Search results

i did a search for this and couldn't find anything which surprised me. i want to accurately determine the amount of beer in my fermenter for pitching rates etc,if i know the weight of my empty fermenter and then i weigh it again with the wort in,deduct the weight of the fermenter and divide the...

i'm in the middle of building my control panel,everything is working well but i have these switches-...

i'm in the middle of brewing the best bitter recipe from brewing classic styles and my efficiency has taken a big jump,probably from the crush as the sparge was painfully slow,i've figured out the amount of water i need to add to correct the gravity but do i need to correct the hops? and if so...

anyone know how to? i have some recipes in bsm format and i use beeralchemy,as far as i can tell beeralchemy can't open them? my mac is one of the old steam powered powerpc models:D, so i can't use beersmith 2 either! any ideas appreciated. cheers

whoever gets the answer gets to post the next joke! what beer do chickens drink?.....

its starts this friday in nz, you guys are in pool c along with australia,ireland,italy and russia i'm guessing rugby isn't a popular sport over there but i'm curious to see if any of you guys will be watching?

i'm thinking of building a new brew set up using a copper mash tun and a copper kettle as i have access to a cylinder that can be converted to large copper pots. i know copper is beneficial to yeast and i also understand it can be toxic to them in larger quantities. with 2 copper vessels...

i'm in the market for a gas burner and i'm not sure what to get,the only ones i can find over here are pictured below, i'm using bottled lpg and boiling about 15g are some noisier than others? are any more adjustable? i'm thinking of getting the duckbill one as its on special at the...

i've just gotten over a hundred pounds of pinot noir grapes,i'm planning on making pinot and rose with them,problem isi've never made wine before so i'm reading all i can but i'm getting a wee bit confused,is there a website anywhere thats the equivalent of something like palmers how to brew site?

i currently use an electric element in my bk but i'm thinking of converting to gas as i would like to be able to whirlpool the trub and hops out,i would also like to make my bk do double duty as another vessel which requires a 4 inch rjt fitting,this leads me to my question- would a 4 inch hole...

heres a few pics of a grain mill i've been working on over the last few weeks,its a 3 roller mill,the rollers are 250mm (10 inch) wide by 112mm (4.5 inch)diameter,it runs at about 120 rpm, i tested it with about half a kilo (1 lb)of old grain and it was through in less than 5 seconds! the...

i've been working on a brewday worksheet whilst watching the cricket today,i use beeralchemy for my recipes but because the computer is in the house and i brew in the garage i don't really take any notes,.i'm intending to print one of these per brew and i've hopefully laid it out so the info is...

i was just reading another thread which deviated into a long primary discussion and it got me thinking- is the yeast in suspension doing all the cleaning up/conditioning work? if so is there any conditioning difference to the beer sitting in the primary or sitting in the bottles for the same...

i brewed a belgian pale a couple of days ago and used yeast slurry i took from a previous batch that i bottled whilst cooling the new batch.i checked mr malty for the required amount,measured it,dumped it in the new fermenter,added a gallon or so of wort,gave a good old shake and swirl,another...

i have a chest freezer which grandma left open for about an 2 hours yesterday,its summer here!.after i closed the lid i heard the compressor trying to cycle but couldn't without cutting out, i've left it un plugged overnight for everything to cool down (the compressor was real warm)but i still...

i came across a picture a few weeks ago and i can't find it again, it made me laugh and i want to show swmbo. it was one of the pictures surrounded by a black border, it was a mean looking cat in a swimming pool and the writing below said something like-this cat is going to f... someone up...

i read that it was malty but i didn't think that meant sweet... i recently brewed a belgian enkel,its only been in the bottle for 2 weeks but i couldn't resist and tried one last night, its a nice beer but its particularly sweet. i used- 75% pils 15% vienna 5% carapils 5% aromatic hopped to...

hi, i'm going to build my own mill as a access to a few free parts has come my way, i currently use a converted pasta maker which works well but takes a long time and i have to stand there with a cordless drill to power it. the mill is going to be either a 2 or 3 roller (4.5 inch by 10 inch)...

i've just spent a couple of weeks at work listening to the roofer trying to assert urban myths as truths,its painful to listen to,theres a collective silent groan when he walks into the lunch room!,heres some of his best- onions make you sick, once you cut an onion it begins to turn...

i thought i had my water profile sussed,i had a report from the local water board but it was a couple of years old, i have since got a more recent independant lab analysis report from a local micro and there are a few figures that have made me wonder if i've been using the correct one all...