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Coding has started!
I had 3 weeks off work recently, thanks to the birth of my 2nd child, which left me with some time around house to tinker on things I’ve been wanting to play with for a while. The fermentation...
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Sigh…
Well, I’ve ragequit /r/homebrewing. Properly. Account deleted. So many downvotes, regardless of how correct the answer given is. Also, apparently I’m a know-it-all. I know a bit, I know what works well...
View ArticleCitraRillo APA
This is the first batch back after my time away from brewing. Haven’t brewed since November! The idea is to brew a light/medium body American Pale Ale that’s hoppy on the nose and in the flavour, but...
View ArticleDead kegorator, Munich Dunkel and excessive drinking.
So, perhaps not so much excessive drinking but I did brew a Munich Dunkel and my kegerator has died. That’s annoying, because of the aforementioned Dunkel and SABSOSA coming up in 5 weeks.. Over the...
View ArticleBuilding a ‘new’ 500L Kegerator
Managed to replace the old chest freezer last weekend with a new upright fridge which was delivered on Monday this week. Bought it second hand from a local dealer, as I wanted to buy something that had...
View ArticleAmerican Oatmeal Brown Ale
Thinking about brewing something a bit more interesting. I have a bit of WY1469 here from a previous Bitter brew which just went in a keg, a heap of Oatmeal to use and a bit of BB Ale malt. Screams...
View ArticleAmerican Oatmeal Brown, recipe.
I’ve settled on the recipe I’m going to use for the american oatmeal brown ale. Nothing too over the top, but should be a bit more interesting that what I normally brew. I pushed the gravity up a bit...
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Kegerator progress
Tax returns are great It let me get some decent hardware for the kegerator which will last a long time. The fridge itself was drilled last weekend and a shelf built for the kegs. As chance would have...
View ArticleABA, Brew Day.
The brew day went very smoothly. Cruisy brew day, being that I’m on a weeks holidays from work. Crushed the grain in the morning and put the water on timer in the HLT. We had to head out for an...
View ArticleBeen a while…
…since the grain hit the water around here! Finally, that drought ended yesterday. Knocked out something that will be like a Mild. With Rye. And Oats. And Dark. BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout -...
View ArticleI’m not dead.
Really. I’m not! Been awhile since I’ve brewed for a few reasons, but i’m actually working on getting the brewery running, properly, with all the expensive brewporn I bought for it 3 years ago actually...
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Brewery Updates
So while I’ve been a bit quiet here I’ve actually been working on the brewery itself, as I touched on in the previous post. I’ve painted the frame, installed some wood decking to allow the lower level...
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OpenBrew – Control App development
Just a few random screenshots of the OpenBrew app doing app-y things. Running in the iOS 6 Plus Emulator – haven’t got the USB convertor for the laptop to the phone handy and also haven’t paid the...
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Fermentation Controller – Hardware Completed!
What you see below, is the completed hardware for my fermentation controller! Yep, not too pretty! But in this picture is 4 temp sensors connected – stupidly one of these was mounted to the permaproto...
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SS Brewtech – 17G/64L Chronical!
I’ve been considering this purchase for a while now. I’ve never had any specific issues with the 60L plastic barrels I used for fermenting in, other than when I need to move them around. I generally...
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So close to brewing… I can almost taste the wort!
Still on holidays so doing a few of the final tasks on the brewery! Well, when I say final, I mean final other than the control hardware and software. That’s a whole other journey yet to be embarked on...
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Updated brewery – First Brew done!
I managed to knock out a batch of “Oat’n’Rye Dark Mild” yesterday. Everything went pretty well, the RIMS tube ran well and held the mash temp up where it should be, and I was even able to mash-out for...
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It’s the never ending Saison…
At least it seems like it anyway! Tomorrow marks the 3rd week the Saison has been in the Conical. And. It. Is. Still. NOT. DONE! SG was 1071, and brewed on January 17th. The ferment was going...
View ArticleSS Brewtech Chronical – Peltier Cooling
As I alluded to in the epic dragged out saga that is the Saison I brewed 3 weeks ago, I don’t have temp control on my SS Brewtech Chronical at the moment. These SS Brewtech’s are awesome, especially...
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Minotaur CTF – Walk Through
This is a writeup of the Minotaur CTF boot2root CTF VM which can be found on VulnHub. This is my first CTF writeup, having previously done a couple of CTF challenges with varying levels of success. In...
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