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Postby taffy4x4 » Fri May 03, 2019 7:53 am

Hi folks, I got board a couple of weeks ago so I built a still in the shed. My first try was a cornflake mash that turned out surprisingly well. It's starting to cool down in qld now so I have to find a way of keeping the mash at an even temperature as her indoors doesn't want it in the house again. Great site full of information, keep up the good work.
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Re: Yet another new member

Postby bluc » Fri May 03, 2019 8:37 am

Welcome bud :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Yet another new member

Postby fizzix » Fri May 03, 2019 9:19 am

Welcome, taffy4x4.
I use these brew belts. They raise the bucket temperature and keep it steady.
Amazon carries 'em.

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Re: Yet another new member

Postby Sam. » Fri May 03, 2019 10:37 am

Welcome here mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Yet another new member

Postby woodduck » Fri May 03, 2019 10:50 am

G'day and welcome.

Yep heater pad or belt is the easiest. Aquarium heaters can be ok but look around this site first some of us have had a few issues with them. Keep the fermenter wrapped up in a blanket will also help.
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Re: Yet another new member

Postby Professor Green » Fri May 03, 2019 9:01 pm

Welcome taffy.

I've used heat pads on my smaller fermenters and heat belts in conjunction with a thermostat control on my large one. Either wil keep your yeaties nice and toasty.

As woodduck said, it definitely helps to wrap your fermenters in a blanket. Also worth keeping them off the floor if it's concrete.

I will be trialing aquarium heaters with built in thermostats on my next ferment.

Cheers,
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Re: Yet another new member

Postby Mne » Sun May 05, 2019 7:30 am

Welcome taffy4x4 :)
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Re: Yet another new member

Postby Doubleuj » Sun May 05, 2019 8:41 am

taffy4x4 wrote:Hi folks, I got board a couple of weeks ago so I built a still in the shed.


Gday taffy, welcome to the forum, we’ve got a saying around here, pics or it didn’t happen :teasing-neener: :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Yet another new member

Postby dans.brew » Sun May 05, 2019 6:32 pm

Welcome taffy4x4!

Doubleuj wrote:Gday taffy, welcome to the forum, we’ve got a saying around here, pics or it didn’t happen

:text-+1: After all, a pic says a thousand words. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Yet another new member

Postby Amberale » Sat May 18, 2019 6:30 pm

Hiya Taffy.
My childhood dog was called Taffy and I was brought up on that nasty poem.
I’ll be hiding my legs of beef, just in case. :)

When I lived in SE QLD and was brewing a lot of beer, I used to brew in a 60 litre brewer with a fish tank heater inserted about 6inches from the bottom.
I bought a rubber(silicon probably better but where can you get it) grommet the appropriate size and a spade drill bit to match.
Surprisingly, it never leaked but did make cleaning a little bit harder.
Just making sure I didn’t break it.
Other than that it was pretty idiot proof.
Cheers AA
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