Recent content by grumpywolf

I use two 2.4 kilowatt elements in my kettle that I run from differant power points that are also on differant circuits in the house.

My last glass of Thomas Coopers Pilsner before crawling into bed as I have to be up at stupid o'clock in the morning (3:10am). Mind you I don't have much choice atm as it's all I've got on tap.

Crikey there's finally something us aussies have over the USA, buying empty stubby bottles is not a problem here (and they're crown seal type).

Have a look at this, it's as cheap as chips and works really well. I've made one and it's dead easy to make and use (even for a grumpy old sod like me) https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/we-no-need-no-stinking-beer-gun-24678/

I'm (sort of) shiftworker so I tend to do my brewing on a day when I've started work early in the morning (means I'm home between 11am and 1pm). I don't want t get involved in starting a brew when I'm starting in the afternoon in case there's problems.

I use screw top fermenters because they are about $10 cheaper than better bottles and $30 cheaper than glass carboys here in Australia. When I first got into brewing I looked at the two differant products (buckets weren't that common here at the time) and I thought the fermenters I used would...

Filled 5 kegs from my two big fermenters in preperation of moving to BIAB brewing (the two fermenters had a 4 kits in them, the last time I'll be doing my brews that way).

I clone for two reasons: 1) I like the beers that I clone (Stella, Heinekin, Becks and Corona) with a little note that the locally created versions of these now tast like soap on the odd ocassion that I drink one. 2) I am too terrified of making something that is vile and I have to throw away

I have to do the whole lot myself the only thing that Mrs Wolf (the grumpier) has anything to do with my brews is drinking it.

That's not being stupid, you learnt something from your attempts at trying something differant. Being stupid is making the same mistake over and over again

Yesterday I made up a batch of ginger beer for Mrs Wolf snr (the even grumpier) and put it in bottles. After doing that I am even more in love with kegging

Coke zero at the moment (coz I'm at work) but later on tonight, when I get home it'll be the Thomas Cooper Pilsner I put in the Keezer recently

I can't really comment on carboys as I've never used one, all I've ever used is the plastic fermenters that are the common vessel here in Oz. They do (to some extent) give you the best of both worlds in that being opaque you can see a little of what's going on and they have a wide opening...

I used to really enjoy bottling myself, then I got into kegging. I started off by filling a keg then bottling the remainder, now I just make my brews so that fit into kegs without the need for for bottling

G'day everyone, I have finally decided to take the plunge and sign up after lurking on this forum for quite a while. I have been doing homebrew for a while, but only using kits. The War Minister has finally given me approval to step up to all grain (well BIAB anyway). Just got to put the...