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earle,

Na just your std under ground Bore water,its better than rain water to !

Most of the bores around our area are very good drinking quality hey,

Have you seen that latest add on Tv the Boags beer one thats what its like
pure Gold he he .






Cheers Rob.

G,day all,

The last 3 brews we did we used my mates bore water :roll: ,

Yeh i know what your thinking !! but i tell you its better than the town water & dam cold
perfect for getting the temps down we done 2 largers & 1 ales & after topping up to 23lts
it was sitting on about 18 deg !! :lol ...

Yeh thanks earle,

They are twist tops & i normaly use the pet bottles but ran out i might have to call past my mates
place on the way home from work !! :roll:

& yeh Orange is a little city i guess 40,000 pop about 10km from one side to the other not too big yet
but growing @ a rapid pace with no ...

G,day All,

Just a quick one ive just used up some left overs from a 19 lt keg & the only bottles i could
find were a couple of longnecks that i had sitting around so clean them out & bottle them up !! :roll:

Ah now what do i do ive only got the caps that were on the longnecks & the capper is @ my ...

Yeh Doc,

The box is sitting up off the ground on a timber stand as well so you not moveing vats very much
when transfering into the cubes or kegs for cold chilling or gasing !! :lol:

The other thing is when your not brewing i use them for ice bricks for the beer i take when camping 8 ...

G,day all,

This is my heat box for winter time but i also use it for the summer as well :lol:
It holds 4 vats & has a heat lamp coming up through the bottom works a treat,

As you can see from the photos it also doubles as a fridgemate i just reuse the kit tins & freeze them you just change
them ...

Thanks Earle,Warra & Mick,

You wouldnt beleive what happen after putting the 2 largers in the fridge & settiting the tempmate
to 10 deg we noticed it wasnt pulling down real quick from 24 abient temp from having the door open
trying to fit both vats into the fridge,
I said to my mate just leave it ...

Just a quick one to some of these replys,

Its prob been covered some where else but anyway i throw this in the mix !!

What benifits do you get by dry hopping ??





Cheers Rob.

Hello fellow brewers,

This may be a silly question ?? :roll:

We put down 4 brews yesterday :lol: & one of the readings we got was a bit out of the ordonary,

It was our last brew a Tooheys Special Larger kit with 850g dextrose,650g maltodextron,S-23 lager yeast not the kit
yeast & a tea bag of ...

Hello fellow brewers,

Well we finaly have our brew fridge set up with the tempmate installed !! :lol:

The question is my mate likes Largers & im doing Ales ?? :roll:

We will be doing 3 vats up on sat morning a Blue moutains larger & a couple of kit ales,
Ive set the temp mate @ around 16 deg ...

Thanks for that Doc,

The Hydrometer had on it that tap water should be @ 1000 and i checked that and it was correct,

As far as calabrated is that what you mean ??.

G,day all,

Ive just been reading over some of this & was trying to correct myself as far as alcohol % goes !!,

I just finished a kit Coopers Australain Pale Ale with 1.5kg LLME & saf-05 yeast for 23lts,
Yeast pitched @ 20 to 22 deg brew temp stayed around 20 to 24 deg for 8 days,

SG - 1038 Did a ...

Ah my gauge has the two figures on it so maybe its not the psi ?? 30 = (200) on mine,

Anyway i have it set on about 8 or 10 on the gauge when pouring & its good.

G,day all,

Ive just been reading all these post & have a question for whoever !! :roll:

I always cold chill to another 25lt vat after brewing & leave it in the fridge for another 2 weeks on around 4 deg,

My question is when i start to gas it after this amount of time should i still gas it for ...

Thanks DrSmurto :lol: ,

So when you say do a boil up im not just throwing in one of them teabags hop thingys in am i ?? :roll: ,

I would have get the act raw hops of the home brew shop ?? i think he keep them in the fidge !!.

Im also going to use the same mix but use a can of Coopers Aust Pale ...

G,day guys & Gals,

Just a quick one as im a newbie as well (first post), :roll:

About to do a kit Morgans Indian Pale ale,

using 750g LME
250g Dextrose
250g Maltodextron
11.5g Safale US-05

And was wanting to know what hops to put in or just leave the hops out ?? 8) .



Cheers Rob