Toxxyc
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Yesterday, 15:40So salt AND iron in a beer? Sjoe. That sounds healthy.21 replies | 401 view(s) -
Yesterday, 07:42I ordered 50kg SAB from BevPlus. Cheapest I could find, and I've been brewing LOTS of beer with it. Taste-wise the grain isn't as sweet as the...20 replies | 428 view(s)
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Yesterday, 07:39Thanks for this man, appreciated! I'm going to brew this one up ASAP as well. Just need to get the malts in place...21 replies | 401 view(s)
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Yesterday, 07:37I've had infections like that before, but mostly on my distillation runs. So if it goes bad, just distill it. Spirits come out just fine.6 replies | 114 view(s)
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Yesterday, 07:34My 50l urn gets the same gunk on it. I have to add I only boil for 30 minutes though so mine is only a light beige colour. It sticks to where the...23 replies | 353 view(s)
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15th January 2021, 13:45Remember we're talking 30% dextrose in terms of fermentable sugars here, not weight. You can do 2.5kg pale malt, 1kg rice and 1.5kg dextrose in a...21 replies | 401 view(s)
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15th January 2021, 13:40Yes I would love the sweet vanilla range. I toasted mine in the oven to hit that spot (even using a probe thermometer because the oven temps are...25 replies | 409 view(s)
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15th January 2021, 08:43Yeah I also had a short chat with him over it. It's just not worth it on a small homebrew scale. That's why I said I'll rather swap out any grain...21 replies | 401 view(s)
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15th January 2021, 06:54I've been formulating an SAB clone in my mind as well, because I have friends who love it. Amstel is a bit different, but let's stick to Castle Lite...21 replies | 401 view(s)
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15th January 2021, 06:50To be fair I see pretty much any grain as potential beer as well.1033 replies | 52336 view(s)
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15th January 2021, 06:33Yes in this case it's not the water, but you seem to have too much oils in your distillate. You need to cut your still off sooner. You can still...166 replies | 5970 view(s)
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14th January 2021, 16:03OK so I've got a few white spirits here at home. One is a bastard "bourbon" wash with a bit of sour corn that went into the ferment, and it was then...25 replies | 409 view(s)
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14th January 2021, 15:29I bought an upright fridge with the matching upright freezer for R800 for both. So R800 and I have a happy wife, because now we have an upright...15 replies | 259 view(s)
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14th January 2021, 15:27Man I feel so guilty. You made me one and it's STILL in the box, I haven't even opened it to check. I haven't had time to run a single batch in...12 replies | 229 view(s)
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14th January 2021, 13:32This. Lactic is more forgiving though than the other common brewing one - Phosphoric. It has a very narrow buffering zone, or something to that...19 replies | 256 view(s)
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14th January 2021, 13:28Getting my brews in before load shedding then. Got 20l strike water heating up as we speak.3 replies | 86 view(s)
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13th January 2021, 20:41Use distilled water.5 replies | 73 view(s)
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13th January 2021, 20:38Tails are used to blending, or if you have enough, you can stick it through the still again, on a slow run, and extract a lot of drinkable booze from...127 replies | 2899 view(s)
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13th January 2021, 20:37You water wasn't clean. Go to a hardware store and buy distilled water they use in batteries, and use that to water down your booze.166 replies | 5970 view(s)
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13th January 2021, 20:36Now buy some phosphoric acid. A million times stronger (you can use about 2ml per 5l of water for the same effect), and cheaper. It also sanitizes...23 replies | 353 view(s)
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13th January 2021, 20:09Breweries do the lactic acid thing. It works just fine.19 replies | 256 view(s)
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11th January 2021, 21:00I see a DRASTIC drop in my epic 93% efficiency if I use more than the usual amount of grains. Higher grain bill holds more wort so it takes a lot...33 replies | 1081 view(s)
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11th January 2021, 15:17This also depends on storage space and so on. Remembering BevPlus - their Midrand branch for example didn't sell 50kg bags, or 25kg bags. They only...18 replies | 306 view(s)
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8th January 2021, 07:17I would just stick a hosepipe fitting on the one opening and run water through it for a while.3 replies | 83 view(s)
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8th January 2021, 07:16Toxxyc replied to a thread Sharing a fridge between fermentation and kegging? in Bottling and KeggingI would rather buy another fridge, or a chest freezer. You can get second-hand fridges or old chest freezer for GREAT prices these days. Another...23 replies | 409 view(s)
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8th January 2021, 07:14Old gym socks is usually an indicator of lightstruck beer. It is more prevalent in hoppy beers and beers that are bottles in anything other than...58 replies | 945 view(s)
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7th January 2021, 16:04I can pick up a difference in hops used in bittering, even when boiled for 60 minutes. Yes, it makes a difference. Some hops provide a smoother...1033 replies | 52336 view(s)
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7th January 2021, 15:15Highly doubt they'll deliver a 50kg bag of malt for free.18 replies | 306 view(s)
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7th January 2021, 09:11Considering I'm in self-isolation, I think I have to brew a blonde or lager this weekend. I'm in the mood for something I can take and down. I've...2921 replies | 224774 view(s)
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6th January 2021, 07:57Toxxyc replied to a thread taste of beer varies bottle to bottle ? in General Beer Brewing DiscussionI honestly think if I go kegging I'll get rid of all my bottles except my swingtops. Then I'll keg, carbonate and bottle from the keg into the...13 replies | 384 view(s)
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- January 23, 1990 (30)
About Toxxyc
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- New to brewing - but I'm loving it!
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- Pretoria
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- Gaming, hunting, sport shooting and recently, brewing
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After all the fun with digital inaccuracy, this is where I currently am in my brewing evolution... More costly but you can be a lot more confident in the readings EDIT: more detail Top ones...
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