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  1. Helmut

    Anyone Used Wb-06 For A Non-wheat Beer?

    Ok no takers. Thought I'd try a bit of a hybrid Wheat/Ale then. 1 x Coopers Light Malt Extract 1.5kg 1 x Coopers Wheat Malt Extract 1.5kg 12g x Pride of Ringwood 10% @60mins 20g x East Kent Goldings 6.1% @60mins 20g x EKG @15mins 20g EKG @Flameout 20g EKG dry hopped after 5 days Pitched onto...
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    Anyone Used Wb-06 For A Non-wheat Beer?

    So I have a Hoegaarden style wheat using WB-06 yeast just about to bottle, but I was thinking about experimenting with putting another a pale ale down onto the yeast cake. Has anyone tried this? Have plenty of Cooper Light Malt Extract, a can of Wheat Malt Extract, Cascade, Magnum, EKG, and...
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    Expired Yeast Sachets

    Cheers for the responses. I'll try rehydrating both sachets tonight and make up a starter. If she starts going then I'll use it to pitch into a "Wizard Smith" Clone on the weekend. Fingers crossed. Leon
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    Expired Yeast Sachets

    This may sound like a dumb question but is there any problem in seeing if an expired yeast sachet can be rehydrated and then cultured up in a starter wort? If the yeast is dead it obviously won't start, but would there be any problem using it if it does work? Was given 2 sachets of expired...
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    Rice Malt Syrup - Attenuation?

    Mate I tried making an all Rice Malt Ale late last year and the fermentability of the stuff is terrible. From memory, I brewed it for about 2 weeks, hardly any Krauzen, little airlock activity throughout the whole brew, actually swirled the brew several times throughout the 2 weeks and added...
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    "chinese Maltose" Beer

    I'm pretty sure it was only $2 a tub at the local asian grocer. Are you using yours as an adjunct or as the base for a brew? Do you find it ferments ok? As I said earlier, I couldn't seem to get it to ferment very well. Leon
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    "chinese Maltose" Beer

    Well I brewed this up last month, and got it bottled on the 4th of December. I ended up having to add two extra sachets of yeast over the 2 week brew and even then I could not get the SG to drop below 1028. (OG was 1042). No Krausen at any time during the brew. I swirled it several times and...
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    "chinese Maltose" Beer

    Well I'm finally going to get around to making this brew tonight. Will probably take Nick JD's advice and drop the 15 minute POR addition. I have been drinking a POR Ale I made using POR as a flavouring hop and it's not that exciting so I think I'll keep it as a bittering hop only. I'll...
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    "chinese Maltose" Beer

    Thanks for the comments guys, I don't have any yeast nutrient but I could try upping the yeast quantity, I have 3 jars of Nottingham in the fridge from an old brew that I can use. Nick JD, do you think the second POR addition will make it too bitter or too hoppy? Maybe I could drop it and add...
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    "chinese Maltose" Beer

    Not sure if anyone has tried this yet but I just bought 6 tubs of 500g Chinese Maltose from the local asian grocer. I've seen a couple of posts about using this stuff as an adjunct in beers but I was thinking of an experimental "Chinese Maltose beer". Thinking of (from ingredients on hand)...
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    Quick Crash Chilling Question

    Cheers for that. Leon
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    Quick Crash Chilling Question

    When you crash chill a beer for 24 hours + , do you have to warm it back up at all before bottling, or can you bottle straight from the fridge. Cheers, Leon
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    Dollar Reaches Parity...

    I agree with you both Nige and Citymorgue. I work in retail as well and I know how even when you have put things on special and cut the margins big time, there are always customers who want more discount, or there is a competitor who is selling it cheaper than you. I am just suprised that...
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    Dollar Reaches Parity...

    I was kind of referring to the retailers and site sponsors who frequent this site, rather than thinking about a co-op type arrangement.
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    Dollar Reaches Parity...

    I'm suprised that someone locally is not thinking of selling half kilo and kilo lots of hop pellets. Surely if they are retailing locally for about $8-$10 per 90-100g, a half kilo or kilo could be solf profitably at roughly $6-$7 per 90-100g. I would rather pay a couple of dollars more and be...
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