Sounds good to me. I have stressed over the cold-break material sometimes too but the beer has always come out OK in the end. I once read (or heard) somewhere that "brewing is a very forgiving process". Obviously to make a really top beer you need t…
Nick I might get round to pics one day. Meantime I see on your profile that the uni Staff Club is one of your favourite places. If you are there some time (or want to go there) get in touch and I can met you there (I am a member). I live just down t…
Yep, the bucket sits on the rack. At the moment I have to move the grains into my sparge vessel (can't think what its called - I use two buckets, one inside the other, the inner one has 4 mm holes drilled all across the bottom, the outer one has a t…
I use one of these. For mashing I use it as a heat bath. I put the grain and water in an 18l bucket and set it in the preserver with the water in the preserver running at 80-90 deg. C. This holds the temp in the bucket at 65-70 deg. I then run the w…
Hey Laurel and Ron,
Well it looks like we are all keen to give the grow your own hops thing a go. I will keep working away at tracking some down. Will let you know when I do. Cheers
Interesting. I thought the freshness thing was more about kits (because of the yeast), and that the extract itself, once canned, would keep pretty-well indefinitely. However, if what you say is correct then perhaps I need to take more care on that o…
I recently put a hops order in with NZ Hops in Nelson. They were very good. Their web site has heaps of info and price-wise they come in well under what you pay locally. They do NZ as well as imported. SOmetimes they can supply cones as well. You ca…
hey Tom, unfortunately a my good friend/flatmates father passed away on Monday so im heading away for the funeral for thursday. Might be better to catch up for a beer at the staff club next week? Cheers