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BEERFEST is only a few months away and we need lots of people to put their hand up to help Judge and/or Steward. The competition will be held at The Brewers Den Warehouse, in Ferntree Gully. The dates will be: Saturday 24 Feb - Sunday 25 Feb 2017. We will be running three sessions, Saturday...

Try George Archer metals - http://www.archermetals.com.au/ The other option is prochem (http://www.prochem.com.au/) but they can be expensive. If they ask, thin wall tube (0.9mm) will be fine

Session times will be as Yob posted. For those who are Judging or Stewarding, a preliminary roster will be sent out this week. For those who have yet to sign up to Judge or Steward, send me a PM or fill in the form via the link in Post#33.

Hi Dan I'll have a word with the competition director to see if it is missing, but I remember Dopplebock wasn't in Beerfest last year and I put mine in as a Traditional Bock (took second place in the category). Cheers Tom

You don't need credentials to judge (or steward). All novice judges will be placed with at least one experienced judge. And for those judges who have credentials, Beerfest is registered with BJCP so you will get points for judging.

Thanks Droid. I'll look into that google form to see whats going on. If anyone else is having trouble with the google form for volunteering to judge or steward at Beerfest, PM me and I'll be in touch.

Just a reminder that BEERFEST is only a month away and we need people to put their hand up to help Judge and/or Steward. The competition will be held at Campaspe Downs, near Kyneton. Accommodation is available at the competition site. The dates will be: Friday 24 Feb - Sat 25 Feb 2017 We will...

BEERFEST is only a few months away and we need the great people, wonderful people, truly the best people to put their hand up to help Judge and/or Steward. The competition will be held at Campaspe Downs, near Kyneton. The dates will be: Friday 24 Feb - Sat 25 Feb 2017 We will be running...

Definitely do not grow hops with Raspberries. I tried this with two established fuggles plants and in the second year, the raspberries out competed the hops and killed them.

Looks like young spider mites, before they start spinning the web or young aphids. I used to have a similar problem with my hops and I declared chemical warfare. Pyrethrum Sprays work well at killing the buggers straight away, but they will be back in a week or two and can develop resistance...

The overbuild is split off before pitching for return to my yeast farm

I should also add that I also overbuild my starters by 100 billions cells. I use the homebrew dad yeast calculator so I have all my counts. Nothing is done blindly, the above example was just an example. All my steps are done so I have the required pitching rate and overbuild amount.. Cell...

When stepping up, I do not decant or cold crash. My process is as follows 1st Step - 1L starter @ 1.037 - 100g DME in 1 L. 2nd Step - 2.5L starter required - 250g DME in 1.5L water. Add the full first step to get 2.5L in total volume. Makes things simple.

Vicbrew will be the second comp I have entered and my first time as a steward. Looking forward to seeing how it all runs and will definitely be putting my hand up as a judge in the future.

The white lab vials are unblown 1.25L PET bottles. I wouldn't use them for slants as they would soften quickly at high temps. I have seen the new White Labs packaging for WLP001 at a local HBS recently, so I would assume that the time for the PET tubes are nearly over.