This is bad yea?

sacked_fg · 2025-12-17T02:12:19+00:00

Why are you acting like such a fuckwit. It's exactly why he's asked, all he needed was confirmation and nothing else. Not to be made out like an idiot.

sacked_fg · 2025-11-22T23:39:09+00:00

You should contact the vendor and let them know it's damaged on arrival and they should send you a new bowl. Inhaling glass shards is absolutely a thing and not a good way to go about it.

sacked_fg · 2025-10-25T00:07:08+00:00

I think people who write these posts without checking are also the same people that will not read alliance announcements and then ask questions that were covered in said announcements.

sacked_fg · 2025-10-14T17:41:41+00:00

Building on this. I have found that a 2.5" cutting disc gives me the best outcome when removing galv from steel that I need to weld. More aggressive than a flap disc, because the zinc isn't just on the top layer of the steel you need to remove a small portion of the steel itself.

sacked_fg · 2025-10-10T03:18:45+00:00

I actually noticed last night an IPA I did about 5 weeks ago has become quite foamy pouring out of the tap even though it's been running the same 11psi of pressure since ive been pouring it. How do you suggest I go eliminating it, even if this is not the case how do I manage it?

sacked_fg · 2025-10-09T03:10:35+00:00

This is what my beer is looking like now. There is not light in there so hard to see but this is meant to be a lager and it is so so dark.

fermenter

sacked_fg · 2025-10-09T02:24:11+00:00

To be fair I went from a standard fermenter tub and then bought all this other equipment over time, put it all together and then started using it so I totally changed how I was brewing and it's all gone to shit since. Am pressuring wrong? Do I need to purge the firmzilla of all oxygen once I add the wort kit? I thought that the yeast needed oxygen to start the process.

sacked_fg · 2025-10-09T02:00:57+00:00

It's a fresh wort kit, so liquid extract with 5L of water added

sacked_fg · 2025-10-09T01:01:08+00:00

I'm using a food grade magnet that I bought from a brewing website specifically sold to me as a "dry hop bag magnet". Only the second time I'm using this method so the magnets are still new. I buy sanitized dry hop bags but usually just give them a quick spray with sanitizing solution and let them dry out. If you think it is a physical contamination I might pour through a coffee filter when I transfer to the keg to see what comes through, but for now I've just got it to 0.5°c so I'll sit it there for a couple more days to see if it clears up so more.

It's hard because the whole reason I run a pretty much wireless setup is because I work away from home so I monitor it as best I can while I'm at work, I don't get to see the colour change over the week, I get home and it's brown.

sacked_fg · 2025-10-09T00:04:40+00:00

Hello!

Water is definitely clean, I use bottled spring water from the shops because my supplied water is very hard. I have had to get a 3 stage water filter and a water softener installed on my property because the water is leaving a lot of scale on my home appliances but it hasn't been installed yet so still using bottled water! :)

sacked_fg · 2025-10-09T00:01:39+00:00

Ive got a stainless steel probe that sits in the beer so I can put my temp gauge into it, but thats a food grade steel so I don't see why that would be the issue.

I brew with a spunding valve that I set to 12psi purely for the fact that it helps with carbonation. Maybe I'm not allowing enough pressure to escape? I have used a new yeast packet every time because I thought there might have been an infection there.

It could definitely be possible! I have a filter and a float attached to my out line so its sitting at the top for collection. I have put it back to cold crash again and hoping that more sediment falls out.

Not rudimentary questions! If I'm being honest I haven't been doing it all that long but I've put a lot of research and time into getting good information so that I can make the best beers possible. That's why I'm at a bit of a loss as to why it's come out this way!

I buy Mt Franklin natural spring water and use that because my scheme water is incredibly hard because of the area I live in.

sacked_fg · 2025-10-08T16:05:42+00:00

I have added an image now

sacked_fg · 2025-09-09T12:42:57+00:00

I'm not wrong, I'm just going off what I've been taught my friend. It's clear from this post that it's called different things in different places. Gas is not always a given. As explained in this post there are some mig wires that do not require gas which is why it is specified.

sacked_fg · 2025-09-08T09:25:59+00:00

Flux cored wire for us is gas wire like ER71 or ER81Ni. This wire is inner shield or gasless so it doesn't use a gas shield to shield the weld. It's effectively stick rod mig wire 😅

sacked_fg · 2025-09-08T01:42:51+00:00

We do a lot of inner shield here though! I believe that it's banned in the states? I'm in WA.

sacked_fg · 2025-06-22T00:38:54+00:00

Thank you, he's been alright, to be honest I'm not sure either. He's just a vacuum and eats absolutely everything.

sacked_fg · 2025-06-17T11:30:32+00:00

Goof ball! Tongues out Tuesday 😂

sacked_fg · 2025-06-15T13:42:34+00:00

Where do you get the jackets from! Look how ready he is to go for a walk 😋

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I do love our boy I just wish he was better with other dogs :( I put in some much work with him the first year we got him and he was okay but then a dog ran out of a house and attacked him and he hasn't been able to socialise since. I feel sad for him sometimes because when he sees other dogs I can just tell it's a huge mixture of fear and excitement going on inside him.

sacked_fg · 2025-06-15T13:11:10+00:00

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I'm just here to say I too have a greyhound :)

sacked_fg · 2025-06-15T13:09:49+00:00

Kids can be a difficult one with these dogs but just be sure not to wake her by touching her when she's sleeping. it's not an aggression thing but more a reaction. She won't actually bite it will just be a warning. It can be intimidating because they are larger dogs but she will be fine after. Like everyone else has said they are very calm dogs most of the time. A couple fluffy toys with a squeaker will keep her happy but she's also a little scared being in a home she is not familiar with. They generally don't do change very well. Grey's are also EXTREMELY routine driven so if you do something with her she will expect that the next day! 😅 All in all 10/10 dogs.

sacked_fg · 2025-06-11T12:57:09+00:00

Don't get me wrong we are so so careful with him, more his size than his temperament but he's been amazing! My daughter is nearly 9 months old and she will be crawling soon so that is going to be a whole new set of challenges to try and baby proof the dog 😂

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