer to cool it and have used 3L from that to make my starter...

awesome :) do you require a closer up pic of the starter for more info??

Can anyone tell me if either of these are infected? I preped the starter middle of last week and had to go away for the weekend so i turned off the stirrplate and when i get back it looked like the pic.. is this healthy enough to pitch? its the first time i've used liquid yeast... also when...

i've tried scrubbing it off with a cloth and got rid of some the 'orange stuff' came off....

that pic is half way up the mash tun at the water level. the false bottom seen is a reflection. i'll try scrubbing it off with a plastic scourer but it is only a cheap stainless pot ($55)

ok so i've got a cheap stainless pot that i'm planning on using as a mash tun. Now i've fitted a temp guage and false bottom. So i decided to fill it with water over night to test its waterproofing and now it seems to have rusted is it still usable or not? Have tried to attach pic so hopefully...

is it possible to brew over two nights? say for instance one night mash and then sparge and siphon into a suitable large container, and then the next night boil it up and add hops? reason being is my weekend are getting busier and dont have time to get a brew down... has anyone tried this or...

ok everyone one more question. The mash tun inlet. Now after the whole discussion about HSA i want to try to avoid it. So my inlet plan at the moment is a copper ring mounted at the top. Now the plan was to have the ring slotted on the inside and therefore would splash about. Now should i either...

yea asher thats right :) HLT has a 2200W element MashTun - none Heat Excahanger - $10 kettle element Kettle - 2 x 2200W elements that will be able to be turned on seperately but also having the gas burner mounted underneath if i really want to get the boil going or put another pot on the burner...

here's some more pics of my rig, still have a fwe things to finish off :)

hey everyone, i'm in the process of building my herms rig. and got a question: should you allow the wort coming out of the MLT to splash into the KETTLE and therefore allow the wort to airate (slightly) or should i build in a filling tube to fill from the bottom up and therefore no splashing...