Recent content by Brent_in_Sydney

Well as father of a young boy with limited free time and limited funds I'm happy to be a kit brewer or even kit and kilo slash extract brewer. I love brewing my own beer and happily concede these are not my recipes but I MADE the damn beer. Last I checked temperature control, yeast, water...

I havent tried the 17L all grain fresh wort kits, only the 4L (I presume extract based) liquid wort kits. Loved the 4L versions and will be trying the 17L galaxy once Ive finished fitting out my newly built brew shed with some chest freezers and thermostats. :) BIAB comes next Tried their Galaxy...

This topic is talking about their new "Finest round" 4L fresh wort kits - different beast to the old 3L tins.

I've done 20 different brews over the last year, careful with sanitation/cleaning and followed a bunch of the info in these forums and form John palmers book and several others, good advice from the guys at thebrewshop as well - without fail this so easy ESB Finest Round amarillo ale is the best...

I put down a Finest Round Amarillo Ale just before my boy was born a few months back, he was delivered and had no time to bottle it, so it got tipped after 7 weeks in the jerry can. I put down another a little while back, OG and FG were spot on as per the instructions, and 10 days later bottled...

Q: SWMBO scored me 3 hop rhizomes a month ago and we planted them in pots and stuck them over by the fence. Two get full sun and one is fairly shaded. One of the full sun pots has sprouted well (cascade) the chinook alongside it has only a small bine just peeking, the saaz in the shade isnt...

Made this up today and by god, the smell of the hot wort hitting the 2L of apple juice in the fermenter had my wife drooling! Can not WAIT for this to be fermented down and carbed up!

Awesome thread - thanks so much for the link! Great ideas in there for the thrifty brewer like myself! (must be scottish ancestry somewhere back in the family tree, or just living in sydney...)

So I'm a bit of a tightarse and I figure Im sick of paying for all this lovely S04 and US05 safale yeast. I read up on starters and and Im having problems with temp control at the moment. So then I discover the signature series white labs charlie papazian "Cry Havoc" yeast. I'm made up a 1L...

I just bought some Galaxy today and have some cascade in the fridge. I've mostly made cascade SNPA type things and looking forwards to playing with the galaxy. Any ideas for a hop combo of galaxy and cascade? I've only done this single brew with amarillo, definately go back to it!!

OMG. Amazing at only 3 weeks of age. Best beer I've made of the dozen or so since Xmas. Biggest difference was the hops, I think adding them dry after day 3 made a massive difference to their strength. Coopers Sparkling kit 1Kg Xlight Liquid Malt ext 500gms Light Dried Malt ext 200gm Caramalt...

If you replace the IPA with a stout kit the EBC goes off the charts. I'm also not a fan of dry stouts which most kits are. I've read quite a few recipes involving choc topping and done a bit of research on it. I'll leave the topping out this time around and report back on how it goes. Using dark...

Hi chaps, working up this recipe for an middle of the road aussie/choc stout, something unique for winter yknow: 20L wort 2 x coopers Kit yeast (the IPA yeast and a spare sparkling ale yeast) Coopers IPA 1.5kg dark LME choc malt 200gm 600gm brown sugar I'd like to replace some of the brown...

Hi all, Making K&Ks, onto my 5th batch. Loving the help on the forums here. Giving me an edge over my mates... Dry hopping: I've seen a few recipes that call for adding your aroma hops AFTER the primary fermentation has slowed down, say the 3-4 day mark? I've only got the one fermenter (not...

Just a follow up, after 2 weeks in the bottle, lovely drop, needs a bit more time, but much more similar to Stone and Woods Pacific Ale than LCPA which is more full bodied and bitter. This has the passionfruit like the stone and wood brew, so if you like that, there's your K&K recipe! OG was...