Recent content by dunc

he is man for the tasman bitters.

Have recently [Wednesday afternoon] put down a Grumpy's Boston Cream with Wyeast 1272 which began fermenting after about a day. But my Longreach Draught with Californian Lager 2112 Wyeast which I put down on the same day has not commenced fermentation- as judged by the same hydro reading since I...

Ok cheers lads Ill build it up some more tommorow

Well, I have used Oztops caps on the bottles instead of an air lock, and the bottles have not gotten any harder. But I guess that the seal on the oztops may not have been perfect, so quite possibly the yeast have gone through it. There is about a 1-1.5 cm yeats deposit on the bottom of the 2.25l...

Had smacked 2 Wyeast the other day so this morning they were nice and puffy. Problem is I didn't have any light malt like I though I had and no car, so I used some liquid malt instead, boiled with water till mixed. However when it was cool I took a hydro reading and it was about 1.012. I had...

Yes the 500g LME was the dry light malt extract. I wanted to use recultured sparkling ale yeast but didnt get around to getting a few bottles to culute they yeast from. However I did rehydrate the yeast for about 25 mins then added some wort of the next 5 minutes, whihc seemed to get it active...

Have just made a Coopers "Sparkling Ale" with Coopers Sparkling Ale tin 1.5 kg Coopers Light Malt Extract -Liquid 500gm Coopers LME 300G Dextrose Brewed with Kit yeats at about 17-18 degrees. Just wondering if anyone has done this brew before and can tell me their Final Gravity for this...

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i have bough 2 coles brand lager tins, 1 spicy ghost cascade tin, coopers brew enhacer 1 and 1 500gm coopers light malt. I was going to use the 2 coles tins in one brew and the spicy ghost with coopers brew enhancer 1. my question is whether its better tyo add the light malt to the cascade...

Cheers Everyone Sounds like a pretty good recipe Tallgum , but i put down a Coopers Stout Kit, with 1kg Coopers Brew Booster 1 and 250 grams of brown sugar. Filled to 20 Litres. OG was 1.050 , i expected more but oh well. Hopefully it should turn out ok , any thoughts? Dunc

Just wondering what stout kit i should purchase to make a quick easy K & K stout. What types of fermentables should i add to this kit ? Cheers

Thanks for your responses Jovial i have emailed you about the kits cheers dunc

Im looking for a Kit Recipe for any Scottish Beers. Any recipes or advice on how to make a simple scottish style beer would be appreciated. What yeasts would work best when brewing a scottish beer? dunc

any ideas how much lactose to add to the brew per litre? i assume the lactose will not ferment

soon to bottle a cider kit made with 2 kgs dextrose and filled to 18 litres. it tastes a little to alcoholic out of the fermenter. wondering how i can make it taste sweeter in the bottles? cheers dunc