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Alright, I finally got of my arse and bought a fridgemate from mashmaster. Just finished wiring it up together with a cut up extension cord, I'll put some photos up later on. All is working perfectly now (Just need to wait for my brew to finish, so I have a keg to put in there).

Just wondering ...

I've got a mate with the exact same regulator, i'll ask him for ya, if noones replied by then.

drsmurto wrote:$50 is correct weight for a fridgemate.

I will be picking up 2 this arvo for my keg fridge and fermenting fridge.

They're great aren't they? It will make life much easier than how i used to drink my kegs:






Tim

Hey,

Looks like a nice setup. The Fridgemates are a good buy. You could wire it yourself if you know your anodes from your cathodes. It's pretty easy and there are instructions.

cheers,

another Tim

Sounds simple enough. Can't wait to get it running at fridge temps. I turned it on yesterday to ...

I don't normally want to buy overseas owned Matilda but I'd buy this beer.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't they owned by Fosters?

And yes, tried Fat Yack in the early hours of the morning this morning (3am) at crown casino, and found it nice, but lacking. Could be because I was comparing it ...

Hey, been a while since i've been on these forums.

I just bought myself a brand new chest freezer from The Good Guys, for $335. Fits 3-4 kegs (only have 2 though). My next step is to pick up, and install, a fridgemate. As I know nothing about these, I'm wondering if you guys can help me out. I ...

I'm looking into brewing an IPA, so I jumped down to grain and grape (for the first time, great place), picked up some goods, and hoped I could make an American IPA out of it. Here is what I got:

Bucketloads of LDME as my stock was low
1.1 kg Coopers LLME
80g Cascade pellets (6.8%)
40g Chinook ...

rwh wrote:Great, that's the one I was thinking of. Will definitely check it out!

Check out the range of beers from Meantime while your there. Great beers! I've tried the coffee porter and the IPA, and they were both excellent!

Tim

Hi all,

My housemate has decided to take me beer shopping for a birthday present. Anyone got a favorite bottle-o to recommend around central Melbourne? The one on Ackland Street in St. Kilda is good, but it mostly focusses on imported beers, and I prefer supporting domestic breweries if at all ...

Yarraville, actually. Looking forward to it

Looks like it could be a trip to G&G then a nice parma. If the beers are too dear at Mrs Parmas maybe we can get a few from G&G and sneek em in :twisted:
The temple bar will be in yarraville, Mrs Parmas is near Parliament station in the city. And you ...

Did anyone see the write-up on Vic mirco's the other day, I think it was in Tuesdays herald Sun. This place looks alright http://www.mrsparmas.com.au/, haven't been yet but plan to next week for lunch. Beers are apparently Victorian brews, with quite a few from micro's. What more could a man want ...

Phill, i have to thankyou for suggesting that cara aroma grain and the use of melanoidin grain... I put together my first specialty grain beer, a hefe dunkel, with 3kg wheat malt, 300g of cara aroma, 100g crystal, 50g choc, 50g melanoidin and a little herbrucker hops at 15 mins, 2 mins and dry hop ...

I bought myself some scales from eBay. 5kg max, increments 1g. Can also set in lbs mode for those American recipe's that your too lazy to convert It cost me 30 bucks all up, good purchase!

Just put it on then, and used the S-04. Hopefully it doesn't spray up my wall.

Being the lazy ass I am (and not having access to all the equipment required for partial mashing), the recipe is now:

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1 can Coopers Stout
1 can ...

ryan wrote:Flaked barley should be mashed not steeped.

And that's the reason it's good to post things before you brew! Cheers ryan!
But how do I go about mashing it? (Being a kit and extract brewer and all)

I'm doing a toucan stout, based on the recipe from here: http://hyperfox.info/beer01.htm (#13). This is what I'm doing:

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1 can Coopers Stout
1 can ...

I think I found possibly the greatest fish and chip shop in victoria the other day. Right next to gardenvale station, can't remember its name. Went in one night to grab some dinner before walking across the road to a 50th. Looked to the back of the shop and saw a fridge full of german beers ...

Boonie wrote: Whilst on the LCPA topic, has anyone tried an all extract, I am toying around with it ATM

Cheers

Boonie

Make sure you keep us up to date with how it goes. I would love to try formulating the recipe, but having only done 2 extract beers, I wouldn't know where to start.

Tim

Danis wrote:This sounds quality. Where are Melbournians planning on heading?

I'm thinking about doing a few micros, like emerald hill, bells hotel, mountain goat, then finish the night at the royston. Either that, or a proper pub crawl down swanston street, going to city/carlton pubs.