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So now does the Brekky Creek Hotel! For at least 3 months now, schooners 'off the wood' comes in those conical glasses. I was told that they were less likely to break when dropped - but I miss the shorter, fat at the top old style glasses

Nick if it's still on, I'd like to come to the demo as it will be my first. Let me know what to bring Cheers, adam

i have done this without any problems. But I top up to 23 litres just as the krausen starts dropping back - ie, while fermentation is still going (in its last stage)

Compared to 34/70, yes I reckon it does finish slightly sweeter

Yep, burped kegs first. Thanks

G'day Recently my secondary (and conditioning) fridge went bung. FYI, I usually force carbed using basically the Ross method. The last couple of kegs I forced carbed are just sitting in the garage (20 C average) waiting their turn to make it to the dispensing fridge (as the conditioning fridge...

Well that is a sad change :( When I did the tour a few years ago they stated that it was pastuerised as they needed some live yeast in the barrel to aid the beer against spoilage Havent had one off the wood at the brekky for a while now and probably wont again

Fergi, I'd boil some hops for half an hour to extract bitterness to balance the sweetness. I have done this a few times actually to very good effect - well, not boiled hops but added some ISO bittering hop to balance things. What I did absolutely works but your suggestion of boiling fresh hops...

I have a couple of bottles left of Hahn millenium ale. Wonder if that'd be any good 11 years later!

melbourne bitter xxxx off the wood james squire pilsner james squire ipa pilsner urquel runner up, guinness

Mate, I love to brew Morgans QLD bitter as it is exactly that - my taste buds love bitter beers! In fact the QLD bitter is (from memory) around 35 IBU's when made to 23 litres. I actually make it to 21 litres as I keg and its slightly more bitter again :) The morgans australian lager or qld...

I didn't know you couldn't still get it. I seem to remember various pubs in NSW serving Black (tooheys old) and/or Brown (hunter old) - they were referred to by their colour. Hunter old from memory was not as dark as tooheys but had more body and finished slightly sweeter - probably closer to a...

fasty73 here is a simple, easy and cheap recipe 1 x can tooheys draught 350 grams dextrose 350 grams castor sugar (or standard white sugar) 21 litres total in fermentor I'm sure you will like the end result cheers, adam

Yes I did prime them which is why carbonation was good for a few days. When I bought mine (maybe 4 - 5 years ago), I hadnt heard of exploding bottles at all. Maybe they changed the internal reg??

Yeh I had one (probably still do somewhere in the garage). It was OK at first but really couldn't hold enough carbonation for my liking - within a few days/week was almost flat. I persisted for a while, tries new seals etc but then gave up. Cheers, Adam