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I'm thinking of upgrading my old mini-bar fridge – complete with partially bent-down freezer section and copious mould – to something bigger and better. Due to the hump, I can only fit a single fermenter – either an FKJ, a 9.5 L Corny keg or a 10 L bunnings water container (20 L would probably...

Selling the chiller that came with my Guten 40 L as I already have a homemade copper one. Brand new, stainless steel in OEM packaging. I believe it is 8 m long, 12.7 mm (1/2") SS tube. No fittings attached. $40 ono + shipping (or pickup from Gold Coast). For comparison, a brand new 15 m...

Does anyone routinely dry hop on day 0, i.e. at time of yeast pitch? Normally you wouldn't, as (biotransformation conjecture aside) the CO2 from primary fermentation is said to drive off volatile aromatic compounds in hops. However, if you're pressure fermenting, would it be expected to...

Hi, I just got one of these from Brewing America on Amazon, and it's fantastic, but it sits a lot taller, so I can't actually measure FG in my standard 100 mL cylinder. On the plus side, I can still use it to measure OG in this cylinder, as the readings 1.040 onwards are submerged. Can anyone...

Just had an amazing discovery – apologies to anyone who already found this obvious, but I think it could have been a bit unique*. So I built a 3-keg keezer in about June 2020 out of a chest freezer + STC1000 + enclosure to make it wife-friendly in the living room. Initially, I feel like I got...

I'm sure we all suffer from wanting to try everything new and exciting in the realms of hops, and it's definitely great that places like Triple J Homebrew sell hops in 50 g quantities to minimise wastage in test batches. However, it's still much easier to store (and find!) 10 kinds of hops than...

Hi all, I tried making a hefeweizen with Safale WB-06, despite mixed reviews (i.e. 95% bad, 5% good), and I bought two packets of this yeast. Every time I sip my somewhat tart, slightly-spicy, negligibly-clovey and zero-bananery non-hefeweizen, I wonder what to do with the other packet. Could...

Hi everyone, Been reading now for a month or two – what a great forum! I find that if I google anything with "site:aussiehomebrewer.com", I get some amazing discussions and tips from you guys, so thanks a lot! About me: I'm fairly new to homebrew, other than helping my dad make (and pour out)...