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by Biernut
Sunday Feb 01, 2009 9:11 am
Forum: Forum support and suggestions
Topic: Censorship
Replies: 3
Views: 24947

Re: Censorship

I believe I know the post you are referring to. My guess would be that it was deleted for being a personal attack, but if you really want to know, or have concerns, you should have gone to greg, not here...

Quite frankly I think you have missed the point of what a forum is all about. There was no ...
by Biernut
Sunday Feb 01, 2009 6:36 am
Forum: Forum support and suggestions
Topic: Censorship
Replies: 3
Views: 24947

Censorship

I note that the moderaters on this forum practice censorship by deletion for the mildest critism and rebuke by deleting such posts thus supressing the will to contribute any form of constructive information. I reply to any post depending on its merit as I see fit, without fear or favour, and do so ...
by Biernut
Saturday Jan 31, 2009 5:24 am
Forum: Grain brewing
Topic: All Grain Setup
Replies: 38
Views: 52917

Re: All Grain Setup


If I knew how to get photo's out of photo bucket and post them on this site I could show you what can be done.

Cut and paste the IMG code next to each picture.

Like this

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http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t316/drsmurto/Brewery.jpg

Thanks doc I will have another play around ...
by Biernut
Friday Jan 30, 2009 6:26 am
Forum: Grain brewing
Topic: All Grain Setup
Replies: 38
Views: 52917

Re: All Grain Setup

Gym I have just completed converting two 60L kegs, one a boiler and the other a HLT for a brew tree set up. I am still using my rubbermaid cooler as a mash tun, but because this wont be suitable for the final setup I will be replacing it further down the track with a 60L insulated keg. My intention ...
by Biernut
Thursday Jan 29, 2009 12:45 pm
Forum: Grain brewing
Topic: Simple first AG
Replies: 6
Views: 9014

Re: Simple first AG

For an APA I would up the magnum to 20gr.

cheers
by Biernut
Tuesday Jan 27, 2009 7:22 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Hobart
Replies: 7
Views: 6500

Re: Hobart

I wouldn't give you a rats arse for Moo's wheat beer.
by Biernut
Saturday Jan 24, 2009 7:27 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Hobart
Replies: 7
Views: 6500

Re: Hobart

Yep I second Taz's post, and try an Ironhouse PA for a Tasmanian microbrewery experience. A top drop IMHO.
by Biernut
Wednesday Jan 21, 2009 5:05 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Most hated job in HB
Replies: 29
Views: 20810

Re: Most hated job in HB

What the dr didn't say that comercial beer is pasteurised and from what I can make out this is to maintain taste so it doesn't vary. If the beer is off then don't blame the brewery, blame the cellarman for not keeping his lines clean. Sorta covering their arse I guess.
by Biernut
Wednesday Jan 21, 2009 4:49 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Yeast Question
Replies: 15
Views: 6547

Re: Yeast Question

Settle down T/L you might end up heart attack material. Youre right about HBS's processing disinformation to make a sale, and as for supermarket brewers they are on their own.
by Biernut
Tuesday Jan 20, 2009 6:27 pm
Forum: Kegging
Topic: When is my Gas bottle Empty
Replies: 10
Views: 16648

Re: When is my Gas bottle Empty

21.3 will be the Tare weight of a full cylinder, subtract 6.00Kg off that and thats the weight of an empty cylinder. If you have a dual regulater one is the pressure in the cylinder and the other is the adjusted pressure out. The gauge that gives you the pressure inside the cylinder aren't that ...
by Biernut
Saturday Jan 17, 2009 6:02 am
Forum: Grain brewing
Topic: Should I add Gypsum?
Replies: 7
Views: 11832

Re: Should I add Gypsum?

Tipsy......the short unscientific answer is yes, 5-10 grams of gypsym won't stuff your beer. I have rain water stored in Poly tanks which is rather benign, and use mineral additives to change the water profile in a beer that I am trying to emulate. this seems to have little effect on the pH which is ...
by Biernut
Friday Jan 16, 2009 5:01 pm
Forum: Kegging
Topic: Need Some Lube lol
Replies: 8
Views: 9452

Re: Need Some Lube lol

realistically speaking, is there any reason that you couldn't use the tiniest amount of vegetable oil? is it only because it might affect the beer's head?

On some bad advise I tried this on an air stapler "was the done thing", I was told. Sorry to report it stuffed the O rings in six months and ...
by Biernut
Thursday Jan 15, 2009 2:22 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Back in AU!
Replies: 13
Views: 10559

Re: Back in AU!

G'day men

Just a reminder that our dollar is hovering around 66-70 cents against the greenback so that adds 50% on top of the prices you are quoting at the moment. No body has ever really come up with a plausible answer to me anyway why our dollar is such a poor performer against the US dollar ...
by Biernut
Tuesday Jan 13, 2009 6:18 am
Forum: Kegging
Topic: Beer in the Regulator (Was Regulator stuffed)
Replies: 9
Views: 10589

Re: Beer in the Regulator (Was Regulator stuffed)

A regulator is a piece of finely adjusted equipment and if faulty would need to be serviced by an expert in the field. With the high cost of labour today it would be more financially expedient to go out and buy a new one. Given the large ammount of energy contained in a CO2 cylinder akin to a loaded ...
by Biernut
Thursday Jan 08, 2009 7:00 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Hydrometer Question
Replies: 14
Views: 6012

Re: Hydrometer Question

Tim, Tim, a brewer without a hydrometer is like a carpenter without a tape measure, it tells you where you are going with your beer.........sob. :cry:

As for thyraeus I would definitely question the integrity of your hydrometer and invest in another or try drawing of fifty ml or so, tip it and go ...
by Biernut
Wednesday Jan 07, 2009 12:28 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: New Year's Resolutions (HB)
Replies: 19
Views: 5433

Re: New Year's Resolutions (HB)

No James definitely do not get like Dr Steve Brule, but yes in the middle of the berry and cherry season down here. There have many songs about the perils of drinking summerwine in the heat of the day.
by Biernut
Tuesday Jan 06, 2009 2:32 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: New Year's Resolutions (HB)
Replies: 19
Views: 5433

Re: New Year's Resolutions (HB)

Mine is to slow down my output get rid if my 500ml handles and replace them with 250ml ones, and probably reduce my grain bill by 10% per batch and don't drink any more summer wine.
by Biernut
Sunday Jan 04, 2009 9:10 pm
Forum: Kegging
Topic: Fridge or freezer??
Replies: 17
Views: 23887

Re: Fridge or freezer??

I would give it a miss, the specs are sketchy you don't really know what you are buying. As this unit is almost the same cost as as one that Ross at Craftbrewer has in stock I would contact him. This is a temp contoller which switches automaticlly between heating and cooling depending on your ...
by Biernut
Saturday Jan 03, 2009 5:22 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: home brew is good
Replies: 16
Views: 14333

Re: home brew is good

I MUCH prefer my brews to 90% of what's in the shops.

Commercial swill has sugars, preservatives, hop-oil (instead of real hops) and god knows what else in it.

My brews only have malt, hops, yeast and water.. just as the germans dictated in 5642 BC! And its costs about half what the cheapest ...
by Biernut
Saturday Jan 03, 2009 7:34 am
Forum: Making beer
Topic: What are you brewing?
Replies: 632
Views: 1129957

Re: What are you brewing?

G'day Brian - happy new year mate...

The torrified wheat is useful but not essential - it's not going to make the brew undrinkable by not having it there. It is in the recipe for completeness in trying to get as close as possible to the real thing.

I'm working through a keg of it now and it's ...