Recent content by enikoy

Haha, I've been using the Mandurah by-pass road for too long. That area of Mandurah was a farm last time I drove through!

Standard answer is 3 weeks. But to be honest, since I have been doing all grain, I've found that even after 4 days there can be reasonable low carbonated beer to test. I drink them at all ages, it's a good education on how the beer develops. Though Ive never served to anyone else before 2...

Just the caps that come with the bottles. I cut the seal ring off and cap them tight but not super tight (which can deform them). The bottles get a single use. We drink the mineral water, use bottle for beer and then to recycling. My wife supplies me with more empties than I could use

I reuse 4 to 8 1.25l coles carbonated water bottles each 23l batch I do. I store them in black crates like below from Bunnings. Absolutely no difference in flavour to the ones I do in 330ml brown glass. Sure cuts down bottling time and they get emptied quick enough on weekend sessions...

Minor tour here:

Crisp malt is available in Australia if you want. https://beerco.com.au/products/crisp-crystal-150-malt But I would just sub it out for the best locally available crystal with similar spec.

I had my best Neipa result with safale K97. Supposedly German ale yeast but its low floculation and flavor made a great version of Beerco's Hazy Trucker.

I bought one of these RO filters recently. Very happy with it for $80 (with ebay deal). The two batches I have done with it (Yokine WA) have come through smoother tasting, an improvement for sure. Probably used it 4x as much for drinking water and the soda stream. Will work out much cheaper than...

I made a batch of "Prison Cider" for fun a few month ago using the cheap Coles apple juice and some re-cycled Lallemand ESB yeast. I was really quite stunned how well it came up for what it was. After bottle conditioning it was crystal clear and tasted better than some commercial ciders I've...

Tastes like surgical rubber soaked in beer.

I'd be bottling in PET Plastic bottles with this one for sure! Would not risk glass bottle bombs.

Beer.co Grainfather deal https://beerco.com.au

I like that the Soga pot has riveted handles rather than spot welded. I'd have that bit more faith when lifted my mash water and grain.

I'll leave that detail to the experts. In my case I usually get 6-7 23l brews from a bag, so it is open for about about 4 months. I roll the bag down tight and clamp it shut. When it fits in a 20l sealed bin, I'll pop the whole bag in there. I'm usually more concerned about my speciality grains...

I really like the Barrett Burston Pale Malt. I pretty much use it for everything as a base malt. I did have a bag of Joe White Traditional Ale but found the BB Pale always made a better beer. I usually buy when Brewmart have a deal, which was $39 last time around for the BB Pale. Having said...