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Even if you do get a little bit of hop stuff through into the bottling bucket, once you've bottled and left the beer to condition, it'll settle to the bottom of your bottles along with the yeast, so it'll pretty much stay there when you pour anywa...
With the NZ dollar looking pretty good against the US it seems a good time to buy in some kit from there so was thinking about getting organised for kegging. My main question for those who already do it is: what's your gas bottle situation? Anyone...
instead of steeping them in hot water to kill bugs, what would happen if you dunked it in cool starsan solution and then rinsed? Would that kill anything that needs killing, without losing the fresh fruit flavour? I'm thinking of having a crack at...
Following a couple of my Epic clones, tried a Green Man IPA - and think I'm going to have to check with the brewery to make sure they didn't mislabel the bottles. Tasted very similar to the Wigram Vienna Lager, and looked pretty much the same too....
All depends how big you want to go - hot water cylinders can be got cheaply(ish) and make up a decent system - at present we (three of us) have a system based on HWCs that will do up to 80L in a single batch, which we do about every four weeks. 3x...
Aside from the disconnect, do you need to change any other gear to use sankey kegs as opposed to cornelius Jo?
Interesting wee doco - shame about that bloody music though!
For me, the moment was really when I first tasted Emersons 1812 IPA and was completely blown away by it - who knew beer could have that much flavour? From there it was pretty much a case of figuring out how I could get my hands on more beer that t...
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- At 9:24pm on August 3, 2009,
James P said… - 75L... hmm that will take up all my kegs... maybe I need to get a co-op with a couple of mates to help bottle it!
I have yet to consider the right set up for heating. I see you guys used 3kW for and had issues with getting 80L up to boil for the kettle, which sort of pushes me back to gas for the kettle. The HLT will be set up with a timer to come on before I get my lazy ass out of bed on brew day. :) Are you guys using the HWC thermostat?
- At 4:25pm on August 3, 2009,
James P said…
- Thanks for that. It's an older one, probably 1960's but it has the copper vessel which I want to look at for HLT conversion. At 270 litres, if I cut it in half I can easily double my batches from my 50L keggle.
I'll take a look and if it looks dodgy research it some more!
- At 8:24am on July 15, 2009,
Reviled said… - Hey bud, it was the recipe that Joseph posted on here, but I changed it a bit.. Can PM you the recipe when I get home tonight...
Cheers
- At 3:08pm on June 12, 2009,
Barry said… - 45l !! WOOHOO!
That's awesome. I've steered clear of double batches, maybe I need to give one a try :)
- At 8:11am on April 22, 2009,
Barry said…
- Hey mate,
yeah I use a hot water cylinder. It's copper. Couldn't tell you what size.
I cut it in half, the bottom half is my HLT and the top half my boiler. I only make keg size batches, I reckon the boiler would struggle with any more than say 35lt - I would probably have to leave the lid half on to maintain a boil (of course I could add another element but I would have to rheostat one of them for some control otherwise my keg-size batches would scorch).
One of the issues I have is element placement. In my HLT the top one is pretty high up, and the temp probe is above that - means I have to have it quite full to be able to use it. In my kettle the minimum boil volume is about 18lt. Just over half of my usual batch sparge volume, so I have to complete the sparge before I can switch the heat on. Bummer.
If your gear already does 50lt (!!) I'm not sure what you'd gain from using a hot water cylinder.
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- Favorite Beers?
- Epic pale ale
Galbraith's Bellringer
Bookbinder
Renaissance Stonecutter
C&B Monks Habit
Hoegaarden
Guinness
Anything I've brewed (I'm nothing if not biased)
- Favorite Breweries?
- Epic, Hallertau, Emersons, Renaissance, Harringtons, Croucher
- Favorite Bars/Pubs?
- Galbraiths and Hallertau (the latter being miles away so not visited often...), and the Cock&Bull.
- About Me:
- 30-ish, living in Auckland and a bit of a brewing newbie, just getting to grips with how the process really works. I'm a total magpie for buying/building brewing kit. Very keen to see how it all develops - as far as hobbies go this is the tastiest I've had!
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Commissioning the new brewery
I thought I’d drop a blog on here outlining our first brew in the new brewery – thanks to Barry for advice on the use of hot water cylinders – we’re stoked with the results!
The brew went really well on Sunday, considering that the brewery has been completely reworked so we were starting with a brand new (to us) setup that hadn’t yet been calibrated! I’ll be adding sight-glasses to the vessels before the next brew, so hopefully that will make things a bit easier.
For the sake of explanation, w… Continue
The brew went really well on Sunday, considering that the brewery has been completely reworked so we were starting with a brand new (to us) setup that hadn’t yet been calibrated! I’ll be adding sight-glasses to the vessels before the next brew, so hopefully that will make things a bit easier.
For the sake of explanation, w… Continue
Posted on July 6, 2009 at 11:00am — 20 Comments
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