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I've been looking at controls to upgrade our brewery... At the moment everything is run manually. Next step is to install temperature controls on the HLT and after that the MLT. Has anyone worked with controls similar to the following...

We have a Micromatic Mini Regulator and a machined adaptor to mate it with 20oz Paintball gas bottles... Connecting a new gas bottle is a nightmare. The adaptor has a machined vent hole on the side. As you screw it in (as fast as possible) when the bottle pin is depressed gas starts venting on...

I am busy planning a much larger brewery. At the moment we use Beersmith for our 10 gallon system quite successfully. From what I've read so far there are some tricks to scale from a small system to something as big as 3-6 BBL... Hops utilization in particular. Our basic system will consist...

Hi, I am planning to buy a Blichmann Beer Gun with all the accessories from Austin Home Brew... They are out of stock on the fittings at the moment. Can anyone recommend another online store who will ship to L.A.? Furthermore.... Any comments / reviews from people who actually use this...

One of our brewing vessels ended up with a hard black residue burnt onto the element. Can anyone give some tips on getting this residue off? Normal scrubbing with a Scotch Brite scouring pad is not very effective... What cleaners / chemicals will work? Thanks Schalk

We are running an electric brew kettle - converted keg with a 3kW hot water cylinder (Kwikot geyser element) heater. This weekend at a beer festival a much more experienced brewer commented that all our beers have a smoky taste / flavour and he thinks it has to do with the elements scorching...

We are new to kegging. With a rather big beer festival coming up we moved from bottle conditioning to keg conditioning. Our process was as follows: Cleaned the kegs with Perasafe & rinsed them properly Racked a portion of the beer into the kegs Mixed 80% of the usual amount of corn sugar used...

Hi, I guess this is a long shot.... The South African hop farms have a fairly new hop variety available - US4/78. Rumor is that it is related to European noble varieties. (7.8% alpha, I have no info on the beta acid %) Has anyone got more information on this strain and it's best uses...

We've made an American Pale Ale with various different yeast strains to test the yeast properties / results. Four beers in total: 1. with Fermentis US-04 2. With German Alt yeast 3. Danstar Nottingham Ale yeast 4. Wyeast 1056 The grain bills were virtually the same and we used the same...

Currently we run a 11gallon electric converted keg system. Our plan is to increase our brewery capacity gradually and taking it commercial slowly. There aren't any dedicated brewing equipment manufacturers in our country and the craft beer scene is in an infant stage in Cape Town... So we plan...

I am looking for a "tutorial" / description and some info on the tools required to disassemble a G-system keg, remove the spear, clean, fill and replace the spear. Thanks:confused:

We are seriously considering to upscale our brewing setup to a 400L nano brewery. The plan is to sell bottle conditioned, limited release beers (single hop Pales Ales, single hop IPAs), a standard American Pale Ale and a California Common. Currently we are thinking of the following setup to use...

I am looking for a few recommended online hop stores. Being in South Africa local availability is an issue. So far we've been ordering from www.hopsdirect.com Their prices are good, but they do not have all the varieties we are looking for. Especially Simcoe, Citra, Warrior, etc. Preferably...

We have recently increased our brewing system capacity. Our mash tun consists of the following: 50L Stainless Steel keg with a 2kW electric element - not insulated Copper pipe manifold Connected to a normal ball valve Stainless Steel lid We mash at a ratio of 3kg/L. Since moving...

Our home brewing setup is growing and we are planning to start using corny kegs for festivals. Normally we bottle condition our beers and would like to go the same route using the corny kegs. What should we watch out for when keg conditioning beer? How much head space should we leave? Should we...

It seems as if California Common or Steam Beer is not often brewed by home brewers in South Africa... So I need a bit of advice... We've tried it three times so far. A small beer using second runnings from a mash using Saflager yeast A normal AG batch using Saflager yeast A normal AG...

Hi, Is there anyone with a few tips on having the following made up out of stainless steel... 1. Kettle 2. Mash tun 3. Conical base primary fermenter CAD drawings will be a bonus :)