Mick Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Hi all A newbie to the Beerdroid brewing thing, just received mine the other day and looking at using the spreadsheet and i have a few questions. The American Pale Ale has "Recommended DH : Cascade 50gm" is that dry hopping and if so do you just purchase the Cascade hops from a home brew store? As i have never done one of these brews before i assume if i order of from whats on the spreadsheet using the online store helper then that is all i will need aside from sanitising product from a home brew shop? Any help, advice much appreciated Cheers Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mick said: Hi all A newbie to the Beerdroid brewing thing, just received mine the other day and looking at using the spreadsheet and i have a few questions. The American Pale Ale has "Recommended DH : Cascade 50gm" is that dry hopping and if so do you just purchase the Cascade hops from a home brew store? As i have never done one of these brews before i assume if i order of from whats on the spreadsheet using the online store helper then that is all i will need aside from sanitising product from a home brew shop? Any help, advice much appreciated Cheers Mick Hi Mick, Mark here. DH is for dry hopping. The actual BrewPrint recipe calls for 2 x H1 (Amarillo) whereas the 50g of cascade is a personal recommendation by the spreadsheet producer. You can purchase hop pellets via your local brew shop and you’ll need either a hop bag or hop “ball” to contain the hops. Don’t just drop them into the droid as you’ll have lots of hop sediment which easily gets into you bottles or kegs. (The spreadsheet Store helper is not an on line ordering system, it’s for working out what Brewprints, ingredients you want to order.) All questions welcome, good group here to help out. Cheers Mark. Edited April 23, 2020 by Barrelboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Cheers Mark Yes all good on the ordering, just to clarify if I order as per the spreadsheet from the brewart website ingredients I don't need anything else besides the sanitiser? Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Mick said: Cheers Mark Yes all good on the ordering, just to clarify if I order as per the spreadsheet from the brewart website ingredients I don't need anything else besides the sanitiser? Mick No, the ingredients is all you’ll need to make the recipes. Ps What will you clean the droid with? Edited April 23, 2020 by Barrelboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 29 minutes ago, Mick said: Cheers Mark Yes all good on the ordering, just to clarify if I order as per the spreadsheet from the brewart website ingredients I don't need anything else besides the sanitiser? Mick 9 minutes ago, Barrelboy said: No, the ingredients is all you’ll need to make the recipes. Ps What will you clean the droid with? Just order one droid tablet with your brew to begin with so it is all clean and ready to go for the brew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 30 minutes ago, Mick said: Cheers Mark Yes all good on the ordering, just to clarify if I order as per the spreadsheet from the brewart website ingredients I don't need anything else besides the sanitiser? Mick Yeah that's right, so for instance if you wanted to make the American Pale Ale you would be getting 1 X E2 2 X E5 2 x X1 Y1 Yeast 2 X H1 hops pouches and the hop Pouches work fine and are easy to use but there will be a time you will want a stronger hops flavour, so if dry hopping, 20 gms of Amaraillo That's all you need, clean the droid, fill with 10 litres of water, put yeast in first, the rest of the powders can go in any order. Don't pour them in too quickly ( i mean 3 seconds is too quick 20 seconds is a decent pour. Once that is in, put lid on, secure, push "ale" on the selection and then just sit on your arse, it does the rest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Great mate looking forward to my first brew😀 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Starsan seems to be the go for santising? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 5 hours ago, Mick said: Starsan seems to be the go for santising? Yes great stuff or Stellarsan (same stuff). 1.5ml/litre and is reusable. A litre spray bottle is a must, a 3 or 6ml syringe from a chemist to Extract measure the sanitiser. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 Cheers so no need to order a the tablets then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 8 minutes ago, Mick said: Cheers so no need to order a the tablets then? The sanitiser is not a cleaner and is used to sanitise a clean droid, utensils or anything that is going to touch the beer. The tablet is a cleaner by BrewArt however that does require 10l plus water and a few soaking hours. I clean with clean water and a clean chux wipe, then sanitise, then brew. Don't forget the lid, tap, tap location, bung, and bung hole (excuse expression 🤭). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 1 minute ago, Barrelboy said: The sanitiser is not a cleaner and is used to sanitise a clean droid, utensils or anything that is going to touch the beer. The tablet is a cleaner by BrewArt however that does require 10l plus water and a few soaking hours. I clean with clean water and a clean chux wipe, then sanitise, then brew. Don't forget the lid, tap, tap location, bung, and bung hole (excuse expression 🤭). Cheers so a brand new droid no need to clean with soapy water, then rinse with clean water then sanitise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 Just now, Mick said: Cheers so a brand new droid no need to clean with soapy water, then rinse with clean water then sanitise? New droid, yes you could do that but rinse well as soapy water not flash with beer. In the main threads, “Sanitising the BeerDroid” have a look at “Cleaning Tips for Beerdroid” for future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Mick said: Cheers Let’s know how you go Mick, have you got a copy of the main manual? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 If you mean the one for the machine then yes i have - had a look at this which was really interesting in regards to what to use for cleaning and sanitising - 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerOClock Posted February 20, 2022 Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 Hi Guys, I have had the Store helper spreadsheet for some time now, and have only just realised that I don't have the ingredients dropdown in my sheet? I have seen it somewhere, but can't seem to find it. Is it only available on the Facebook site because I've only just requested access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted February 20, 2022 Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 1 hour ago, BeerOClock said: Hi Guys, I have had the Store helper spreadsheet for some time now, and have only just realised that I don't have the ingredients dropdown in my sheet? I have seen it somewhere, but can't seem to find it. Is it only available on the Facebook site because I've only just requested access. Hey mate, it is in this thread, half way down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted February 20, 2022 Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 1 hour ago, BeerOClock said: Hi Guys, I have had the Store helper spreadsheet for some time now, and have only just realised that I don't have the ingredients dropdown in my sheet? I have seen it somewhere, but can't seem to find it. Is it only available on the Facebook site because I've only just requested access. Or of course I could just upload it here, like someone who wasn't a clown would Shems cheat sheet - 1 AUGUST 2020(AutoRecovered).xlsx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerOClock Posted February 20, 2022 Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 Hi Rob, Thanks for your reply, however, I must be missing something because I still don't have a populated drop down list of brews? I am assuming the way this works is that you select a brew from the dropdown and it populates the ingredients columns? Except because I have no dropdown, I would still have to copy/paste each brew like we used to in the earlier versions? Confused? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted March 10, 2022 Report Share Posted March 10, 2022 On 20/02/2022 at 2:09 PM, BeerOClock said: Hi Rob, Thanks for your reply, however, I must be missing something because I still don't have a populated drop down list of brews? I am assuming the way this works is that you select a brew from the dropdown and it populates the ingredients columns? Except because I have no dropdown, I would still have to copy/paste each brew like we used to in the earlier versions? Confused? Hey, really sorry, if you still have this issue, can you screen shot it for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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