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- Sat May 18, 2019 12:00 pm
- Forum: Brewing Equipment
- Topic: Replacement elements
- Replies: 7
- Views: 491
Re: Replacement elements
Ah, Thanks Kev for pointing that out. Mine are the other type.
- Fri May 17, 2019 6:21 pm
- Forum: Brewing Equipment
- Topic: Replacement elements
- Replies: 7
- Views: 491
Re: Replacement elements
My kettle element died during a brew last week, managed to finish off in the HLT. HLT element is looking pretty gnarly too. I've got 6 or 7 years out of them. They were Tribune S6212 elements (DIN25?) - I'm not sure they were actually stainless. I used a 32.5mm QMax, and a 1.25" backnut. So ideally...
- Sat May 11, 2019 12:31 pm
- Forum: Dispensing
- Topic: New Hand Pump setup
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1729
- Thu May 09, 2019 7:03 pm
- Forum: Fermentation
- Topic: Very dirty looking Krausen
- Replies: 5
- Views: 356
Re: Very dirty looking Krausen
It's the chocolate malt. None of it will have been converted to soluble sugars as would happen in a mash with diastatic malt or extract. Chocolate malt has no enzymes of its own. Nothing to worry about other than the finished beer will likely be hazy and you may not get all of the the flavours expec...
- Fri May 03, 2019 1:44 pm
- Forum: Brewdays
- Topic: IPA brewday vid
- Replies: 10
- Views: 533
Re: IPA brewday vid
Bru 'n water does seem to calculate it for me though based on at least the value of bicarbonate and carbonate. I assume they're not actually salts though then? (My chemistry isn't great, I thought they may have been). Its calculated value matches my water report alkalinity value of 28 though. Sever...
- Thu May 02, 2019 11:01 pm
- Forum: Brewdays
- Topic: IPA brewday vid
- Replies: 10
- Views: 533
Re: IPA brewday vid
So it was your water report that advised the sample tested had alkalinity of 28 ppm as calcium carbonate. You would therfore enter that value into the calculator, it might in turn convert it to other units of measurement, but it does not calculate it. Alkalinity is not a salt and a salt does not add...
- Thu May 02, 2019 8:56 pm
- Forum: Brewdays
- Topic: IPA brewday vid
- Replies: 10
- Views: 533
Re: IPA brewday vid
It is more effective to mix the two by adding grains into water than the other way about. Pouring water onto grains is more likely to make dough-balls, clumps of dry grains held together by a wet outer coating. Put your mash liquor at about 80C into the mash tun and stir until the temperature settle...
- Thu May 02, 2019 7:25 pm
- Forum: Brewdays
- Topic: IPA brewday vid
- Replies: 10
- Views: 533
Re: IPA brewday vid
The oats appeared to be oat husks which are added to aid mash drainage. Consider mixing all the ingredients beforehand. The enzymes will be more evenly distributed through the mash enabling a more speedily and thorough conversion. Ideally you should add grist and liquor together, but otherwise add t...
- Sun Apr 28, 2019 5:37 pm
- Forum: Brewing Equipment
- Topic: Replacing S30 valve
- Replies: 13
- Views: 660
Re: Replacing S30 valve
Through the valve. It works ok as long as the seals are newish and in the right place and I've screwed the valve into place at the right tightness, tight enough to stop gas escaping and not so tight the rubber washer distorts. There are too many variables and it's too annoying. I'd suggest it might...
- Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:37 pm
- Forum: Grain Brewing
- Topic: Excess Barrel Pressure?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 684
Re: Excess Barrel Pressure?
I find 50 to 75g of invert or brewing sugar usually last the whole barrel.
- Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:16 pm
- Forum: Grain Brewing
- Topic: Sharing homebrew with other brewers in this community?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 725
- Sat Apr 13, 2019 7:07 pm
- Forum: Brewing Equipment
- Topic: Wilkinson’s 4inch pressure barrel
- Replies: 7
- Views: 486
Re: Wilkinson’s 4inch pressure barrel
Gently screw down the lid, then unscrew slightly and retighten, but not too much. Give it a little squirt of gas, listen and feel for leaks then open tap a little for a moment to check beer flows with some internal pressure. Look for leaks using a paintbrush to apply some water and washing up liquid...
- Thu Apr 11, 2019 8:53 pm
- Forum: Brewing Liquor
- Topic: Splitting the Treatments
- Replies: 8
- Views: 547
Re: Splitting the Treatments
.............am I OK to continue treating both sets of water in the same way in proportion to their volume or should certain 'chemicals/treatments' be restricted to either the mash or the boil? I've read quite a bit more since posting and there seems to be every variation of opinion under the sun s...
- Wed Apr 10, 2019 4:36 pm
- Forum: Brewing Liquor
- Topic: Splitting the Treatments
- Replies: 8
- Views: 547
Re: Splitting the Treatments
It is possible to brew a beer using water without calcium, but it's value has been known to brewers since soon after it was isolated in the early 19th century. Even so, some today think calcium adds only undesired taste and the be all and end all of brewing is a particular mash pH. Further, if the o...
- Wed Apr 10, 2019 4:35 pm
- Forum: Brewing Liquor
- Topic: Splitting the Treatments
- Replies: 8
- Views: 547
Re: Splitting the Treatments
I was always under the impression that commercial breweries only added salts to the mash and adjusted the alkalinity of both mash and sparge liquor? That is the standard advice of Murphy's and is what many breweries that rely on Murphy and Son for water treatment chemicals and advice do. That isn't...