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Hey Warra

Just to confirm when you say you largered it in primary vessel you left the yeast cake? As in you didn't rack it?

Hey Trab
I haven't bottled it yet, its been sitting on my kitchen table for a few days now but i just took an sg reading and got 1013. Tasted pretty good too! Fermented it at 18 (probe in the beer) using both coopers yeast.
I usually put mine into glass bottles and give it a few months but i haven ...

Hi trabfountain this thread reminded me to make another 2 can stout. I do mine similar to the way you did yours but instead of that kilo of dex i use 500g of ldme Ill post my final gravity when its done for some sort of comparison mine should be a little higher using the malt but not by much. I put ...

I did a little googling apparently they grow ok in the tropics the just never flower. Ill stick to growing my Bananas (still yet to use some in beer).

Sounds good do you think they would grow in a tropical climate?

Hey Big Dave
yeh I know lol I started brewing when I signed up back in 2007. Done all those things screwed lots of stuff up I even have most of the equipment to do brew in a bag 70l stainless pot, plater chiller etc just need a few pipe fittings and my brew in a bag setup is complete. Were about to ...

Brewed in Braumeister while bottling No.70.

Wow are they good?

My first brew this year just dry hopped it I think it will turn out alright. I didn't use any ibu calculations I expect it to be a bit bitter which I dont mind every now and then.

Coopers Real Ale
20g Chinook 35min
20g Citra Flameout
1kg ldme
125g crystal 320
125g crystal 50
us05 from craftbrewer ...

Congrats Earl
I'm hoping to do my first one soon!

What was the place called? Sounds interesting.

+1 that
I have added it after on one bottle where I forgot to add the sugar it fizzed out the top. You can also leave it sit longer say an extra week more co2 will come out of the beer.

Still yet to do my first all grain brew :(

I nearly have everything together just need some tubing to go from the tap on the pot to the wort chiller. For some reason they have a different sized barb, the ones on the wort chiller are alot bigger. I think I need a new screw on adapter for the tap to ...

Thanks Bum, do you do a gentle whirlpool or as fast as you can make it go without splashing around too much?

I will get a hopscreen but the one I want comes from the US and will take a few weeks to get here. If I do a brew before then I will use a hopbag and whirlpool. I dont think any hot break that may be sucked up will clog the chiller.
Drsmurto do you mind giving a quick rundown on how you keep your ...

Can I whirlpool without letting it cool first? I just read the homebrewtalk wiki article on it here http://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Whirlpooling there the wort is cooled first.
Also regarding the hops I often add flameout hops, so its worth transfering those into the fermenter?

I ...

I found the strainer you use by beerbelly, does it work ok using pellet hops just thrown in? I think to start off I will use a hop bag and any late editions < 20min I will throw the bag into the fermenter to give any flavour left in them into the beer.

Thanks for the tips Warra I have some starsan on its way.

I have been rinsing the bleach sanitising solution off afterwards now and have not had the flavour in the 5 brews I have done since.

Just bought that same one from craftbrewer with my stainless pot. Had to take out all my grain tho to keep within my budget :(

drsmurto does your plate chiller ever get blocked? I throw my hops into the boil will they pass through the chiller ok? Any tips for keeping it clean? Rinse and back wash ...

A bit less than what you would use to prime a 330ml bottle :D haha.. I have used these bottles before and probably not the best way to do it but I just fill the scoop a little less and just guess. Worst case is you give it a full 330ml dose which will just make it a little more fizzy not enough to ...

Yeah chooks are awesome. Now to complete my all grain setup I need chooks, a garden fork and a compost heap.

I forgot I need to cool the wort. I have been looking into making my own copper immersion chiller but will cost around $100-$150 for 18m roll of new 3/8inch copper tubing. I read on a forum ...