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English made. Lab quality. Fully functional. $90.00 Pick up Bargo 2574 or can arrange postage.

Selling my keezer / kegerator. Originally a 300lt chest freezer to which I added a 220cm oak collar. Dimensions are now 1.2m depth, 1m long, 60cm wide. The original freezer motor has been replaced by a fridge motor which disperses cold air through a fan. Does not have a thermostat as I used a...

WLP-007 works in the same way. Cheers. Hoges.

Is there really any definitive proof that leaving cold break in a lager would be detrimental. It would sure save me some angst if I didn't have to rack off may lager from the break when it reaches pitch temp. Cheers, Hoges.

Thanks keiffer. Done and dusted. Cheers, Hoges

I am having a fiddle with the new BEERSMITH cloud database for saving our recipes. Can anyone tell me how to bring the saved recipe ingredients back to metric. When saved it goes into imperial. Cheers, Hoges.

Hi Ross. I do 25 lt batches and I have found that in completely draining (or as completely as possible) my mash tun that I can get around an extra 2lts of 1st runnings wert into my kettle. To then get the full boil volume required I find now that the single batch sparge can be less in volume...

Hey Kev, I was double batching for some years and then switched to a single sparge. If you can fit one sparge into your MLT then I suggest this is the way to go. It saves you time and so long as you endeavor to get as much of the first runnings as possible, then your efficiency will not...

Luke and Dave lost out big time after buying the George from Geoffrey for around 4 mill. Dave sold it recently for a fraction of that and hopefully the new bloke Patrick will be able to restore Scharers quality beers to the pub. Cheers, Hoges.

The three wise monkeys (Pumpy, Screwy, Hogan) enjoying a bock at the George, June 2007. A good day that. Cheers, Hoges.

Geoffrey Scharers last shout. He was arguably one of the fathers of craft brewing in Australia, where having been granted Australia's first brewpub license in 1981 he purchased a full brewery from Germany and installed it in the George 1V hotel in Picton. There he produced his icon pure...

I see an FB posting from Murray today that the Manly Restaurant / Bar will be open for 9am brunch on weekends. Don't know if it's just for summer or what. Cheers, Hoges.

Had a great day at Murray's Manly a short time back. Fantastic setup and the staff were very friendly and really knew the beer. They open at 11am every day, which may put a dent in the schedule. The normal ferry runs from Circular Quay every 20 minutes on the hour (well they did on week days...

Kabooby, Ace and yours truly will be getting the Cobb and Co in from the Southern Highlands tomorrow (Friday) and after catching the outrigger from Cirqular Quay will be lunching at the Murray's on Manly. If you are around please come and have a beer with us. Cheers, Hoges.

Kabooby, Ace and yours truly will be getting the Cobb and Co in from the Southern Highlands tomorrow (Friday) and after catching the outrigger from Cirqular Quay will be lunching at the Murray's on Manly. If you are around please come and have a beer with us. Cheers, Hoges.