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The cheap-skate in me lured me to the home brew world about 6 weeks ago, and although I am still patiently waiting to crack my first batch (trying to give it two months in the bottle) I'm finding the more Brews I lay down the more interested I become in the process and the more I want to...

Another good one that I stumbled upon accidently is the tobacconist at the Calwell shopping centre. Not sure what it's called but he has a very large range of kits as well as Hops, yeasts and sugars etc. The bloke there also seems to know a lot about brewing and tells me if he doesn't have what...

Yeah I'm not real keen on eating the carp, but they do make a great bait down the coast. Scaled, filleted, stripped and salted. Pulled in a great load of Flatties offshore at Bermagui. Flathead is a top eating fish!!

Great tip. Thanks. What a top site I've stumbled on!!

I have just started to brew my own, I have my fourth batch fermenting now. I decided to try for a batch of 'super beer' with a higher alcohol content for when I need a quick pick me up. I used a 1kg tin of liquid brewing sugar and thyen added 1kg of dextrose sugar. Is this likely to cause me any...