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Masters + Easter weekend = awesome Let the good times roll. So going for a round on Monday.

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Bohemian Pilsener 5 gallons Cooper's Lager 5.5 gallons IPA 5 gallons HefeWeizen 5 gallons Brewing my way into history, Priceless 13195

Unreal, I just put a wheat beer in the can yesterday and was worried about temp control, only it's 90 degrees here today and I was worried about the other side of the target! I would suggest getting your fermenter to the temp you want and insulating as well as possible from the cooler ambient...

UPDATE Have had great success keeping the temp down, looks to be 61 or so. I put two half gallon ice bottles in this morning and the 100litre bin is very resistant to temperature fluctuation due to the sheer volume of water. Forecast is for 85 today so pretty happy with that. I doubled...

Well the tap is not open, I still plan to engineer a submerged airspace around the spigot. Undoubtedly direct contact from the wort and water would allow dissolution into the wort and direct transfer of lighter than wort particles and cells. Given that I don't have access to a tapless carboy...

Hadn't thought of that, thanks for the advice.

Yeah I think we have different equipment here in oz. I usually bottle straight out of the primary, which is a 30 litre with tap. Doesn't seem to leak but I can't be certain I guess. I could easily put some plastic wrap around and seal with some putty. I'll cover the opening of the tap with putty...

I'm planning to brew a hefeweizen this weekend, and am a little concerned from the forecast that fermentation might be running a little too warm for the beer. I'm in Australia so we're oming out of the summer now and max temps after the brew could be up to 86f, meaning up to 75ish inside my...