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This. Also, being a small batch brewer, I find my 8L fermenting barrels a breeze to clean. Taking the time to reflect on things I can do better next time and keeping the peace in the house with a clean kitchen.

When you don't have the option to filter the grains in the lautering phase, try using a muslin cloth to keep your grains in check? I have used a muslin cloth with great success and cold crash it for 48 hours. I dont use Irish Moss or whirlfloc but i still manage to get clear beer :)

Ghetto cold crash, thanks to Crusader: Is that a frozen Pure Dew?

I contacted the local water guy, turns out he is "Auckland" water guy too. I take the report and ad a twinch of gypsum to get a perfect 5.4 in my small batch (6L). I guess its triall and error to get it spot on.

Wicked, thanx heaps.

Great looking setup, I'm looking to do something similar. Question, aren't you worried about tannins in step 7? I was taught that if you squeeze the grains you would extract tannins, but I could have been mislead.

How much/many hazelnuts are you using?

Depends on the beer and the circumstances, but it happens sometimes. But as ThorGodOfThunder says, pop them all and let it ferment out and re-prime when it is fermented out completely. I would do that if it was me, I like my cats.

You might still get a champagne eruption after a week even if it is carb'ed correctly. I would keep it in a cold place for the duration (with the precaution mentioned above) and just pour it cold in a big jug, that way you wont loose any beer due to massive head and still be able to serve it.

Found the answer on my own, my Google-Fu is strong. http://nzic.org.nz/ChemProcesses/water/13B.pdf Toodles.

Does any of you Auckland brewers know anything about the water around the North Shore or Auckland in general? how hard, chlorine/cloramine, mineral composition etc.

Hi all I do both kits and small batch all grain brewing. Does anyone know of a good grain mill or might have some input for a design that will work? I want to crush my own grain, it is way too expensive to buy the already chrushed at my regular vendor (Hauraki, in Albany). And on a side note...

Thank you all for the answers. I am a lot smarter now. Hopefully I will have better luck next time.

Hi I can't seem to hit the right numbers according to the recipe Im using for Imperial Pilsner. I am not even close to estimated SGs and Im wondering if it is because Im not reading the recipe right? It says that my batch size is 5.50 Gal. and My boil size is 7.30. I read this as my...

Hello everybody I just got into the all-grain brewing and what a difference it is from standard kits. I can't wait to leech of the collective knowledge on this site and later on maybe even give my two cents as well. When it comes to brewing i like to think that nothing is final and...