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thanks warra will chek it out asap cheers

warra have you got anymore info on those Tempmates , cost set up etc might look into getting 1 cheers.

and will also add as for the Tasmanian bashing on this forum we do brew the best beers in Australia if not the world and are probably better at drinking them per capita .. but myself personly have only taken up home brewing recently so only a newbie, I would like too know how you up north would be ...

I dont know about the rest of Aus but down here in Tassie at the moment its starting to get bloody nippy so I think the investment of the heat pad wil be very sound in the middle of winter . when we're getting tempreture's over night of well below zero etc.

thanks for the info will keep it in mind only new at this caper so every bit of knowledge I get from you gus is invaluable , thanks guys..

I also forgot to mention that I live in Tassie so it will get pretty cold here soon , that was part of the reason why I got the heat pad so I dont know , none the wiser....

Got a new fermenter today 30Lt variety anyway bought a heat pad as well , they say that the temp control is set at 24degrees is this to hot to be brewing at if so have I wasted my money I 'm a bit confused as to wether I'm brewing correctly . any thoughts . put down a coopers dark ale with 1 kg of ...

hi Kepal I live in Tassie so I dont of sort of know about your sitiuation , but I think summer has finnished here , thats if it ever started lol ,anyway I bought 1 of those submersable heaters (the fish tank variety) with a temp contoler on it , cut a long story short it may be dodgy but bought it ...

no have to sit here and drool, but patience is a virtue so they say

thanks warra feel alot better now with some sound advice from all the forum members . just a bit toey being the first brew and everything . cheers mate .

I keep mine the same as you barrelboy in the door of the freezer had no problems with comercial beer . I only rinse mine out in hot water and straight backin . mind you you have to have 2 glasses on the go , but as far as glasses go with home brew i wouldn't know .got a couple of months to wait ...

thanks for for all your advice guys sanitation wise I was completely anal about so I dont think that should be an issue I'll just keep doing the hydrometer readings and see how steady they are over the next couple of days .fingers crossed all turns out well , lucky I did'nt take any notice of the ...

thanks for that info Mick , the yeast was the normal kit variety so I its probably crap yeast my main concern was that I've heard of people leaving their brew in the fermenter for to long and their brew went off .

Anyhow put a double coopers real ale down on Monday in a 50 litre fermenter , 800g of clover honey in it and 1.2kg of normal sugar in it, anyway the original gravity reading was 1050 did another gravity reading thursday and that was 1015 .Did a reading again today Friday its 1010 my question is ...