Recent content by kaeptnerdnuss

I reused an old BBQ stand that I bought off Trademe for NZ$15. I could imagine that any stand of this kind would work fine.

Inspired by some BIAB contraptions I saw here in the forum I decided to build my own version, the BrewBQ. As you can tell from the name the brew stand is a stainless steel BBQ stand, equipped with one gas burner. The stand holds a 50 liter stock pot and has a welded pulley system to winch up...

I found this in a veedub forum but i thought you guys might like it too. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=526482 are there any similar projects yet? cheers

just to complete this thread. i tried the beer last night with some friends and i got a really positive feedback. :mug: no off flavours but i found out, that english porter is not my favourite style of beer ;) but i was so relieved that it turned out nicely. btw: this was the recipe i brewed the...

thanks everyone for your opinions. i will let it sit in the fermenter for a while and bottle it.

sorry, as a german kiwi degrees is what i'm used to. ;) the temperature is down to 22 degrees now but the airlock activity stopped. i guess the yeast didn't survive the high temperature? off to the home brew shop...

hi there, as it's winter now in NZ and my house not very warm the temperature in my fermenter drops down to 14 degrees. two days ago was brewing day and i let the beer sit in the fermenter for one day before i switched on my heat pad this morning which i just borrowed off a friend. i left the...

hi everyone, this is my first post! :mug: home brewing was never a big thing in germany but as soon as i moved to NZ i was introduced to home brewing by my friends. i made a few brews from kits during the last months and wanted to start experimenting a bit more. i tried honey, i tried adding...