Ever since I joined this group my Search Function for Members has not worked or I am doing something wrong. I have gone to members pages by other means but it is getting a pain in the ..... Any assistance Admin? Thanks

Yesterday I did my first double batch in my newly constructed Electric BIAB setup. I put through a Fat Yak. By the calculators on Brewers Friend I had a 86.67% conversion factor. Just being new to this is that good, bad or indifferent. I recirculated,at 68.9C then ramped to 75.6c then sparged...

I was fortunate to pick up a couple of double kettles, a plate chiller and a few odds and ends when I was in Brisbane the other day. I have installed a herms in one tower and I am waiting for some fittings to get the whole system up and running but I did a double brew tonight in one vessel. The...

I have read countless threads on this forum and others regarding starters and hydrating yeast and still did not know which way to go. On Saturday I brewed and dry yeasted a brew and it seems that is had performed as it always has with my brewing technique. On Monday, a public holiday in Aus, I...

As you know I have only started BIAB Yesterday I did one of Trialbens S & W Summer Ale. My preboil was 1.030 but after the boil it had only risen 4 points. 1.034. The recipe suggested 1.048 so you can see I was a long way off. What causes this. Is it a not vigorous enough boil. It was rolling...

Okay I just finished my first AG. A Sierra Nevada. Couple of stuff ups but mostly due to an infra red thermometer, but lesson learned and will get a thermopen or similar. Any recomendations. What I can't get my head around is how can I have a conversion of 114.1%. What have I done wrong Do you...

Well I had my grain and nothing to mill with until I came across this Corona Mill, so after much research on this and other sites I set about to pimp it and this is the end result. I had my next door neighbour cut a thread into the shat on hisd lathe which took the wobble out of the plate, added...

Morning everyone. I thought I should introduce myself. I live on the east coast of Orstalia halfway between Brisbane and Sydney on a 12 acre macadamia far with 600 trees.I have been a brewer for a long time but I only brewed kit for a long time and I recently started partial and thought to...