Recent content by JimmyXR6T04

well, i've done two of these brews now.. and so far, they're not only my favourite, but everyone else who tries my brews. However, that might also be due to the fact that i used liquid malt, dry malt, and hops.. rather then just the usual brew enhancers. One of the brews has been in the bottle...

i'm pitching at around the 18deg mark. Both fermenters are in the same room, with no sunlight being let in. And i've had a bad brew from each fermenter, so i can't say its one or the other. I'm thinking its due to the temps. I get very little sediment at the bottom of the bottles, so thats all...

So i take it, a slightly changing temp is ok with the ales with the right yeast?? coming into summer, i expect the brew to be between 20-25deg. I might have to look into something to help control the temps a bit better. The lagers were fine during the winter, as it always sat around 12deg...

that could be the problem. it used to sit nicely at around 12deg, but lately with the warmer weather it went as high as 18 :unsure: so that could be it. The canadian blonde i'm using a s-189 yeast, and it smells great so far. The next brew will be an ale type, using a more conventional...

i posted a few weeks back, saying that my coopers lager (after spending 3wks in the bottle) smelt like yeast. As in, the left over dreggs in the bottom of the fermenter. Anyways, today i bottled a coopers bavarian lager, and when bottling i had a smell and it smelt exactly like the coopers lager...

Hi people, Well, 3 weeks after bottling, i decided to try my coopers lager brew. I know its probably a little early, but all my previous brews have been great after 3 weeks. Anyways, i cracked the lid, and noticed a very very yeasty smell. It didn't taste too bad, but it wasn't my mug of...

i'll grab some for my next brew and see how it goes. Any specific brew you recommend it with??

thanks mate, I'm yet to try a liquid malt with my brews, perhaps that will be my next little experiment. I'm really only just beginning the whole home brew thing, but its really interesting, and quite rewarding. Can't wait to get a bit more recipes down, and get a few good "base" beers, and...

i have an excel spreadsheet with the ingredients of the beers i make, that way i always know what i've done, no matter how weird.

deal :beer: i'll try doing the canadian blonde with a lager yeast and when its ready i'll report on how good it tastes compared to doing it with the normal yeast. the worst that can happen is i'll lose 20 odd litres of beer... if i was paying by the case i might be worried.. but hell, its a...

excellent! thanks for that info guys. I don't mind doing the lagers, but i really love the canadian light/blonde. I have two fermenters going now, so i'll do a coopers bavarian lager, and a canadian blonde. That's great if i can use the saflager 34/70 in the canadian blonde. In a few months...

must be because we're all alco's down here in canberra... as other states would tell us, there's nothing else to do down here :beerbang:

Hi guys, I've been brewing lagers as i couldn't be bothered worrying about temps and stuff, especially being in canberra! Anyways, i've just done an ESB bavarian lager using saflager w-34/70 and it turned out great. And i bought a coopers bavarian lager today, which i'll use a similar yeast...

hi guys, i'm new here :beer: i've done a few previous brews, all lagers as i'm in canberra and couldn't be bothered worrying too much about temps. I bought this brew today, but i'll go to the brew shop and buy a decent lager yeast like w-34/70 or similar. I've used this yeast in all my...