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Generally pellets will burn quicker than chunks. Whether to use pellets, chips or chunks depends on how you use them. Generally: high intensity, low duration smoke can be made form pellets whilst low intensity, long duration can be made from chips or chunks. That is over simplified because there...

I too have had similar results from adding fruit to a beer near the end of fermentation. I suspect the simple sugars from the fruit could be like giving the yeast a shot of steroids and then they run around and smash up everything. Equally you could say it might be like supercharging the yeast...

Early in the day is good too.

Yes there is a certain age that you get to and they just start sprouting. I think they are related to nasal hair. I pluck my own. Except for when I get a haircut and the barber shoves the the buzz shaver with no comb, in the ear ole. My ears aren't that big, he shoves a corner of the shaver...

2nd picture in the Flickr series says "North Pole" on the left patch. Topic title says "Going to the South Pole".

Hello chaps. There is quite an active community of beer brewers in the Adelaide region (some of us make that stuff that is not beer too!). We have a few get togethers and talk about all sorts of beer stuff; they are great social events. If you want to see and learn from someone else brewing...

Excellent Stuff!

Small shoots = small bines? Did you get the dwarf variety?

Same in my part of South Australia.

I am quite hesitant* to imagine what you might be doing... *Nay, let's say it is repulsive to even consider imaginging. :P

If you're rapping your knuckles whilst giving it a wack, you're likely to be doing something wrong.

I have bought rhizomes from Sandy in the past and can say that they are good value.

Chicken soaked in salts and nitrates (a quick cure premix at recommended rate) for 3 days and some cheap kabana from the supermarket. Cheap snags are improved by smoking so surely cheap kabana would be awesome! Hot smoked at 130oC for too long, on an upper shelf, with some dried timber...

I couldn't help myself so I bought some mussels in brine and garlic from the supermarket. It was a rushed decision given that I had some chicken bits I was smoking today so I threw some mussels in too. A few trimmings of dead wood from the nectarine tree with some pecan pellets. Hot smoked at...