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I did the same last year with green crop of mustard, clover and 2 other things i cant remember. I was worried about the clover taking over so after i dug it all in I covered the bed with a nice thick layer of lucerne hay and none of it grew back. Also makes a nice mulch for the next crop. So...

Just thought I would do a little bit of an update on my brew i did almost a month ago. I MADE BEER :beer: and it actually tastes pretty darn good even though it has only been in the bottle just shy of 2 weeks (couldn't wait any longer) and fermented at 23-24C instead of 18C. I think i have the...

if you want to add unfermentable sweetness maybe try stevia. It is a plant based extract that i have been playing around with.

I'm with MattMelloy, just started and doing 12Lish batches. Found the All Grain for 30 bucks and thought i'd give it a go. 20 bucks for a 20L pot from Big W and another 6-7 bucks for a suitable bag and off i go. I bought enought grain, hops, yeast and other bits for $30 which was enough to make...

For a bloke who reckons he isn't wood friendly that is damb awsome. With all of the bracing in the corners that bad boy is going to be bomb proof

As mark said you would best do a small trial. I would imagine that the amount of straight ginger juice being added to a brew would make SFA differance. Even a batch of ginger beer using a kilo or so of ginger root would equate to a fairly small ammount of actual ginger juice (t bloody potent...

Yep I nearly fell for that one. after lifting the bag out i measured the graviry and it was 1.046. I thought that is about right but I am a bit down on volume (8L and aiming for 12L final volume) then checked the actual value using this link calculator and it worked out to be just over 1.060...

Thanks heaps for the post. I have been looking for a way to keep my brew cool and brought home an esky from work i thought was big enough but no luck. Off to bunnings tomorrow I think Cheers James

I was aiming for a 12L batch which was 1/2 of the original recipee. I started with 14L of water for the mash (2.5kg grain bill). at mash out i think i was down to 11L. added the drippings from the back which was about 500ml so then i just sparged with 2.5L of hot water to bring it back up to...

I have been making GB using the plant/bug method but my base recipee for 8L is 130g fresh ginger sliced or grated (all of the root skin and all) boiled for an 1/2 hour on the stove with a litre or 2 of water juice of a couple of leamons - about 1/2 cup of juice 700g sugar (normal white cane...

Thanks so much for this thread. I have brewed some K&K before and made drinkable but not fantastic beer (I was at uni at the time so most things where drinkable) I don't drink much and prefer quality over quantity. Lately I have been drinking JS Golden ale and using DS golden ale recipe i am...

Awsome work there. I built an oven using the forno bravo plans and got the oven to a usable state in july last year. It gets used at least once a fortnight and the pizzas are awsome. breads and roasts are fantastic too. here is the link to the fornobravo site which shows my build if anyone is...