Recent content by mike_capaldo

Gday Mikk, My name is Michael and I am the Head brewer at Schwartz Brewery. Firstly I would like to thank you for your feedback, without it we can't get better. My job is to run the brewery, not the venue or restaurant, but I think it is fair for me to apologise for the lack of co-ordination...

hi all, i have a querie. i have a 19L keg of stout that froze over in my beer fridge. the keg has been gassed up a little. i think it should be fine to drink once thawed out and cooled down again, i just want to know what side affects, if any, this may have thanks Mike likes beer

Fellow brewers, I made a cascade stout with 1.5 kg dark unhopped malt. pitched a safale US-56 yeast. added 500g of a local farmers honey to give it some balls, then put one of those bags of hops in so it can kick the honey in the balls. what is the ideal brewing temp for this beer? its prob...

thanks for the feedback, but why bulk prime when i can bottle directly? i imagine bulk priming oxidises the beer more.

Gday all, I have had a honey chocolate porter in the old fermenter the last 4 weeks. its been fermenting, settling and maturing and is now ready for the bottle. im gonna use grosch bottles (473ml) and am thinking of only adding as much sugar to the bottle as i would to a stubbie to create a...

haha good advice ducatiboy, dont worry im not gonna lose any shut eye,i was just curious to see what the collective being that is this website would have to say. off to bed now :P MIke

i have a question about clenliness. i am going to make a saaz pilsener tomorrow and i want to put the water i am going to use for the brew in the fridge overnight in the same fermenter that the brew will be held in. once boiled i intend to add the wort directly into the fermenter where the...

gday, thanks for the welcome, i dont know if i replied to you before, so if i did and im just repeating myself then blame it on poor short term memory!!! i live in leichhardt NSW, a far cry from where you live. none the less i have found a coiuple of brewers in the area so its not all bad. good...

HI all, Im new on the site and think it is a font of knowlege! i wanted to follow spanners example and introduce myself to fellow beer lovers on this site! ive been brewing beer for about 6 months,but have made some very good brews and i have also made wine from scratch (was surprisingly...

Hi Barra, Thanks for the reply! i joined up to the email list for the ISB meets yesterday so i should be receiving some info soon i guess. none the less if you want to let me know where and when the next meet is that would be great. im sure my experience with brewing is practically nothing...

HI all, Im new on the site and think it is a font of knowlege! i wanted to follow spanners example and introduce myself to fellow beer lovers on this site! ive only been brewing beer for about 6 months,but have made some very good brews and i have also made wine from scratch (was surprisingly...

i have a honey chocolate porter that i boiled up and put in the fermenting keg about a week ago. the brew should be ready tomorrow but i will not have my bottles (grolsch) arriving until sunday or monday. i want to know if leaving a beer that is ready to bottle in the keg extra time has any...