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Just looked at the spin cycle arm and from the photo looks kind of restrictive but hard to tell. I use a stainless 1/2" elbow for my whirlpool port and my chinese stainless head pump will get the wort turning but not fast (port quite low in pot, a compromise for 10/19/23/38L batches). I don't...

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Leaving chuck keys in power tools is very bad form but on the mill and drill note don't leave your cordless drill attached to the mill thinking that you have left enough grain in the hopper to balance it while you grab the bucket with both hands to top it up. Happend on my last brew day and i...

Why not download some good logos off the internet and print them yourself of have them printed. Then you can get them in a size that suits too. Inkjet printers do a great job and some colour lasers are producing pretty good output too these days. Of course with an inkjet you need to use...

Any other metals than stainless steel in your system?

I buy 10L of distilled water from the supermarket as i don't trust the clouldyness our water causes with starsan but just open the container. Squirt in 16ml starsan with a syringe close container and shake a bit then label the bottle and write starsan and the date on the cap. I tend to make...

Thanks. Sounds like i picked a couple of good yeasts to have a play with when they arrive.

A good start. You could glue polystyrene on the outside of the cupboard particularly the back if it has a very thin back like some I have from mitre ten. A bit stuck inside to the top would probably help too. Of course everywhere is better but as you say space limitations. Long term put...

You buy a preassure cooker but it will never be used for cooking...

1) no real issue . Just keep some space between the terminals and other terminals etc. The case is plastic and the metal back is insulated from the internal circuitry. 2) one SSR per element is fine. Only need one to interrupt the current. 3) an SSR is not necessary. You can wire the...

After using only dry yeast and having to do a starter recently I decided to order some liquid yeasts for up and comming brews. An online homebrew shop i use has a monthly preorder for white labs yeast so should get reasonably fresh. Sort of planning ahead since im not sure when their monthly...

If you mix in thr primary you will stir up the yeast and trub so would then need to cold crash or let is settle out before bottling. Very gental mixing should not introduce significant oxygen. A separate bottling bucket allows you to stop syphoning out of the promary brfore you suck up too...

Thats irritating after getting a successful batch but at least easially solvable for the next batch. You could open the bottles and drop a carbonation drop or two in as required and replace the seal if they have truely leaked out and finised the last carbonation sugar and put a new seal on at...

most wire from a hardware store isnt suitable. That looks like high temperature wire so you need the right stuff.

I got over the fact that a brand new 2.5g keg is about the same as a brand new 5g keg for the fact that it allows me to have a bigger variety of beers on tap without getting a bigger kegerator or keezer. In nz old coke/pepsi kegs are $100, new 5g are about $150 and a similar price for the 2.5g...

I went with a 32A 3v eherms setup. My house only has 230V 63A incomming so that was a limitation. I may fix that when i build a new garage in a year or two. I run a 4.5kw element in both my HLT and BK and wired my panel so both can be on at once so the operator has to think but if both are...

The yeast type can have significant effect too

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M31 worked well for me in my 9.5% belgian tripel. I fermented at the low side of its temperature range and its got banananaery flavours. I did rise it up alowly by 1c every few days to make sur it finished. I only had one pack so made a 3L starter with intermittant shaking and it was a good...

If for some reason you only have one pack of yeast then there is no issue with a starter provided you do a big starter. I did a 3L starter with intetmittant shaking only and decanted off the beer when it was done then pitched the yeast and the beer came out great. Down here even dry yeast is...