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by regan
Wednesday Oct 01, 2008 5:28 pm
Forum: Buy, swap and sell
Topic: All Grain Set Up for sale, Melbourne
Replies: 10
Views: 14125

Re: All Grain Set Up for sale, Melbourne

nah its not that cheap. only 10 mins down the road for me.

half of it i dont want and the stuff that i do isnt worth anywhere near the asking price.

let me know if you get despirate minimoose, maybe we can work a deal out
by regan
Wednesday Oct 01, 2008 9:27 am
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Lagering/CCing
Replies: 6
Views: 4763

Re: Lagering/CCing

in the shed in a box/esky/anything with some frozen coke/milk/whatever bottles rotaited dayly if you can be botherd.

i removed the heavy bits from my old broken down keg fridge dug a hole behind the shed in a shady area droped her in and i can lager all year round, with the help of 2-3 frozen ...
by regan
Thursday Sep 25, 2008 11:27 am
Forum: Kegging
Topic: dip tube length
Replies: 10
Views: 12546

Re: dip tube length

that would require an extra step and another fridge. the truth is im lazy and that is not very high on my list of brewing equipment upgrades.

honestly its less then (pi r2h) 3.14*100*1cm=314ml
the tube was inside the tiny dimple reservoir (5mm give or take deep) so lets half that = 157ml
and the ...
by regan
Wednesday Sep 24, 2008 4:19 am
Forum: Kegging
Topic: dip tube length
Replies: 10
Views: 12546

Re: dip tube length

hard to tell what the waste really is. when some brew snob has a go, but decides before tasting it that it dosent taste good becuase it dosent look right and then dosent have more then 2 sips thus wasting 90% of a glass... or if it was just a waste giving that fool beer in the first place.
those ...
by regan
Monday Sep 22, 2008 12:10 pm
Forum: Kegging
Topic: dip tube length
Replies: 10
Views: 12546

Re: dip tube length

i cut about 10mm off all mine, best thing i ever did. after the beer goes in the keg i give it just a little gas and burp it, i let it sit in the fridge for half a week, then i carb it up and i have had nothing but beuitifull clear beer without filtration since. the only waste i see in the empty keg ...
by regan
Tuesday Sep 09, 2008 12:50 pm
Forum: Kegging
Topic: New kegger need help
Replies: 11
Views: 15077

Re: New kegger need help

1. there is products for keg cleaning a brew shops, what i buy and use is basicly the active ingreedient in napisan without the aroma. give them a good rince out maybe some boiling water or your favoraite fermenter sanitizer for now untill you get your hand on some of that. you wouldnt leave your ...
by regan
Monday Aug 25, 2008 3:45 pm
Forum: Bargain bin
Topic: wine equip sydney rd coburg
Replies: 1
Views: 5786

wine equip sydney rd coburg

went in today, the place is moving to resevoir at the end of the month and is having a moving sale.

all can kits are 9-11$ great value! but they dont have the normal large varierty as some have already been moved or have sold out.

went in for 1 or 2 things and walked out spening >100 :lol:
by regan
Tuesday Jul 08, 2008 5:11 am
Forum: Grain brewing
Topic: burner size/type
Replies: 20
Views: 25870

Re: burner size/type

good point, i dont have a sub board... lucky i never tried that.

i have found that 3 elements from 3 circuits coming from all over the place is enough to get 50lt going and then 1 is enough to maintain the boil.
by regan
Tuesday Jul 08, 2008 4:57 am
Forum: Kegging
Topic: Leaking Keg
Replies: 2
Views: 4589

Re: Leaking Keg

drink up and ring your keg supplyer explaining your problem and if they dont offer you a replacement threaten to discolose the companys name on here
by regan
Saturday Jun 14, 2008 11:59 am
Forum: Kegging
Topic: Hose length for twin tap off 1 keg.
Replies: 19
Views: 24834

Re: Hose length for twin tap off 1 keg.

