Recent content by JunkzOr

it also helps that he knows at least 3 other homebrewers he can chew the ears of for advice ;-)

My Muntons Highland Heavy stalled at 1020 despite temps being good which gave me the irates, finally gave it a good swirl and yesterday it read 1016 after almost 3 weeks in the fermenter.. If things go well it will drop to 1014 and I can finally bottle it and put it away for at least 3 months...

Hi everyone! Thought I'd give you a small update on the outcome of this beer 2 weeks after bottling. It hasn't quite finished carbonating but OMG the rest of it has impressed the sh1t out of me! It's a very clear, golden colour a nice combination of bitterness and maltiness with that delicious...

Well.. I too am a new brewer (I just pitched my 3rd batch last night actually!) and my first brew was the k&k that came with my brewcraft brewery. It was a munich lager and being my first brew and being a little paranoid and possibly a little overzealous I a: put too much water in (over 24l...

My first homebrew was the Munich Larger kit that came with my brewery kit. Like you I followed the instructions using the provided ingredients. My first batch sat in the fermenter for 3 weeks though as I got sick. I then bottled and decided to try it after 2 weeks. Carbonation was low and had a...

As a noob brewer I'd like to add my 2c about sanitation. I had read a few horror stories and also many many posts and even comments from my brewer mates that sanitation is probably the most important part of making homebrew beer. When I started out, I bought some commercial grade sanitiser from...

Thanks kbe, I'll use the yeast I was given. And thank you everyone else for the schooling. :P

Point taken :P I'll make it as per the destructions up to 21l and toss in a us-05, save the muntons yeast for another time.

The muntons gold highland heavy ale comes with a 1.5kg can of goo and a 1.5kg can of liquid fermentables, will have to wait til I get home to be more specific. Also as mentioned the LHBS gave me a muntons gold yeast sachet to replace the kit yeast. Chemaky, Haven't played quake for years. :)...

Hello again brewmasters! My jCPA k&b has fermented out and will be bottled today or tomorrow.. OMFG it smells and tastes SO good!! Moving along, I bought myself a Muntons gold highland 'heavy' ale kit from the LHBS and the nice chap threw in a muntons gold yeast sachet cos he said the kit one...

On Sunday my local only had 2 tooheys lager cans left and a bunch of cider/ginger ales.. that was it. I currently have a coopers canadian blonde, a coopers lager and a coopers pale ale... Wonder if I can do a toucan with with blonde and lager... It would be my first toucan. Oh I also grabbed...

my local coles (glenroy) is all but cleared out too and managed to grab their last coopers brewery for 40$! over the last couple months I've picked up only a few cans from there.

Welcome to the forums from one noob to another. I have to ask, did you santise EVERYTHING that touched your wort? By that I mean EVERYTHING including the can opener you used to open the tin of goo? scissors for opening packets, the tap of your fermenter everything? This is the MOST important...

Hi folks me again lol. Well I did it, I measured out my 20gm of amarillo onto a fresh bit of alu foil and shook the pellets into my fermenter. My krousen is almost gone and a SG reading was 1013 which indicates primary fermentation is pretty much finished. However after popping the lid back on...

Hi! Yes I've noticed quite a few heavy/porter/stout makers using the nottingham. I have a muntons highland heavy ale to make next and might just grab some nottingham to try it out too :)