Recent content by damianjthorpe

G'day Brewers, I have got 24L of cold pressed apple juice to make cider. I have campden tablets, but the packaging says use 1 tablet per 5L. Can someone please clarify how many tablets I should use to kill of the wild yeast and bacteria? Thnaks. Cheers and happy brewing, Damo

G'day Brewers, Many thanks to you all for taking the time to reply. :beer: Seems like we have a lot to learn still, but we are keen to learn it quickly. I have joined the Brew Adelaide forum and asked if we can observe a couple of brew days to get our head around procedures. Cheers and...

G'day Brewers, A short outline of our process: We had about 35L in our kettle to heat through, but we used about 22-25L for the mash. We bagged the grain (similar to BIAB) to let it steep in the mash tun (esky) as we had no falsie. After steeping, we transferred the pre-boil wort to the...

G'day Nige, yeah grain was crushed, was a bit old too (more than a couple of months) and yes there were dough balls. Sorry about the mix up with the extract/all grain bit. :huh: Cheers and happy brewing, Damo

G'day Brewers, As requested here is the BeerSmith file: BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com Recipe: DBB DrSmurto's Golden Ale Brewer: M.A.D. Asst Brewer: Style: American Pale Ale TYPE: All Grain Taste: (30.0) Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size...

G'day Brewers, We did our first AG at the weekend (DrSmurto's Golden Ale). We used the volumes of grain given on the AHB recipe db. When we entered these into BeerSmith the expected OG was very low. Our measured OG was also very low, so we added som light DME to get the gravity up. Can...

G'day Brewers, Try this ATO link: http://www.ato.gov.au/content/29520.htm Cheers and happy brewing, Damo

G'day Brewers, Thanks for the links yardy We are getting set up for our first AG. Cheers and happy brewing, Damo

G'day Brewers, Where is a good place to find the ball valve and temp probe to purchase? Thinking of purchasing the 36L cooler. Cheers and happy brewing, Damo

G'day Brewers, Check out gumtree for old "pick axe" brand bottles. They are very good. Cheers and happy brewing, Damo

Thanks Nick JD :D Safest bet would be to let fermentation finish then.. Sounds like a plan. I guess with the cooler weather the fermentation process will take a bit longer anyway? Cheers and happy brewing, Damo

G'day Brewers, My current brew has been fermenting for 7 days. I used a powdered yeast nutrient to improve attenuation, but I fear it might dry out the beer too much. Can I stop the fermentation by cold crashing, then adding finings to limit the amount of unspent yeast entering the...

G'day Brewers, Marca85 this is a top question. Have a look around for recipes using different types of sugars. I recently did a Coopers K&E and used some golden syrup to add some extra fermentables and change the flavour. Turned out pretty good. You can use other things like honey...

G'day Brewers, Thanks for the rapid responses. Will read up on the yeast types to see if they suit what I am planning to brew. Cheers and happy brewing, Damo

G'day Brewers, Well I did a quick search on AHB for this, but obviously didn't have any luck. Are there any ale yeasts that are better suited to a lower fermenting temperature? Say around 14-18C? With winter approaching in South Oz, I want to keep brewing, but not keen on the heater...