Recent content by merls3

It's for the Mrs so will be aiming for a bit of sweetness. I've got a couple of empty 10L kegs here so might keg half sweet and do a drier version too.

Will probably keg before it's finished first time for some residual sweetness. Is this what you use for a 19l batch?

Hey Kingy What volume did this make? Also, how did you process the ginger and chillies? Assume you boil it all up and strain before the ferment? First GB and this one looks like a beauty

I like the sounds of the roasted character..I'm new to AG so i'll stick to the recipe this time but I already know its one i'll be brewing again :D Upping the aroma hops I think i can manage though

Champion..thanks Kieren!

This sounds tasty..I don't suppose anyone has a recipe handy whilst the DB is out of action? Cheers

This sounds good so thought I would give Beersmith a shot with my first attempt at a conversion from All Grain to Extract. Does it look ok? Anything stand out thats not right? Galena is galaxy. cheers fellas Recipe: Mountain Goat IPA clone extract Brewer: Dan Asst Brewer: Style: American IPA...

cheers manticle Will give it a shot and submit it back here for checking :rolleyes:

G'day fellas Have spent the afternoon searching for an extract Saison recipe and only seem to be finding AG ones. Being fairly new to this I don't yet have the nouse to come up with a conversion recipe from AG to extract. Has anyone done an extract Saison that they don't mind sharing? Am a big...

cheers guys. Took a reading yesterday when it got back up to 20C and it was still 1012, so technically 3 consecutive readings. Washed and sanitized my bottles, primed each one (think i'll be looking at bulk priming soon). Went to fill them and realised my bottles are 700ml, and i'd primed for...

I'm going to grab another hydrometer at some stage this week and will test when I get it back up to room temp. Will the 'cold conditioning' affect the gravity? Obviously no more sugars will be being converted while its cold, and the temp is considered at the time of measuring; but assuming I...

G'day fellas First time brewer, but have been reading and salivating at threads here for a little while. I did my first brew a couple weeks ago: A tin of Coopers Traditional Draught, 1.5kgs light wheat malt, 300g Dex and a bit of cascade hops strained in at the end, all in 23L. That great...