Recent content by Bricey

Well, the brew be done, and here are the final results and taste test verdict... It droped down to a final SG of 1036.....still quite huge! bottled into 29 750ml PET bottles. After about 10 days in the bottle we had a taste and it was AWESOME!!! First thing that we noticed was the ginger bite...

Took a reading today, and it had come down to 1.098 and the airlock is going bolistic! will let you all know what the final reading is, but i guess things are going well so far ingredients were... 480-600g of ginger root (we used 580g) 4 lemons, squeezed and then the rinds put in the boil...

Took the reading from the fermenter right before we closed it off. I dont think that there was too much of a concentration in the tap, but i would not be surprised if there was the recipe called for some 17 cups of table sugar, which worked out at a little over 3kg! I thought this was a little...

well, my wife put down the Ginger Beer today, and after a few hiccups in getting the conversions from imperial to metric, and a small case of me setting fire to the shed during the boil, we got there..... took a quick reading before putting it to bed and the inital SG was a massive 1114...

The wife has found a great recipe for Ginger Beer that we are going to brew on monday. The only problem is that the recipe asks for Champagne yeast, and all we could get was something recomended for a Lager Will this affect the taste/outcome of the final product. It is her first attempt at a...

Congradulations Gough.....future Knights player no doubt. The wife and I raise our glasses to you and the family, Well done mate!

Could I be on a perfect round??? After a poor start, I'm back in the running with a share of the lead! :beerbang: C'arn the cowboys, storm and dogs tomorrow and the mighty rabbits on Monday :super: It's an easy game this tipping.... :P

Once again, Homebrewing has come to the rescue The drain shut off in out dishwasher broke down this morning and had a continual draining problem. The water just went in and poured straight out the drain. :angry: In steps a spare frementer tap to plug off the drain. It its nice and snugly in...

Sorry Doc, it's probably my fault that no one knows about the competition, but I wasd under the impression that advertising was well in hand. You can enter in either Pale Ale, Ale, Lager, Stout and Wheat. We are judging on the AABA criteria that you can eaily obtain from thier website. Prizes...

The ribbons are printed... Judges in place.... All we need is people to send the ribbons too when they win. If you can spare a few bottles express post them to the above address with $5 and I will fill in the entry forms and ensure they are in the show. Please guys....

I dont fit into any of the catagories above. Im an Anaesthetic Technician. I work in an operating theatre and stare at a little moniter all day. I even get to use the machine the goes "Ping" every once in a while!

Ok guys, Im in too! :super: But there might be a little desention in the Brice ranks this year........My wife has joined too! C'arn the tigers! This year we are gunna make the 8! :super:

Yep, exactly right. Even though it is designed to be turned into beer it cannot be taxed as such because there is no alcohol content yet. And same reason as to why you can buy the kits in the supermarket, no alcohol content yet. Which brings me to my question. Has the alcohol consumption...

Male to Female disconnect is a part that allows you to use the 2 types of connections. The type the has a small part that screws into the connection, and the type that screws over the connection

Any results from bathurst in yet? It's my first comp and I'm dying to know how I went.