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True, but that is the case for many all-grain brewers too. If you use RO water you have a reliable starting point. But everyone else is assuming their water hasn't changed since the last water report. My last water report said sulfate was 0-50ppm which is a pretty wide range. Luckily water...

I think you've read my post wrong. It says "74% ale malt". In New Zealand anyway, "ale malt" means the English style base malt as opposed to US style 2-row / pale malt. I think Americans call this "pale ale malt". Anyway, my point is that this is a known ingredient. The only confusing thing...

Yeah, I guess I'm lucky in that our local extract manufacturer (Black Rock) lists all that on their website. Their Golden kit looks like this... IBU: 27 SRM: 6 Malt: 74% Ale, 13.6% Lager, 12% Caramalt, 0.4% Roasted malt Hops, bittering: Green Bullet, Pacific Gem Plenty of information there to...

Late to the discussion, but here's another very simple option if you wanted to look at the HERMS route. Electric urn https://www.grainfather.com/shop/accessories/sparge-water-heater.html Plus immersion chiller, temp controller, pump, misc fittings Pump your wort through the immersion chiller...

I think the lack of control thing is MUCH less than people assume it is. Sure you don't know what exact water profile was used, but it's safe to assume that with unhopped base malt extracts they aren't doing anything crazy. I'd expect that all extract manufacturers start by filtering everything...

The tiles I have seem ok for slippage, they are currently used in a bathroom which seems fine. I'll need to check but I don't think they are gloss smooth.

Hey everyone, just looking for some advice on flooring for a little home brewery. I have this little room, approx 7x10', which I'll be turning into a brewery. It's currently got a concrete floor but the surface is very rough and uneven - impossible to mop properly. However it does seem...

Yup. You need to draw from above the sludge or you will get blockages. So you either need a floating dip tube, a bent dip tube, a chopped dip tube, or manual siphon (which means you don't get the benefits of closed transfer). Also, have a look at the closed siphon method. Fermenting keg goes on...

I work in the industry. You can totally make yourself a good website using the website builder platforms if you are prepared to put in the work. It's 90% about the content. You'll need good photos and text that is informative and non-cheesy. For most (not all) businesses flash design and whizz...

Thanks for the reply. What is your reasoning behind not boiling the plums, if you don't mind me asking? I had a bit of a bad experience with the last fruit beer I made, a peach saison. I did the freeze method followed by heating the fruit to 170f / 70c for a couple of mins. Ended up getting an...

Hi everyone, I'm an experienced beer brewer, and are looking to try brewing my first cider on the weekend. I have a cider kit (can of concentrate) and a bucket of delicious ripe dark plums off the tree. And a pack of Mangrove Jacks M2 cider yeast (which included nutrient). I was wondering what...

Yo @paledragon couple of questions if you don't mind. 1. Does your platform sit resting on those 4 bolts out of the load sensor or does it sit on the steel cross that you built? 2. I gather you just read all 4 sensors and add the values together to get the total load? Or is there more to it? 3...

I've ordered 4x load cells to have a play. I think I can keep the kettle in the same spot by routing a groove in the base that perfectly fits the kettle. I can manage the lid / spoon situation I think. Cool, thanks for the link. I guess I'm looking to have a play first then see what's possible...

Cool, thanks for the great replies. And I think it was radar that they used in the mega brewery (I got my terminology wrong). There's a bunch of online projects using ultrasonic for water tanks (for farm supply, that sort of thing) but these are much larger than a homebrew pot and no steam to...

Whoops, I thought I'd posted this in the Automated Brewing Forum, but apologies if I messed that up.

I went on a tour of a mega brewery the other day and they said they use ultrasonic (or similar) sensors that measure the headspace in their kettles. This lets them fill the kettles to the correct level without using a flow meter. Seemed like a genius idea to me. Has anyone done something like...

OK, might be a bit of terminology confusion going on here. I consider an extract 'kit' to be a can of hopped extract with some kind of extra fermentable (LME, DME, dextrose). These you mix with boiling water, stir, topup to 6 gallons and you are done. If we are talking about having to do a boil...

This is actually a good point. I think most of us know that cidery taste that bad homebrew has. We partially associate that with using kit and kilo with table sugar, but of course it is also derived from no temp control, an undersized yeast sachet, poor sanitation, all those things that...

Kia ora bro, I'd agree completely with Rph_Guy - this looks normal to me. Infections wouldn't normally present themselves at this stage in the process anyway and it's also fairly normal for the beer to taste like crap when it's warm, uncarbonated and unfinished. I'm also surprised that your...

You should price up a recipe and swap out different amounts of base malt for simple sugar? Tally up the cost of malt, hops, propane / electricity, yeast and see what it looks like. I just ran the numbers for my favorite pilsner recipe, swapping 30% of the fermentable with sucrose - I'd save...