Recent content by KiwiSander

1787 + 5 American Porter = 1792...

Good point about partial pressure, didn't even think of that. And yes, my assumptions on stratification were just plain wrong :) That mostly came from using an Argon 'blanket' in welding to protect against oxygen, but that requires a constantly flooding gas, so not the same thing at all.

Ah, Brewfather has a selectable pitchrate in a fairly coarse 5 steps, ranging from 0.35 to 2.0, but I never knew what units that was in. :)

Oh wow, I had a troll around the Internet, but didn't find anything :) Of course that was last night... I will definitely pop into Brewtopians, let me put that into my calendar right now...

Hi all, Is there a homebrew club in the greater Wellington? I have had a look, but can't find anything. Sander of Tawa

Based on my understanding that argon is so much denser that it would actually stratify out: For purging a keg, I think it may work, but no advantage. For serving a fully carbonated beer - here I suppose it would insulate the beer in the keg, keeping it from oxidising, but that really isn't an...

Hi all, I normally use CO2 for purging kegs, usually while fermenting. And I assume this is the method used by all: I fill the keg with starsan, use the fermenter / CO2 tank to push out the starsan, leaving the tank filled with mostly CO2. But looking around the garage I also have Argon. I...

Even for my (not very strong - 1.048 OG) Blonde Ale, Brewfather says 2 packets of US-05, whereas the packet says one packet should be enough.

Yep

So far 3 x 5gallons of American Blond: 1604.25 + 15 = 1619.25. Ask me again on Monday... :)

I am making my first ever ported this weekend, with winter coming I have had a hunkering for Porter lately...

Hah, apparently my pc is logging on to a different profile than my phone... I gotta fix that...

I love all the smells of brewing, the fresh smell of hops, opening the grain bag, the mash smell... But my wife hates the smell of the mash / boil. Of course I just make sure I am mostly brewing when she is out and make sure I vent the Boil as well as possible, but just curious of there are...

My original post, although accurate, was somewhat flippant and your reply is much more thought out and professional than I deserve. Thank you. And yes, you are exactly right, I currently try to have my blond ale and a Porter (now that we're heading for winter) on tap and then potentially have...

Ironically Jesse is fairly close to me, I'll be heading up to his area tomorrow for work, but I have never actually met him... But he was instrumental in getting me into home distilling.