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Cheers thats exactly what i wanted to know, i read a huge amount of post, but there was very little about how it changed the taste. I think i will give it a miss. What yeast did you use for your ginger beer??

I have found, after much googling and a trip to the health store, a natural non fermentable sweetner called Stevia, its a herb that in its natural form is 30-40 times sweeter than sucrose (according to wiki - linky ) I went to the health store, they have it in several forms, leaf, powdered...

Gday i have made the Brewcraft Ultra Imperial Pale Ale, just started drinking a week or so ago, i found it to be far too sweet when finished, maybe consider some hop additions to balance it out a bit. I also made the brewcraft ultra Choc Redwood Ale, this was far better and still one of the...

I actually work for an insulation company , one of the more unusual applications we get used for is to wrap pallets of ice for transport without refrigerated containers, I use the product to make special coolers up for my fermenters. I just add 1 frozen water bottle twice a day, keeps temps at...

Sounds great, I think i will keep as is, i have only just started using steeped grain and have been please with the results so far. I have never made a toucan either so i hope this works out well, with a bit of luck it will be ready in time for friday night footy :chug: (go the eagles ). Its 38...

citymorgue2 I realise you made this brew some time ago but can you remember how it turned out??? Would you make any hop additions?? Cheers Bulldog

Gday All This has to be one of my favourite foods, and its so simple to make. Perfect for parties and bbqs. Ingredients: Cacciatore Sausages (fresh is better, when they are still soft) Garlic (fresh) Chilli (dried) Olive Oil Basil (fresh not dried) Limes The Night before cooking, remove...

Thanks Citymorgue, that recipe looks great, what kind of flavours would the black patent give?? what yeast would you suggest?? Bconnery - Yeh its just the shear amount of variation in the recipes that has got me confused, i did find some on AHB, i have more luck using google to search AHB than...

Gday All I have tried to use the AHB search function to find a recipe, but without much luck. After making 10 or so brews with reasonable success. i have decided to try my hand at steeping grain to add to my extract. I want to make a tooheys old style beer but have found lots of vastly...

bconnery Thanks for your help, i will try one of the liquid yeasts you suggested, i have looked at the websites of the various stores i go and they dont stock Bramling Cross or First Gold, where would i find these?? Cheers Bulldog

Havent bought wort kit yet, will buy from hbs in Perth, most likely Malthouse, as thats where the wort kit will be bought. I read some reviews on a kit review site that i found through this forum, most people opted to get rid of the ale yeast that came with, and used a liquid yeast instead. I am...

Fatgodzilla Thanks for your help, your probably right it must not be very popular, from your quote the IPA i have in secondary does sound promising though :icon_cheers: Cheers Bulldog

Upon some recent advice and another thread on Fresh wort, i have decided to use a Fresh wort for my next brew. The one i want to use is ESB Amber Ale fresh wort. I will make it up to 19 litres, i believe i should be able to keep temp at around 20-22. what would be a good hop addition?? And what...

Fresh wort does seem a good option, i have read some threads on this. I will start another thread to get some advice on hop additions/yeast suggestions for ESB Amber Ale Fresh Wort, as this is getting off the topic of my original post. I am still curious though if anyone else actually used the...

Thanks for your replys, i have looked into several different ways of doing a "mini mash" , i guess thats the way i should go rather than buying these so called "premium kits". One of the problems i have however is that my LHBS gives very little advice and seems more interested in selling these...