Recent content by MSR

Best thing you can do is throw your Coopers book away and read some of the threads on this forum. I find brewing ales at around 18 -20 works a treat, much better tasting beer. Seriously, I have learnt so much from this forum and the wealth of knowledge from everyone, I am brewing much better...

Awesome!!! how big will he get? what kind of snake is it? I would love to get a snake but reckon I'd be single fairly bloody quickly as the missus just wouldnt cope. He looks pretty friendly, has he bitten you or tried to? Sorry for all the questions but I am fascinated... PoMo EDIT: No need...

I'm going to wander down after work on Thursday.

My first few brews were lacking head and a bit under carbed, I now use some wheat malt in all my brews and have not had a problem since. Cheers.

Move your beers inside for a week or two, they'll be fine.

Iv'e got an IGA bottlo near me so will check it out tomorrow. Cheers.

I'm yet to see this in my local Dan Murphy, did you buy it at Dans?

mmm very nice indeed

I have used it, took 3 - 4 days to kick off. Temp was a bit low though.

Yep that's right, a lager yeast it is. I brewed mine at 10 degrees.

Did one of these the other week. Wanted to get something in the fermenter really quick, didnt have time to go to the brew shop so just used what I had in the cupboard. Kit BE1 200g wheat malt 500g LDME Kit yeast Kept in fermenter for 2 weeks then bottled. Smelt really nice.

I bought a cordless drill last year for $120 with an inbuilt am/fm radio. So when the footy's on I pull out the drill and listen to the game, or if i feel like some tunes they're only a turn of the dial away. What more could a bloke want?

I would be using the back shed, for primary and secondary. Not sure of the temps in Sydney at the moment but would probably be cooler than inside.

Enter all your info into a brewing calculator like Brewcraft have on their website. It will give you an estimated FG, I think 1.015 is about right.

My Coles sells them for about $15 a box but usually only have one on the shelf. I find Big W has heaps for around $11 a box.