Recent content by BjornJ

thanks. Was having a pint at the Lord Nelson with someone I know the other day. Somehow came onto the AHB pub crawls when talking and wanted to find out when the next one was. Still a bit short on space for doing any actual brewing, but would be fun to tag along to another AHB outing. On the...

my first visit to AHB for a long time, and what's the first thread I see? Good ol' Barls and Fatz talking about a pub crawl :) Honey, I'm hooome! Will pencil in May the 18th and check back later to the day to see if it's still on. Bjorn

hi guys, I've put some stuff on ebay, ending today: Bar fridge with fermenter: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/140811603906?ss...9#ht_500wt_1415 Bottle tree and bottle sanitiser: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/140811595788?ss...9#ht_528wt_1401 Bottle capper...

Haha, brilliant!! Wish I'd thought of that last year on the crawl when the guys bought me a "Pink Killer" for my lack of love for weird, Belgian beers. Bjorn

Hi Redbeard, I read somewhere that the Belgian Beer Cafe in the Rocks went into voluntary administration last year. The only hit I can get on it now is this one: http://www.insolvencyappointments.com.au/2...-beer-cafe.html but that's not the page I read on it. Guessing they went broke and new...

Recipe was for 25 litres with OG 1.044, ended up with 26 litres at OG 1.044. Sparge OG was 1.030 so probably worth it, to get more sugar out of the grains. Not a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon :) thanks Bjorn

sorry, the last bit was supposed to say: "Will sparge with 3-4 litres, by putting the grain bag..."

ooups, didn't pay attention and stirred for a good 15 min before checking temp. It was at 75 degrees.. Wrapped it up again, and will leave it for 30 min. Aargh, my first attempt at this and already screwed it up :rolleyes: Zwickel, hey was reading your article again yesterday and wanted to...

thanks Manticle, I am looking forward to seeing if I can notice a difference in the end product. What are your experiences around this vs the "an-hour-at-66" kind of thing? thanks Bjorn

My first attempt at multi-step mashing regime after reading Zwickel's article; http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/blog...hp?showentry=15 10% Munich II 90% Ale Malt 25 IBU @60 min Northern Brewer 10 IBU @60 min Saaz Or to be more precise, the last couple of times I've tried making lagers...

sounds like we;ll have two starts this year with those wanting to start further out kick off in Manly before joining the rest in the city around noon or so. thanks Bjorn

having an alternative start in Manly doesn't sound too bad either, then ferry into town and hooking up with those starting at the Lowenbrau at Lord Nelson or Harts. Not a bad start to the day with a beer or two at Murray's overlooking the beach, before wandering down the strip to the ferry in to...

nothing like what you guys are showing off, I know. but still very happy my first hop plant is growing in the pot on the balcony, and now even has a couple of tiny hop flowers!! I was quite pleased when I saw these last night :D

on my BIAB setup hanging the bag over a bucket and giving it a gentle squeeze only, the grain bag weights 0.55 kg more per kg of grain in the bag when finished. My water loss to grain is therefore 0.55 litre x kg of grains = litres of water thanks Bjorn

this one was cool, maybe we should use these as prizes in the brew club competitions: (try to ignore the flowers in every picture, it's from a bridal shop)