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cheers, helpfull info there. i didnt end up buying them. didnt think they had a good seal. i bottled them im beer bottles. Im confident they wont blow up but just in case they wont be in a hard to clean spot. Cheers

Ive made some high proof cider (or wine being around 10%) i plan to put in some 1L bottles and carbonate. wondering if these will be ok to use (link below) and carbonate with those carbon tablet drops i have. https://www.bigw.com.au/product/house-home-glass-water-bottle/p/422140/ Cheers

Cheers guys. all i have done so far is got an apple/blackcurrant juice (2L golden circle bottle) and added 40-50 grams of sugar and a high tollerent ABV white dry wine yeast. by my calcs it might be somewhere a 6.5%abv when done but i never checked SG, just read 8.5 grams per 100ml juice on the...

Im wondering what the diference is between white sugar and dextrose in a ferment. im doing an experiment with a fruit juice and i added a few grams of white sugar to bump the ABV up but im wondering if dextrose is better being i have no idea which is better for flavour or to reduce bad of...

thanks guys, so this link below what im after? And is star san rinse free? Star San

Wondering if anyone has added fruit juice to a beer before for something different but not too different? wondering how a morgans larger or ale will turn out if i substitute 4 or 6L of the 23L water with a fruit juice from coles or aldi. Maybe a mango or tropical one. anyone tried this before...

Sodium percabonate, did a small google on it... found this https://www.craftbrewer.com.au/oxyper-5kg-sodium-percarbonate Is it a cleaner or sanitiser? Does it come in a powder form and you mix it in water to use or liquid concentrate? looks promising but im a newb to this. How do i use it? I...

Just wondering, can i use chlorine watered down instead of home brew sterilizing bottles? I know a few guys that use chlorine because its much cheaper and rinse them off after. Couldnt notice it when i drank their beer. Is chlorine alright?

Really thinking about giving this a crack. is it better at 5.5%ABV or 11%ABV being a cider? And is plain Dextrose better or just plain white sugar? Im wondering if the champaine yeast help keep unwanted flavours down at 11%ABV or is it like other yeast and the higher you go the worst it...

I just put down 2 x fermenters with Coopers Larger with 1kg of brew enhancer with a dry enzyme packet in each. I also added a whole packet of frozen berries to just one of them... strawberry, blackberry , blueberry and mulbery. 500gm packet in hot water to help soften it up. wondering if...

when you say silver solder and brazing do you mean hard and hot brazing or soft silver solder with less heat?

interested in number 1 please

I have a tin of Morgans Blue Mountain larger and a tin of Beer Enhancer Extra Pale and i have 8 Limes to put in to try and add a lime hint. Ive never added them before. Interested to know what others have tried with limes Wondering... Should i cut them in half and then place them in from the...

awsome, i wont go over 23L, wondering what the comparison is between coopers and morgans given morgans is a few $$ dearer than coopers. Is coopers alright? I just started on a mates suggesion

Cheers guys, Next time ill grab a tin of LME instead of the brew booster and see how it goes. the recipe calls for 23L ferment, adding the other tin of LME, could i make this 24l or 25l or would that be pushing the hops in the original tin too much? i wont dry hop yet, ill do a few practice...