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If you want a happy IPA type beer just throw them in. If you want additional bitterness make a tea. Or both. Taste your wort and decide where you want it to go.

At the end of the ferment before bottling. You want to take a sample and workout how much lactose to add. Then scale up the lactose for your full batch. For cider I prefer to stabilise by cold crashing below 4c, adding potassium sorbate and potassium Meta bisuphate (camden tablets) and add...

When I look at the brewery downstairs and have a moment of honesty..... a single gold covered store bought beer looks reasonably priced ;)

Other than water profile being on point I can't see why rain water would be an issue. It gets boiled (unless you are doing a raw or extract brew). So I'm putting my 2c with the "not an issue crowd".

Sounds like my own first ever brew day... except I dropped and shattered my lid. it'll get better 😀

I think this post is quite interesting having both companies reps provide a heck of a lot more information than we would find elsewhere. Tjorben and Kegland have the right to chat with each other. Tjorben deserves the benefit of the doubt regarding his slightly abrasive language as he's not a...

Depending on the average temp you could make a different yeast choice?

Hi micm66 They are currently short staffed so are taking longer than usual to respond to emails, have you tried calling?

Welcome to the forum Twillz Good luck with your first brew 😀

Hi Ferg91 I regularly make mead and would be happy to chat with you about it. When I started on my journey I lost a lot of batches following poor advice on YouTube. Good channels are "Doing the most" and "Man made mead". Your pic just looks like a yeast float which is nothing to worry about.

Kegland now have a 100 and 200 litre system. I got the Brewtools 150 litre system but will need to wait till March before I can use it.

I missed this post, Mead wise, I'm brewing the following Cyser : highway picked apples with orange blossom honey and D47 yeast). Bochet Cyser : as above with half the honey cooked slowly for 45 minutes Traditional Mead : Mallee honey Blackberry : 9kg of blackberries with Mallee honey Blueberry...

Everything you need is at kegland.com.au

Hi Peter This isn't a kegland website issue but a browser issue. Different browsers treat tabs differently for security reasons. From memory for Chrome, each time you open a tab the kegland website loses its session and hence, cart. Try a few different browsers and or, do your research, then...

Sounds like you have a gas leak Crafty. Watch keglands video on checking for gas leaks.. but in a nutshell. Make a mix of water and dish soap in a spray bottle. Disconnect your kegs and turn thr gas on. spray it on all of the connections looking for bubbles. You will have 1 or 2 leaks which...