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Helo Beertard. Thats right . in the secondry after majority of the other malt sugars have been utilized . Its not so aggresive so helps it retain more of its character. Its important the honey is raw ,cold extracted. Supermarket stuff is useless . it will all be proccessed. To get a real good...

An ol geezer who gave me a trailer load of old crown seal longnecks swore by the sea salt . I use unfiltered rain water like he did . I know jack all about water profiling apart from the basics of burtonisation i imagine it adds a level of minerals to the equation to aid the hop utilization ...

Honey is for flavour. will be using ironbark this time as yellowbox season is over so my supplier says . I use local honey cold filtered . I dont boil it and add some hot water to thin it down for intergrating. Now heres the bit people look at me strange about. I used to get terrible hayfever...

im sure your bang on the money nev. Still its down now, another 30gm in secondry is niether here nor there. personally im chalking it up to experience dont collaborate with the girlfriends hop choice whilst dvising a recipe and entertaining a 2 year old . the 3 barrel system gives me a good...

Taking advantage of the cooler weather as im a tin shed brewer . was looking to make a lighter colour summer style beer for spring- xmas thinking pilsener with a bit of a hop burst. concrete slab temp is 11-13 degrees so its time to take advantage of this. 84 litres over 3 barrels saflager...

I would definately avoid a beer with a burmese cat in it . no matter how good its grammer was/is . each to thier own . I would at least hope the label supported the product ingredients . A glow in the dark pig using jellyfish dna might be a novelty for some .

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I avoid GMO`s were i can . quite happy to cross these of any list . not like im stuck for choice and they are all unremarkable. CUB beer does not claim to be GMO free , but i have a soft spot for Melbourne Bitter. I think there should be honesty in labeling . If your proud of what you make...

i read you can place a piece of copper , like a pieceof sterilised pipe into the brew to clear up the sulfur . had this problem last year and the brews i had this issue with, even though the smell disapated ,tended to leave me with a headache after 2 pints. The nutrients are the answer, with...

racked to secondry on 11th 1001 . Tasting like it has a way to go .green tart and dry . but fresh and promising . can not discern any quince. 500 gms of honey a carton of Berri fresh apple pear and strawberry cos it was a buck . and a litre of beechworth cloudy . to top it out 27 litre 1017.

Racked to secondry on the 11 th sitting on 1010 . tasting pretty easy def chick drink. Picked up Berri apple pear strawberry 1L cartons reduced to 1.02 $ put in 3 and 450 gms of honey back up to 1020 27 L..

well folks heres how it went today . Started with 12kg of washed a grade fruit. about 90% ripe. ended up with 4kgs of tops tails cores and peelings. That 8kgs of cleaned wedges through the screw press yielded 6 litres of juice. It tasted lovely and sweet . the flavours not unlike those when...

well its down . went with . !2 L cranberry 2.5 L fresh quince juice 2 L beechworth apple 2L fresh granny. 5 cans 850ml pear. 800gms honey . cinnamon sticks 2 , 10gms allspice 10 gms 200ml blood orange 3 tea bags Safale s-04 , 7gm nutrient 1045 sg 23L. game on.

Any one done something like this ? SPC factory outlet knocking out cranberry at a buck a litre . ! 12 cans goulburn valley pear for 20 $ Im thinking 3 boxes cranberry 18 L 6 cans of pear 850ml , 5.1 L 1kg of honey 375 ml of blood orange 2 cinnamon sticks 2 tbls of allspice whole...

Hello . Thanyou for your input people . Mr No Tip good idea ive made my own candi sugar before so i see where your heading there. well worth investigateing a jammy esscence additave . What im after though is the addition of cold pressed quince . I have a " Ceramic Pro Coldpress Juicer " . It...