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Hi, thanks for the reply. It's quite odd because the hydrometer reading on mine was at about 1.004 so it seemed like it worked. I ended up trying one about two months a go and it wasn't sweet at all. Then I tried one about a month a go and it was still sweet. I'm not quite sure what it was. I...

Great! Today is mash day. Will use about 250g of oats and use the no chill method for pitching tomorrow!

Sweet! Done and Done! Thanks for the help, lads.

Thanks! I wouldn't mind adding it to the red ale. I plan on using a kit of Muntons Irish cream ale but am not sure how "creamy" it would be. So I can just use regular oats from the supermarket? I could ask the local homebrew shop if they have any (they don't on their website) and if not buy some...

Oooh, that looks like a nice drop. I think I'll convert the base grain to extract and go with similar specialty grains as yours. Cheers for the advice!

That's great, thanks! What's the difference between a nut brown ale and the nothern brown? I think the Norther is more toffee/caramel flavour where as the Nut brown is more malty? Your red ale recipe has less Crystal Malt, do you recommend lessening it and adding maybe something like cara red...

Hi, I've been looking up some recipes for making both a Brown ale and an Irish Red. These are all extract plus specialty grain recipes and I wanted to ask, as they look fairly similar, is in people's experience the brown ale the same specialty grains as red ale but in a larger quantity? These...

Thanks Thumbsucker! If you can let us know how the safale German Ale yeast turns out that would be grand!

Ok, cheers. So when coopers calls their recipe Helga's cool Kolsch and use Safale us-05 it won't taste anything like a Kolsch? Then why do they call it a Kolsch? Obviously naming is important, I'm not trying to win any competitions here, I just want a reasonable kolsch like clone to drink over...

cheers, Yep, I know it won't be the same and I know it won't be a "Kolsch" without Kolsch yeast and anyway, you can't technically call it a Kolsch unless it's made in and around Cologne, Germany. But surely there is another yeast that can give subtle, flowery, fruity character? The coopers...

I know technically you can't make a koslch without a kolsch yeast, but technically I don't live in Cologne either! :p http://www.cellardweller.net/images/stories/pdf/Yeast_Substitutions.pdf This link shows a comparison/alternatives Dry Yeast Wyeast Liquid White Labs Liquid Saflager S-23 2565...

Hi, I recently opened a bottle of my saison and it was very sweet! I am wondering if anyone who has brewed a saison and tasted after 3 weeks conditioning and have had it taste like a dessert wine? The refractometer reading (1.033 adjusted for about 1.005) and hydrometer (1.002) seems to say...

Hi, I am going to brew a Kolsch over the next few days. The extract recipe is pretty simple with a some light extract and a couple of small amounts of specialty grains ( 0.1kg of vienna, munich and wheat) to add some flavour. What I would like to know is would it be a good idea to use an ale...

Interesting. I'm quite liking this yeast. I think I will buy in bulk and use it if there are any freak temp changes in Melbourne. I will still use the safale-US05 though. I have a spare fermenter I might add an extra airlock to it and see if makes a difference. But, yeah. The biere de gard I...

I checked the hydrometer last night. I calibrated with water and it was 1000 exactly. I then filled with beer and tested and it was 1.002 and then emptied and tested again and it was 1.004. I think it's done. I didn't know about the refractometer so will have to check with the hydrometer from...