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Thanks for the detailed response Jack. I like the idea of mashing lower to dry it out a bit. I will stick with the original recipe, following your suggested mash schedule, and see how it turns out.

Hi guys After nearly 20 years of brewing I've decided to have a crack at my first AG lager, a Munich Dunkel. I created a recipe based on others I found online, but on review I think I have gone way too heavy on the spec malts. I included the melanoidin as I'm not doing a decoction, but I...

Hi guys I was carbing up my one and only keg of Cairns-brewed beer, and the valve which adjusts regulator pressure seems to have busted. No gas comes out and turning the valve feels like the knob is free -spinning, I.e. not the normal resistance. My brief reading tells me these are generally...

Anyone? Be a shame to recycle them...

Hi guys Leaving Brissie shortly so it's time to get rid of all my excess brewing equipment. On offer are a range of bottles as follows: - 18 corona - 50 crownies - 30 mix of coopers and xxxx longnecks - 30 or so others (squires, matilda bay etc) All are crown seal in 6 pack holders or crates...

Yeah, kiwis see possums the way we see cane toads. I just got back from NZ and the number of flat possums on the roads is amazing.

Heh, the thought had crossed my mind. It's actually illegal to kill a possum, unless it's in your roof and you take it to a vet to be put down...

Yeah, from my frantic googling it seems that physical isolation is the only sure-fire method. Apparently there is no deterring a hungry possum. I think I'll try my luck with a sensor light and chilli/garlic spray before redecorating the balcony with chicken wire...

Nice harvest Tony! Do you or anyone else know of an effective way to ward off possums? I planted a couple of chillies and many other plants on the weekend but by this morning possums had stripped bare everything but the rocket! I tried spraying chilli juice all over everything last night, but...

Thanks for the tip, I'll have a crack at it. Is this something that I should be doing regularly? My searches turned up very little so I'm guessing most don't...

Evening guys. Thought I'd pull apart my pluto gun for cleaning but I'm struggling to disconnect the beer line from the handle. It appears that the line is attached by a compression fitting (was connected when I got the gun, so not exactly sure how it works), but I'm struggling to unscrew the...

I found it really easy on my bar fridge, but maybe I was just lucky... Just unscrewed it from the top and carefully unfolded and flattened against the walls. Mine's still hanging by the coolant line as I've not bothered to secure yet, but it works well. Only problem is I can only fit 1 keg -...

6 packs here are 10 kiwi bucks! I agree, top beer. And the bottles are awesome - "cross between a hand grenade and a marital aid"!

Drinking a sassy red right now and really enjoying it! Never seen Mac's beer in Australia though - can you get them?

This is either a horrible exaggeration or you mustn't have used a recent distro. I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 and I find it very logical and user friendly. You don't have to touch a command line for things an average user would want to do. What average user want to change some settings in their sound...