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Just back from taking daughter down to the Burt Munro rally site. 4 days of bike racing to come and town is full of bikes, love it...

This is the one, pic taken during last brew...

I've used this a couple of times and really like the outcome on an English bitter. I noticed it seems to have been discontinued so am looking for a similar dry yeast for an easy to brew ale. Substitutions online seem to be: (liquid) * White Labs WLP005 British Ale * Wyeast 1187 Ringwood *...

Weird. Could you have someone set up a blind taste test to see if you don't have an unconscious bias...?

Yeah I won a load of Superdelic so did a few beers to try it out, they say it has a candy/red fruit flavour and there's a definite sweetness to it. I'm sure it would suit fruity hazy styles but I'm not a fan of those so unlikely I'd use it again. Still got a bit in the freezer to use up. A few...

Didn't miss a beat, till I got it handlebar deep here. Wrung out filter foam, drained carb of water and carried on... 🙂

Took the old CT90 for a ride last week...

My dad coached a NZ team against him on the 77 Lions tour. Have his autograph on a program somewhere...

23 litres of best bitter yesterday. 23 total. 😀

The hairy kid was more excited than the real kids opening his present... 😄

Jealous of the 'World Beer Tour' win. Must have been amazing...

I record everything in case I accidentally make a belter... Hasn't happened yet. 😄

I don't have a sample port. So I take a sample for OG prior to pitching, and when I know things are over (from looking at the tilt hydrometer feedback) I take another sample when bottling/kegging to confirm ABV.

But it tells me without having to open up the fermenter to take a sample. From the other end of the country if I'm away. All while graphing the fermentation progress to inspect/compare/examine These are the main advantages for me. All well worth the modest cost as far as I'm concerned...

It's a 3.1.1. Pretty easy to get at pump for inspection, remove bottom plate and a few screws...

Sounds terrible whatever the price... 😀

Had a blockage in my BZ last brew, minor panic but blowing backwards cleared things. Afterwards I opened things up to inspect for the first time (35 brews done). They are really simple, just a plastic impeller driven by magnets. Nothing too bad in there, just some discoloured silicone hoses...

Just taken a screenshot of current brew, 8 days in. I've turned off temp for clarity (just bumped up setpoint from 12 degs this evening). Clearly shows curve of fermentation progress, really useful tool...

One of the big breweries here in NZ registered 'Radler' as a trademark for one of their beers. Curious how they managed that as it's both a generic term for a style of beer * plus the German word for cyclist. Caused a bit of controversy, they got away with it as apparently it was not a 'well...