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Still a work in progress, but fired it up for the first time yesterday. Handled 8.33kg of malt, sparged like a dream.

Bought a leaky old zip, took the top off, made it watertight, added a drain and tap, manifold, tested and wired up the elements. Voila a mush tun.

Copper tank
29 Litres
2.5kW immersion heaters
1/2" copper pipe manifold

Also a 13 litre zip HLT with adjustable thermostat.

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When my mate (and former brew master) told me his parents have a grove of pears that only the sheep eat, I though "what a waste of fermentables". The first problem to overcome was how to get said fermentables from their home in Marlborough to my home in Christchurch. As luck would have it I'd be spending a weekend in Nelson pretty much right when the pears were at the hight of their ripeness. So boxes were collected and a detour was arranged on the way home.

As luck would have it it was a glori… Continue

Righto, I'm pretty keen to work out this variety with your help...

Story goes my friend's brother was into homebrewing and he got a hop plant from his mum to plant at his property in Blenheim. This season he gave me a clone which is now in my back yard. I asked his old lady but she has no idea where she got it from originally, let alone what variety it is.

Anyway, here are some pics:

The canopy

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