Recent content by Paul Lowe

Thanks for the advice folks

Thanks. I meant a dual regulator.

Hi there Does anyone have a good link to a guide on how to set up kegs with a double regulator. I have no idea what i am doing.

Good point. I do small batches about 11 litres. I generally mash in at about 66 or 67 degrees, hold it that for an hour which does require some boiling water. Generally I do no sparge so just drain which is inefficient but speeds up the day. I boil the wort for 1 hour using a electric water urn...

Just wondering if a strange sweet caramel flavour could possibly be oxidation. Most of my beers are around 1012 to 1016 gravity and it seems to now be a common flavour in my lighter beers. The beer tastes fine at bottling but come to drinking it a couple of weeks later and the taste us there...

I mostly do three gallon batches because its quicker, easier to clean and allows me to brew more often but i maintain capacity for larger batches to brew with friends or share. Im not a hig drinker. For me that simply means having a big pot and a small one.

Thanks for the response. Its useful and might explain my the characteristics of my favourite APA recipe appear to have changed slightly. My explanation was not that clear/good but I would only have one or two additions of boiling water in the last 15 minutes. I mainly adopted this practise to...

For my brewing I do a single drain from my mash tun. I also have a small kettle and as a consequence my preboil gravity reading is often the same as my finished gravity. To maintain the same gravity i need to top up the kettle with water from time to time to maintain the starting volume. Is this...

Yes, for small batches although i am changing my entire set up to an induction cooktop system. I make good beer with the urn. I use it because i already have the equipment. If you are budget consious I would think carefully about what your long term set up will be and how this could fit into...

I use the grainfather watersparge urn as a brew kettle but use a power controller to control the vigour of the boil. The temperature seems to consistently run 5 to 7 degrees higher than the setting on the urn. I use a mash tun rather than a boil in the bag method

Does anyone have any advice on how to wire one of these induction cookers for New Zealand. I am assuming it could be rewired with a 15AMP plug?