November 2011 Blog Posts (6)

 65lt kettle with hop back filter,internal grain basket with perf bottom,Water jacket around kettle[sparge water]Three ring gas burner with heat shields sourounding ss counterflow.A footprint of 600mm x 600mm.

,1.5m high.My design ,will post pics on completion cheers.

Put down my first all-grain brew on the weekend. A version of the Yeastie Boys Digital IPA. Original recipe can be found here. Thanks Yeastie Boys!

Interpretation of it can be found here and is the one I used. Thanks Darren!

Exact recipe I used can be found…

Hi a friend has given me 6 cans of malt kits, 2 Coopers lager, 2 Coopers draught and 2 Mac darks. I am now doing brew in the bag all grain brewing however I have done a steeping brew with malt added to 19 litres. Can anyone help with steeping/partial mash receipe for any of these kits with my BIAB in mind?Would like to try the lager first, open to any ideas re hops( like them all)

Hi a friend has given me 6 cans of malt kits, 2 Coopers lager, 2 Coopers draught and 2 Mac darks. I am now doing brew in the bag all grain brewing however I have done a steeping brew with malt added to 19 litres.

Can anyone help with steeping/partial mash receipe for any of these kits with my BIAB in mind?Would like to try the lager first, open to any ideas re hops( like them all)

Hi - does anyone know where you can buy these in NZ?

Recently, I commisioned the fabrication of a new fermenter for my brewery. Several months, and several thousand dollars later - she arrived. She was in a bit of a state - and took me 3 solid days to clean out. Then I had to fabricate adapters etc so as to suit the existing hardware in my brewhouse... this took a lot of time, but I got it done within a few days.

So...…