Recent content by cal4589

Cheers for not thinking i'm going to prison mate haha, you're spot on.

Gday all. I am moving to a place where alcohol is actually illegal (before you ask, I don't know why). The problem is I have about 6 cartons of home brew left to drink, about half in PET and half in brown glass. I have rented storage space and will have fridges in there - but no power. I was...

Gday Very new to brewin, only done 6 brews so far, but I have started adding hops to the kits and using dry malt, etc. I have brewed kits such as brewcraft dutch lager with brewcraft sugar #10 , coopers canadian blonde with brew enhancer etc. At the moment I have a brewcraft little creatures...

Would it matter what yeast I got? I've always used whatever was on the can. I don't have a brewing fridge and my brews stay between 18 and 24 degrees.

Gday. Another amateur question! Got given a heap of old cans, sugar, and a couple brewing tubs from a mate. Including: 1 can original series coopers lager - best before date 30/3/2008 1 can thomas coopers premium selection sparkling ale - best before date 10/3/2008 1 can thomas coopers...

Thanks, yeah sanitation won't be an issue, usually go a bit overboard on that. I was only worried that it definitely would be too long. Obviously not, so we'll see what happens.

Gday Brewed Coopers International Series wheat beer with a coopers brew enhancer on 21/4/2010. On that day I had to leave on short notice for work and won't be home for exactly 4 weeks! Over that 4 weeks the beer will be at 22 - 25 degrees. I have read some people leave their beer in the...

yeah it will be out of the primary range, temperatures here in summer are often over 45, and could get up to 30 degrees in the room even in winter

I don't have any issue with the actual brewing process using the kit. I have brewed two batches and the bottles are in a spare room in constant pitch black darkness. HOWEVER it can get quite hot in there when its hot outside, and there's no way to control the temperature. I have heard that it is...