Recent content by Agentgonzo

Yeah. My t-shirt method takes a few minutes to set up and is a bit of a faff. I'm considering making a "blanket" (nice idea with microfiber - lots of surface area to evaporate) with velcro that can easily be attached. With a little tail dangling down to dip into a water reservoir I already use...

I do like fan assisted cooling. I put the beer in the fermenter last night and was too lazy to think about the temperature. Metabolic heat was pushing it too warm this morning so a t-shirt over the top clipped in place to keep it taut, sprayed with water 3 times a day and a small fan pointing...

Ah - ok. Phew 😃. Not always obvious in online forums 👍

😱 I find that statement really quite abhorrent. I don't think anyone needs abusing, no matter what they have done. Especially when it's something as trivial as a game.

I'm curious as to why you want to put DME into an all grain brew. Why not just add more grain in the first place?

Because football is basically a religion to a lot of people. Religion abhors change. They treat their stars as Gods and assume that their God can do no wrong. Thus referees are seen as the enemy rather than arbiters of fairness. Hence it's ok for a God to abuse the enemy. (Slightly sarcastic but...

I play hockey (field hockey, not this ice nonsense 🙃). Same happens there -> no clear reason to change the decision = on field decision remains Exactly the same in hockey. It works really well. Plus, you can only ask for a decision if it affects a goal or a scoring opportunity, not in the...

23L of witbier/Blanche Total 2909L

I aimed for 10 minutes, but having forgotten to heat up the sparge water it turned into about 25 mins. Thanks 👍

Brewed a witbier today. Doing a couple of new things. First, a glycoprotein rest at 72° for 20 minutes (was supposed to be 10 but I forgot to start the sparge heater) Second, I'm saving the trub, letting it settle then freezing it to use as a starter for some frozen yeast in a future brew For...

Just transferring my blanche to the fermenter, so treating myself to a hoppy copper ale whilst the machinery does it's thing

I'm brewing my wit today so will be ready for a swap next month 👌

I'm brewing today. How long do people recommend doing a glycoprotein rest at 72° for? 10 mins? 20?

Timescale build up is hard but fragile. Just flexing/squeezing the hose should cause any buildup to crack and crumble. You should then be able to flush it out by attaching to a tap at full power.

They look identical. So much so that I'd put money on them being compatible and coming out of the same factory. I have a brew monk one. I can take accurate measurements of it if that'll help to gauge whether they're compatible. I'm sure other forum members have the other makes