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From what I have read I think the steam condenser in a home brew perspective is more of a gimmick to sell to the home brewer. A good read here a brewery will expect a boil off rate of above 4% stated here an average of 7% our average as home brewers would be around 15%. Emma...

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I have the Guten, there is absolutely no need to run the pump during the boil. With the tap on the return pipe in the off position no unboiled wort will get into the finished beer due to the vacuum. I would hope in the interest of hygiene that on finishing brew day and the cleaning done that a...

I never joined either Australian forums mainly due to the inactivity, I did watch them for a while but came across this forum which seemed friendly, fun and very active. I do belong to another forum which is also active but it is 100% serious brewing. I did work in a brewery in Collingwood...

What I was taught was, 'Boil like you mean it'. There is a host of things happening in the boil, so skimping on energy can also lead to skimping on quality. Things to be mindful of, be sure the DMS is getting stripped out, the DMSP needs to be converted at a high temperature, malt with a higher...

Enter it in a comp, see what the judges think of it. That will give you a more concise feed back.

Check your water chemistry. Make sure you are getting an acceptable mash pH. Check sparge water pH. Check temperature gauge calibration. Make sure your kettle volume marks are correct. Check the mill, maybe the roller gap is out of calibration or it is letting whole kernels through. If you are...

One thing about Feijoas they are heavy croppers.

If I am dry hopping I add my hops going into cold crash, putting them in loose will drop them out during cold crash. Saves losing any aroma as fermentation has stopped.

If I am going to dry hop and want to harvest the yeast I will transfer to secondary, if not I dont bother.

Personally I cold crash at 0C degrees for 3 days drops everything out avoids to much lees going into the bottle, does seem to produce a clear pour. 2x2x2 is weeks I believe.

Add at the start of mash out, any non fermentables are better added at the beginning of mash out. This is what I do with my Baltic Porter, (essentially a black lager) Emma

It could be the molasses you are picking up may be from the soft brown sugar I used to carbonate the beer. Emma

Bottles are purged with CO2 prior to filling but unfortunately packaging is the most likely place to introduce oxygen into the finished product. Where we as home brewers have an advantage over craft brewers is the bottles aren't shaken around being carted backwards and forwards. If you could...

On the bottling line of the brewery where I worked they weren't sanitised, there was no need as the package the caps were in was sanitary. If they happened to be touched then they got a misting of weak ethanol. Possible contamination would come from the handling. Emma

Makes a pleasant change to see a couple commercial beers with clarity. Emma

These days your in vogue if you have the matching socks to go with the upholstery. 😅 Emma

Ouch Foxy, not good, worst bite I have had was a Bull ant that was bad enough. Lost a dog to a tic, and a few to snakes on the farm. Emma

The kids and I get loads of Crickets which we use for fishing bait. I love these little creatures, don't know what we look like to them but their eyes follow every move. This one was on our water tank. Emma

I am sorry, and it is just my humble opinion, but I don't think that making a NEIPA suits your process. In your pointers, 1. Using a bottling bucket is too much faff. Making a decent beer will inevitably involve what you call faff. It would I think be worth your while to use a bottling bucket...