Recent content by Bremmario

Can I please have one?

The brew was a coopers pilsener extract kit with the included yeast sachet (I don't know what coopers provide). Fermentables: 530g LDME and 300g dex - I have no idea why I used so little sugar! Probably a good thing considering the result. I also added a hoesbrucker teabag (doubt that...

Yes I considered too much priming sugar might have been at fault. This was actually the first time that I used dextrose and the sugar measuring thingy you get from your LHBS. Previously I had used coopers priming drops. I did about 1/3 of the batch with the priming drops however, so we'll see...

Similar to me man - 6.5% pale ale on the 3rd go, over carbonation on about the 7th go... I swear I will do the 6.5% brew again though! This time with hops and more love.

Hahaha, nice analogy butters. Thanks guys.... I'll try getting it super cold pre freezing and then just do about 5-6 beers at a time so it's not so much of a pain in the ass. Although I will have to get super drunk. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

This can't be a unique problem but I couldn't find anything using the forum search... I brewed my first kit beer using hops about a month ago. Unfortunately I got lazy and I thought, hey, I've let it ferment for 14 days... It'll be fine, no need to check the gravity - wrong! I cracked open my...

Anyone that is interested, I have now almost finished my entire batch of low carb beer with the help of my mates. I have had nothing but good reviews and I am quite pleased with the results. IMO, much better than commercial low carb offerings, not watery as expected! I used 650g of LDME as the...

Has anyone pulled this off? My happiness levels would go up about 35% if I could brew a decent LCBA clone. I don't really understand much of this post, too many acronyms and abbreviations. I must admit, I'm a newbie, just using concentrates at the moment with a mix of Dex/LDME.

So reading this, basically, the rehydration of the yeast: A ) gives the yeast a head start over any bacteria/wild yeast that might infect your wort, and; B ) lets you see if the yeast is a dud - how often does this occur in people's experience?

I brew mostly pales and I find that you can't be sure they are fully fermented until you've left them around 2 weeks. Then I check the SG over three days. I used to check the SG over 2 days but found that sometimes this wasn't long enough and the SG would magically change on the third day...

I didn't realise this was a diet advice forum haha. Aside from the beer, I'm all over the diet, I'm an amateur bodybuilder so I'm not trying to lose a gut. I just thought I'd give making a tasty low carb a try, I know I'm unlikely to succeed if the commercial guys can't make a tasty low carb...

Thanks for the advice fellas - except for the tampon based advice, I don't think I'm quite that advanced a brewer. I'll try it out with some malt, hopefully preserve some flavour and texture.

Any luck getting a beer that tastes anywhere near as awesome as schofferhoffer? A schofferhofferesque brew is my ultimate goal!

I'm running out of beer and it's time for a new brew. I'm fairly new to the game but I'm lovin' the steady supply of 25c beers. So far I've brewed all coopers concentrate kits - draught, lager and a few pales. I've decided I need to lose some weight though but at the same time I refuse to stop...