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I used the long weekend to brew a simple extract pale ale using a shedload of NZ hops and somehow ended up with a very different wort than planned :blink: 6kg pale DME and 228g of hops should have given me a 50L of 1.045 wort at ~23 IBU. Some how my OG ended up at 1.072 <_< My only guess is...

Pretty self explanatory, getting to make a trip to the big smoke this weekend and hoping like mad the cask ales are still happening each first friday of the month at the nags. Anyone able to verify? Cheers Dave

This is the discussion topic for article: Cask Ale Directory Still basking in the afterglow of a couple of trips to the wig and pen a couple of weeks ago :icon_drool2: , I thought some sort of resource for tracking down cask ale in Aus would be useful. The only places I've drunk cask beer are...

Horror story: Having a mates 21st here this arvo, went to check the beers we brewed for said party were right to go and found frozen kegs! :angry: One keg, completely frozen solid, another partially, the other hardly at all. Beer has been forced all the way back through the lines and reg (I...

Well as the title suggests I'm going to brew a commemorative graduation ale when I can get organised (possibly around the time of the actual graduation next year :rolleyes: ) Basically the recipe I have is based from some info I found here This is what I have so far: BeerSmith Recipe Printout...

Well, I've been having my first wyeast experience with the 1968 yeast and so far so good. I wanted to see what other brewers thought of my method for growing starters, here goes: 1: Smack pack. 2: Once pack has swollen, sterilise (very thoroughly) a 2L pet bottle and prepare 500ml starter...

As stated, I'm looking for a cheap cellar option. I'm moving back to sunny condobolin at the end of the year, where it is very sunny in summer :blink: Temps get to the mid forties in the heat of summer and the house I'm moving into is terrible for dealing with temperature flucuations (it's...

Just racked my english wheat beer last night thats destined to be bottled sometime this week and want some reassurance. Has anyone used wyeast 1968? pretty sure its the fullers strain. The description on the wyeast site claims that the yeast is an extremely high flocculator and it certainly...

Just got a red-duck brewery newsletter (attached) saying they are upgrading from a 600L brew rig to 5000L and the old one is for sale. Imagine the possibilites... one day perhaps :)

I haven't made a kit beer in a while, but thought I'd post this for the benfit of regular K&Kers. Due to time constraints I'm going to throw in a Coopers dark ale kit this weekend and was formulating a recipe based on the info I found here to calculate IBUs and such. After having a look on the...

Going to brew a mid-strength sort of quaffer, hopping the hell out of it late in the boil with NZ hops. Inspired by Ross' Carbrook Lite and Tony's Sheepshagger Any thoughts on this one? BeerSmith Recipe Printout - www.beersmith.com Recipe: NZ Light Mild Brewer: Dave Asst Brewer: Style: Mild...

I'm looking to brew Denny Conn's Rye IPA in a few weeks and wasn't able to get any mt hood in my last order. What would be a good substitute for the mt hood? I've got some US hallertauer, but read they aren't a good sub for mt hood. Ive got a bit of hallertauer hersbrucker, but probably not...

I made a coopers starter from a few stubbies of CPA last thursday or friday night (not sure which) I made it in a sanitised jug and covered it with glad wrap. This morning is the first signs of life i've seen with a slight ring around the edge of fresh bubbles, it still smells coopers-ish. Was...

I was checking out the local health food/hippy shop and found an extensive range of possible adjunts that could be interesting to use in a wit (thinking of calling it the multigrain witbier) Now I'm wondering how to mash this stuff. I assume anything flaked will be fine for an infusion but heres...

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Have been thinking about this one for a while and inspired by a similarly titled thread (didn't want to hijack it!), here's the idea: Want to create a beer for next ANZAC day, something along the lines of a CSA maybe, but using ingredients that give a nod to all of the countries who were...

Was talking to mother dearest today and seems we have an overabundance of grapefruit on one of the trees on the family farm. Has anyone happened to make a grapefuit, or any citrus for that matter, cider? I'm thinking it would be too acidic but would love to hear suggestions or tales of any...

Had to come down for a few weeks for a uni placement and staying with my girlfriends family. She wanted to make a batch of beer so her dad could see how it was done so decided to bring the stuff to do a quick cascade porter kit partial but forgot to bring the hops down. Was wondering if anyone...