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He posted on AHB today -- looks like everything is fine, he's just having issues with intermittent internet access at the moment.
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Was down at Bacchus Brewing on the weekend and tried their Hibiscus Wheat Saison ("Hibis-Kiss") -- was wonderfully tart/hoppy/flowery while remaining incredibly well-balanced. I doubt Ross would be inclined to give away the actual recipe, but he would most likely give a few hints if anyone was keen to make a similar beer themselves.
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I use BrewPi to control my temps -- can either use a static setpoint or set up temperature profiles to suit the yeast I'm using. Pretty much everything else aside from temperature is controlled by the scripts, though I think the hysteresis is a bit less than 0.3° C and the minimum fridge delays are 3 mins ON and 5 minutes OFF. The temperature profiles were one of the main reasons I went with BrewPi over an STC, but the ability to log in from anywhere in the world and check on my beer (or change temperatures/profiles on the fly) was the clincher.
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Bit too early for a porters -- it's lager drinking season after all!
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Nope' date=' has been fairly inconsistent, though they were coming out towards the end of the month for a while. Based on last month or two, I reckon you could expect them sometime in the next week or so. Also, there's a rumour that the full-size ROTM will be based on one of the new TC kits... [img']bandit[/img]
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Pitched a smackpack of 3522 into my Belgian Blond on 21st December and had decent krausen 2-3 days later -- it ended up sticking around until New Year's day, around a week and a half later.
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Could be a variation on a Magnaman special? Fits the bill, kind of...
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Didn't mean to overlook your kind comments, MM -- thanks very much! The hop spider cost around $12 in Big Green Shed bux, and the bitterness in the first batch I used it for seems to be just about bang-on, so it doesn't seem to have affected hop utilisation (or it only affected it marginally).
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Pretty sure Gash's video was where I got the original inspiration, but have since seen a few other projects doing a similar thing. I work in elec engineering, so have a good working knowledge of AS/NZS 3000 -- one thing Gash doesn't do with his elements/kettle that I've done with mine is earthing the actual pot itself, in case the refractory material in the element breaks down and the metalwork becomes live.
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Happy New Year, lads & ladies!
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Figured I'd update my last post because I'll never get around to doing a proper write-up anyway. Pot struggled to hold 95° at full tilt, so I insulated it with a little less than half of a NBR foam yoga mat (now reaches & holds ~105° comfortably): Added a ball valve & barb to make transferring boiling wort easier: Rolling boil during first brew-day after installation of the valve -- everything works & no major leaks! (also pictured - ghetto hop spider made out of a PVC reducer, S/S hose clamp & small paint strainer bag): Etched some volume markings into the pot (original guide on HBT forums) so I don't have to measure/estimate on brew day:
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Emptied fermenter #1 on Sunday, bottling my Belgian Blond (have I mentioned how much I love 3522 yet? ). Fermenters #2 & #3 are currently bubbling away on a couple of stouts that are part of an ongoing two-pronged exbeeriment -- TC Irish Stout kit tin split into 2 brews, cubed in July last year & stored until the weekend just gone; fermented in a couple of DIY fermenters I made out of 15L Frantelle water cubes (HDPE) with some snap-taps purchased from ebay:
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New Labels & New Thomas Cooper Range
Gibbo replied to Coopers DIY Beer Team's topic in Coopers Online Store
Not to look a gift horse in the mouth' date=' but I just received my can of TC Bootmaker Pale Ale, & there were no adjuncts included in the package.[/quote'] I didn't get any adjuncts either, Beeblebrox. Have enough to make up the brew anyway, but thought Coopers was sending some with the new brew can. -
11 brews this year, despite having breaks between Jan and May, and July to Dec.