Recent content by TyHadaway

My brew stand is always a work in progress. There are still plenty changes to be made or components needing to be added to make it as efficient as possible. But that happens as the budget allows. Since this photo was taken I have now added valves to exhaust the air when priming the system.

Come to think of it, I think you just hit the nail on the head. I don't recall giving the wort a stir after transferring to the boil kettle. Cheers.

No leaks that I have picked up, I pump the wort through the coil in the HLT to sterilize it before adding any chilled water when cooling and there are no traces of leaks in the HLT or in the cooling water whilst chilling. I think I will just put this down to a learning curve, I will brew the...

Yup, took the reading after collecting all the wort into the kettle.

Thanks for clearing that up with regards to the pre-boil and post-boil measurements, not sure then why in BeerSmith, the estimated pre-boil gravity is lower than the post-boil gravity in my recipe, I'll just have to keep that in consideration for future reference. I do use a hydrometer and I...

I don't normally take a reading on my pre-boil gravity as I have only been concerned about post-boil gravity in the past. But this time I took a gravity reading pre-boil as I wanted to try out a stepped temperature mash, I may vary the times per step on the next batch of the same recipe just to...

I just need a bit of clarity on the cold crashing process. Firstly, what is an optimum temperature for cold crashing and does that change according to styles? Secondly, when priming for bottling after cold crashing, do you prime from the cold crashing temperature or do you rather bring it back...

Thanks for the replies, some valuable information. I think it is time to get a vacuum sealer. :mug:

Hi All I was wondering how long I can keep hops in storage? I currently keep the hops I have in an airtight container and in the fridge. Is there an optimum time that the hops need to be used within and do different hops varieties have a longer shelf life than others? The reason I ask is...

Hi all, I am Ty and I'm from Cape Town, South Africa. I am new to brewing and love trying all styles of beer, that's why I got into brewing, to try copy beers I enjoy and to try out new things and experiment, I only have 4 brews that I have brewed so far. First was a extract from a Coopers...