Recent content by JayCharles

Hi all, I'm in Reservior, and really keen to get involved. May not make it to the 7th, but will try y best.

Appreciate the Info Guys, I can wait to get this moving. I think I'll start with a pretty basic recipie, although I love galangal, so I might sub 300 gm of ginger for galangal. Cheers

Thanks Hammo, appreciate it. Recepie looks pretty good. Let me know when you perfected your recepie. cheers

Hi All, I have been brewing beer(AG) for years but have never brewed a Ginger beer. I am looking for a basic, solid recepie for ginger beer that does not use any tinned kits or extracts. Aiming for about 2.5 to 3%. Any help would be appreciated. Cheers in advance

Hi Guys, I use these for my secondary fermentation. Just use a rubber bung and an airlock...all done. They are food grade(well I hope so, they are designed to hold drinking water) and it has a wide enough mouth to add oak cubes, fruit, spices and hops. They work well for me. :) Cheers

Thanks all, I haven't been aware of these calculations, looks like I have some more reading to do. Happy brewing :beer:

Hi All, I have just downloaded Brew mate and I want some advice on one of the fields. It is the "Balance Value" Field. I am taking a guess that it indicates a balance between the malt, sweet and hop characters, based on the style of beer I choose. Am I on track so far? Trial and error is in...

Hi Jonathon, I saw this on evilbay: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Beer-Fermenter-home...=item335ee88dd7 I didn't know if it was what you were after - especially price wise. cheers Jay

Hi All, You could dip bottle top, with crwn seal attatched, into heated wax. This could protect the crown seal from rusting and also prevent oxygen from leaking under the seal into the beer. I do this even with standard bottles that I plan to age for more than 9 months. So far- so good. Cheers

Hi All, I Just thought I would introduce myself and say a quick Howdy. I had joined a little while ago but havent really posted. I am pretty new to brewing and very green to all grain. I have just put opemed my first AG last night, A Belgian style brwn ale and it was great. I used a friends...

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