Recent content by Lachlan Helbig

Going to try this myself in a week or 2. Using Galaxy flowers @ 15.2% AA so I might chill it. What do you fellas reckon?

Just put down the MJ craft series stout with 1kg dark dme, 200g of steeped roasted barley, 100g of steeped Carapils (I add this to everything these days, the head it creates is just amazingly creamy) and a goldings teabag steeped for 2 minutes then added to fermenter. Pitehed the included m43...

I've tried the Morgan's Citra xpa and it was very nice, just added 5L of purified water and dry hopped 50g of Citra. They've got a mosiac xpa out now, which isbprobabis even better. Only downside is that price, but it's not more expensive than most other fwk's.

Wow... Moved from partial mashes but was inspired by your post Nick. This beer was beautiful, the only modification I made was 200g of Carapils which made for a magnificent, creamy white head. It tastes like megaswill except well... It tastes. Really easy drinker and with gelatin and...

Will be following this. After a partial mash Porter or Stout.

Kit generally just means the can itself because it's already bittered. As for malt, you could add say 500g of light dry malt and a kilo of dry wheat malt or just a kilo of wheat malt of you want to keep the alcohol down. Galaxy is probably best dry hopped no longer than 2-3 days some will say as...

Let me know how this kit goes mate.... Don't really do pre-hopped extract kits anymore, but got some mates who want to start and this sounds like the go.

Gelatin works wonders I find, even if bottling. This isn't really a viable without a fermentation fridge, but it reduces the amount of sediment in the bottle substantially and if you store them in the fridge upright you can pour crystal clear beer. Probably the single best brewing investment I...

Hmm... Interesting. Planning on using Morgan's BML with Morgan's Extra Pale beer enhancer, 200-300g of carapils and Morgan's premium yeast. Did you use a hop tea with the PoR? Or steep it with the grain? Also, what did you think of the 2 week lagering period in the secondary? I was under the...

Hmmm thanks for the advice Bribie and manticle. I think I'll try the litre of wort with a 20 minute addition. The PoR I got is vacuum sealed so freshness shouldn't be a concern. I guess the main thing is that this is for a camping trip with a couple of my mates in January, one almost...

Hey fellas, Planning in brewing a lager with a Morgans Blue Mountian Lager kit and a can of morgans extra pale master malt. As well as this, I'm steeping about 300g of Carapils and using Morgans premium lager yeast. Now I've seen that people often use hop teas with this kit, and I'd like to...

Thanks for the advice fellas, a little loss wouldn't necessary be that bad. As much as I love galaxy, 80g done in 2 separate lots packs a massive punch.

Hey lads, Just dry hopped a galaxy ale at about 4g/L and it's bloody awesome, but I'm wondering if I cc it with gelatin if I'll lose hop aroma and how to avoid it. I've read around but everyone seems to have their own theories on it. Does anyone have any advice?

Don't know where you got your bottling wand from, but mine in my Morgans kit had no spring and leaked to no end. I'm assuming you just have a dodgy seal though?

Hahaha 2 weeks is always too long to wait isn't it ;)?