Recent content by Couchy

The ideal mill motor solution is not hard to find, and hasn't been hard to find for five years now. You only need to look elsewhere than in the US. It all began six years ago when a local Australian company, MotionDynamics, asked the members of this forum's sister site (Aussie Home Brewer)...

Yes Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) is anti-microbe if used in sufficient concentration. But I'm talking about adding it in proportion to a relatively massive volume of wort (eg. 5 gall) which will dilute the amount of oxygen released to something brewers look for when oxygenating wort (eg something...

Why not skip the messing around with Sodium Percarbonate and tubes and airstones and add Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) directly into the wort prior to yeast pitching. A molecule of Hyrdogen Peroxide (H2O2) is just a water molecule (H2O) with an extra O (oxygen atom) added. In the presence of organic...

IMO the best plastic fermenter available is the new fermenter by Coopers in Australia (I assume its available in the US somewhere). Its a thoroughly well thought out vessel made by one of the world's longest serving homebrew companies (50+ years). I particularly like the super smooth...

Plastic (food safe HDPE) jerry can, or cube. Many shapes and sizes to chose from

No, but yeast removes the oxygen which can cause oxidation.

If there are any active yeast in the keg beer they would scavenge any oxygen you might introduce during the bottling process. So oxidation of the bottled beer would not occur?

Here in Australia I use this Snap Tap from Coopers. Comes completely apart for cleaning (the red stuff is silicone). Only designed to fit the new Coopers fermenter, which to my mind is the best thought out plastic fermenter on the market (patented design by a company that's been making...

I've been carbonating beer in growlers for years. Don't know why so many people say its unsafe. Growlers are designed to hold carbonated beer. Whether its carbonated already (eg. filled at a brewery) or carbonated in the growler (through a sugar addition and secondary fermentation) makes no...

I think the issue you need to deal with is not just how high the glass is temperature rated, but differential expansion/contraction. If the glass is hot from boiling wort it will be slightly expanded. If you then start trickling cold wort through it the glass in contact with the cold wort...

If you were pouring a new concrete floor for a shed or house you could set a long length of copper or stainless tubing within the concrete. Concrete is a great heat sink. Pump hot wort in one end, cold wort comes out the other.

No, pumice is a naturally occurring material. The stuff I'm talking about is man-made. One brand here in Australia (and maybe world-wide) is Hebel. Comes in blocks and panels of various shapes and sizes: "Hebel panels and blocks are highly fire resistant (do not burn and will not explode...

Seems like you bought the version made for the European market (and here in Australia too we use 240 volts as standard domestic electricity supply). They come with no plug because different countries use different types of plugs and its up to the user to fit their own.

There's a type of manufactured building stone or concrete that is aerated and very light weight. It comes in blocks and can be cut and shaped with normal saws and knives etc. Being a mineral-based product I'm pretty sure it is fire proof. I'm sure builders etc here on the forum will be...

Don't understand. You say you are using a sous vide cooking machine for brewing (mashing?). Sounds interesting.