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  1. Jacksporadic

    Anyone know any comercial beers that have harvestable yeast?

    Had great success in harvesting yeast from coopers sparkling ale. Now I have the bug and would like to know if anyone knows any other beers that are available in Aus that have harvestable yeast? They can't be the only one. :lol:
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    Coopers bottle yeast

    I agree just completed a brew using this yeast it is very fast.
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    Fruit Tingle Taste In Wort

    I left it maybe for about 7 hours - temp in Adelaide was about 5 degrees overnight so like a fridge I thought. Boiled it for 2 hours and added hops as per recipe. The tangy taste today is slight and the fermenter is bubbling away as normal.
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    Fruit Tingle Taste In Wort

    I got a stuck sparge while brewing the other night, decided to just let the esky drain into the boil kettle, go to bed and boil it in the morning. When I got to it next day there was a slight foamy head on the wort. I tasted it and there was a slightly sour "fruit tingle" taste, it was not...
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    Never Ever Again With Us-05/1056

    From what I know - and I must admit it isnt much, you can avoid this by letting the beer rest for a while before bottling or kegging to let the diacetyl be reabsorbed. I use US-05 a bit but always at a low temperature and have not experienced the problem for a long time.
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    What Size Esky For Magic Box

    I use a 20L esky drink container - it works fine- add some water to the bag of ice- you want a slurry so you have no air contact. The main thing is how small can you coil the stainless steel coil?
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    Fever Tree Ginger Beer Clone?

    It is non alcoholic but it is not a problem if the brew were to contain alcohol
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    Moving From Kit/partial --> Ag, Need Ideas For Setup

    I am also looking for a cheap set up- I have a book by Laurie Strachan which contains two details of a (what seems to be) a pretty good set up contructed from food grade plastic containers, these are available for free from many restaurants. This set up looks to be the cheapest and best...
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    Fever Tree Ginger Beer Clone?

    My wife brought home a superb ginger beer from Fever Tree. I was wondering if anyone had a recipe that would produce something close to it. It seems a lot stronger than what I normally make. http://www.fever-tree.com/
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    AHB Articles: bulk priming

    This is the discussion topic for article: bulk priming
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