Recent content by EagleMick

Sorry I haven't posted much. I couldn't attach a pic so I've included a url for it, looking slightly better than this morning! The yeast was fresh, packaged in Oct. I didn't measure the wort gravity before pitching. What do you mean the volume and pitch was wrong? I followed the ratio's in...

I've had a few batches of Wyeast not activate on me recently when pitched direct so I just invested in a heated stir plate to see if that helps! I'm making a batch of red ale today so made my first starter on Friday night. I used 1.1litre water to 100g DME to allow for boil off, cooled to 20...

Yeah doubtful, the missus loves living close to the city so looks like we're stuck here :) She may change her mind after being locked locked out of the kitchen on brew day though :)

G'day All, Just starting to get back into homebrew again thanks to the craft beer revival going on at the mo! I've run a couple of extract brews in the past and just did my first BIAB a couple of weeks ago! I'm a Pom originally and tend to prefer Bitters or any good Porter so hence the BIAB...