agreed. its about as pointless as a bar that i promptly left which had a tripple font with calton draught, blonde and then carlton draught again.

i would be investing in a second (or 4th) keg to run multiple styles but in the mean time only worrying about getting one tap shooting.
by regan
Thursday May 15, 2008 3:24 am
Forum: Kegging
Topic: stiff regulator
Replies: 9
Views: 12266

Re: stiff regulator

if you can work out how to cross threads with a bolt 75% in to the nut then you're a better man then me. i struggled to turn it down from a high pressure meaning i was unscrewing it from a fair way in.

my guess is the bolt manufacturer did not cut the bolt with the die entirely (or however they ...
by regan
Wednesday May 14, 2008 1:52 pm
Forum: Kegging
Topic: stiff regulator
Replies: 9
Views: 12266

Re: stiff regulator

oil free now. i dont have grafite around but its one of those things i have been meaning to get.

anyhow, i pulled it to peices and found high parts of the thread pushed to the lower parts. wire buff did 2 parts of bugger all. i ended up using a combination of a new hacksaw blade and a razor with ...
by regan
Tuesday May 13, 2008 1:17 pm
Forum: Kegging
Topic: stiff regulator
Replies: 9
Views: 12266

stiff regulator

11 months ago when my regulator arived i could adjust the pressure using my only my finger tips, a few months later i had to upgrade to a screw driver and last time vice grips had used to turn the pressure back down after gasing up a keg. a squirt of wd40 on the screw and a bit of turning back and ...
by regan
Sunday May 04, 2008 7:49 am
Forum: Kegging
Topic: Anyone Know of or used these????
Replies: 20
Views: 24908

Re: Anyone Know of or used these????

leave her, its worth it.
by regan
Wednesday Apr 30, 2008 9:33 am
Forum: Cider, ginger beer, lemonade, wine, mead . . .
Topic: Carbonated Milk
Replies: 40
Views: 45838

Re: Carbonated Milk

is it a reversal of the homoginaization process maybie?

pressure from n2O is a great way to whip cream. try the cream bulbs if you can find them and the lowest fat milk around... might work nice
by regan
Tuesday Mar 18, 2008 1:52 pm
Forum: Grain brewing
Topic: HLT advice
Replies: 6
Views: 6479

Re: HLT advice

Regan what wattage were the elements you used in your hlt, and how did you connect the electrics does having the 3 elements going at the same time load up your pwrpoint. i was thinking some cheap kettles from crazy clarks might be the go i sussed them out the other day and they are 2200w and only ...
by regan
Friday Mar 14, 2008 3:34 pm
Forum: Grain brewing
Topic: HLT advice
Replies: 6
Views: 6479

Re: HLT advice

electric kettle elements work very well for me. i installed 3 of them into a 70lt pot by cutting holes in the side and using the existing kettle seals, nice and easy in theory but not when you dont have the right tools to do it.
the results are great, with three elements runing i can raise the ...
by regan
Thursday Mar 06, 2008 6:51 pm
Forum: Grain brewing
Topic: burner size/type
Replies: 20
Views: 25870

Re: burner size/type

2 elements installed. it took 45 minutes to boil 33lt starting at 23c. not bad but i could do better, and will.

now i just have to make sure i dont burn the house down, any sparkeys on the fourm? i checked my fuse box and found my shed runs 30amp and an outdoor swtich near the shead is on 15amp so ...
by regan
Saturday Mar 01, 2008 12:27 pm
Forum: Grain brewing
Topic: burner size/type
Replies: 20
Views: 25870

Re: burner size/type

spills, after a fair bit of reading both here and on ahb you have me shopping for some electric kettles now. i might see what 2 elements do first up and upgrade when nessasary. cheers for the idea
by regan
Friday Feb 29, 2008 7:14 pm
Forum: Grain brewing
Topic: burner size/type
Replies: 20
Views: 25870

Re: burner size/type

ok what electric element :roll: