Recent content by nothern.brewer

Hi all, Creating a post to populate with info as it comes in for Yarra Valley Water in Melb Metro North. Ppm Ph: 7.1~7.5 Calcium: 3~5 Magnesium: 1.2~2 Sodium: 4.5~7 Chloride: 8~12 Sulphate: 1.5~2 Alkalinity: 12~20 Hardness: 14~20 Bicarbonate: 15.5~24.4 If anyone has a more up-to-date report...

Definitely consider dropping the sweetener and add the yeast. I added the sweetener and hated the flavour, so glad I accidentally cross contaminated with philly because it saved it from going straight down the drain. Those mangrove jack kits are way too expensive for what you get.

I made a raspberry berliner weisse, the KegLand recipe, it was absurdly good. @duncbrewer did you end up using it? I bought 4 packets recently to make sours, I'll use starters from now on. Also - consider using Philly Sour in ciders. Pitch it after primary is nearly complete and jack the temp...

I've used Vic Secret in my last two brews, as bittering, flavour and aroma hops. One is a Coopers clone and the other is a semi-tropical ale. Loving them, will be using a lot more of them in the future. Any kind of aussie pale ale should considering using VS.

Hi everyone, I'm a newish home brewer from Melbourne North. I've occasionally lurked the forums when hunting down ideas, recipes and general how-to knowledge. I've been making kit and juice cider for a few years now, had my fair share of successes and failures, and made the leap into beer when...