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Hey all,

Cory here in Gould’s Newfoundland, I did canned beer kits around 10 years ago and decided they tasted like apple cider more than beer so I gave that up. Then I got introduced to the brew house kits about 5 years ago which turned out better and renewed my interest in the hobby.

I love beer of all types and I am interested in brewing my own beers that I wouldn’t have the opportunity to try in Newfoundland outside of the limited NLC selection and the Beerthief orders.

Recently I have brewed a black rock cider, and a store bought apple juice cider on top of the black rock yeast cake.

I decided to get into modifying the prehopped can kit partial mashes with the brew in a bag setup before making the jump to all grain. I have just kegged a Tom Caxton kit I did with a 1.5kg partial mash of 2 row.

I have a Morgan’s saaz pilsner malt kit with liquid wheat malt, 40g orange peel, 40g of crushed coriander, and a touch of cascade maybe 15g at flameout fermenting happily now. I'm hoping for a good summer beer for me and my wife with this one

Lastly I have a modified Morgan’s stout kit that I added a beer enhancer, some choc malt, and carapils to along with about 1lb of oatmeal to. The stout is terribly slow to get going on the fermentation side, it has just started recently 3 days after pitching, I wasn’t able to aerate as well as I would have liked on this one. I am considering ordering up an aquarium pump and diffusor.

I am working on sourcing inexpensive 10+ gallon brew kettle and a mash tun if anyone has any ideas that would be great. Having the option to do 10 gallon batches would be great.

My goal is to eventually have an all-electric brew setup with a temperature controlled RIMS mash tun; I am thinking a 2 vessel system would be good for the occasional brew session.

To the other Newfoundlanders here does anyone group up for orders to split shipping, I am not sure about all grain being viable at local prices, and I’m open to suggestions

Anyways enough rambling on; great to join up here and I hope to grow my brewing craft as much as possible

How did you find the site?

Local grain over there is too expensive, but you could get it online from Ontario beer kegs or probably the ever wood ave brew shop, and the price should be better. Ordering by the bag would get quite pricey I think.

Targos wrote:Hey all,


I am working on sourcing inexpensive 10+ gallon brew kettle and a mash tun if anyone has any ideas that would be great. Having the option to do 10 gallon batches would be great.

My goal is to eventually have an all-electric brew setup with a temperature controlled RIMS mash tun; I am thinking a 2 vessel system would be good for the occasional brew session.

To the other Newfoundlanders here does anyone group up for orders to split shipping, I am not sure about all grain being viable at local prices, and I’m open to suggestions

Well for a start welcome to the Brewnosers.
I might have a source for a kettle but not sure if it is gone or even if he is still selling it. I can find out if you are up for it.
As for a mash tun,I just use a cooler from wal-mart to mash in.
Even buying grain from Brewery Lane is cheaper than those kits you are buying, but if you want I can see about getting you grain by the sack a little cheaper than they sell, but I will have to ask my contacts first.

BTW, the recipe you quoted about the stout. Carapils really needs to be mashed and the oatmeal definatly needs to be mashed.

Tony L wrote: Well for a start welcome to the Brewnosers.
I might have a source for a kettle but not sure if it is gone or even if he is still selling it. I can find out if you are up for it.
As for a mash tun,I just use a cooler from wal-mart to mash in.
Even buying grain from Brewery Lane is cheaper than those kits you are buying, but if you want I can see about getting you grain by the sack a little cheaper than they sell, but I will have to ask my contacts first.

BTW, the recipe you quoted about the stout. Carapils really needs to be mashed and the oatmeal definatly needs to be mashed.

Thanks Tony I might be interested for sure depending on the details

If I had a sensible kettle I would consider modifying a cooler to use as mash tun. My major issue is inexperience I suppose with hitting proper temps for mashing and sparging, I find with my thermometer it takes a long time to get an accurate reading then i've overshot the temp. I guess i need a quality fast reading thermometer first I have read the Thermoworks Thermapen pen is a highly recommended but its also around $100.

I did a partial mash brew in a bag biab mash for the stout. I went for a single infusion mash at 154f then mash out at 168f and sparge but my temps were a bit all over the place trying to goose the temps on the stove...

Shoot me a email if you find anything out on the kettle and thanks again

You don't need the high end thermopen. The cheaper models are just as accurate, but they are slower. But that's no big deal here.

mr x wrote:You don't need the high end thermopen. The cheaper models are just as accurate, but they are slower. But that's no big deal here.

And they're really not that slow. They'll usually get you a reading in less than 5 seconds. I use one for brewing and I'm very happy with it. Have a second one that I use for grilling.

Targos wrote: If I had a sensible kettle I would consider modifying a cooler to use as mash tun. My major issue is inexperience I suppose with hitting proper temps for mashing and sparging, I find with my thermometer it takes a long time to get an accurate reading then i've overshot the temp. I guess i need a quality fast reading thermometer first I have read the Thermoworks Thermapen pen is a highly recommended but its also around $100.

I did a partial mash brew in a bag biab mash for the stout. I went for a single infusion mash at 154f then mash out at 168f and sparge but my temps were a bit all over the place trying to goose the temps on the stove...

Shoot me a email if you find anything out on the kettle and thanks again

I have e-mailed to see if the kettle is still there and if so how much.

If you use software to calculate your strike temps, you shouldn't get temps all over the place. Even with my square tun, I get different readings close to the edge than I do in the middle. I just relax and have another brew, lol. It all works out. You may be over thinking the process a little.
I plan on doing another brew soon, and I'll PM you to let you know if you want to pop by for a look see.

Cory, he wants $275 for the kettle like this one http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/boil ... ettle.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
and he has only used it a couple of times.

Tony L wrote:Cory, he wants $275 for the kettle like this one http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/boil ... ettle.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
and he has only used it a couple of times.

Thanks for the information Tony but I would have to pass on that, I think I can get a SS 15 gal from OBK for around 130-140. I know its not a boilermaker but I am sure it would suffice for me.

I was just hoping someone might have a old keggle or something that I could snap up for a good price.


My next project is an STC-1000 I am expecting to arrive anyday now for my keezer temp controller.

Welcome!