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The next meeting will be held this Thursday, November 26, at: LYNNDON BOWLS CLUB, 47 GALSWORTHY ST, HOLLAND PARK WEST. Doors open at 7:30PM. Our November meeting is our Christmas breakup meeting is a social event and we give our hard working provedore the evening off and we ask each member to...

Hi All, We have decided to postpone the March meeting that was scheduled for 26 March to 2 April to make way for Brewsvegas Festival 21-29 March. The meeting is an education night discussing rehydration of dried yeast. Visitors are welcome. The meeting is held at Lynndon Bowls Club, 47...

You are right the iodine starch test doesn't test for dextrines etc as these are not starches! At amylase rests, proteinases are pretty much denatured. To be honest at homebrewer level you don't even need the mash out step as you are getting your wort up to boil quickly - think a commercial...

Get a tincture of iodine or use betadine at a pinch (I have used this) and do a starch conversion test. Take a small amount of wort and put it on a white plate. Add a drop of iodine. If it is purple you need to leave it for longer. If it is brown you are good to go and ramp to mash out. It...

Hi all, The next meeting will be held this Thursday, Feb 26, at: LYNDON BOWLS CLUB, 47 GALSWORTHY ST, HOLLAND PARK WEST. Doors open at 7:30PM for 8:00PM start. Visitors welcome The Mini Comp is Mini Comp No. 2: Pale Ale and Bitter. 3.1 Cream Ale, 3.2 Blonde Ale, 3.3 Kölsch, 3.4 Australian...

Hi all, The next meeting will be held this Thursday, Feb 26, at: LYNDON BOWLS CLUB, 47 GALSWORTHY ST, HOLLAND PARK WEST. Doors open at 7:30PM for 8:00PM start. Visitors welcome The Mini Comp is Mini Comp No. 2: Pale Ale and Bitter. 3.1 Cream Ale, 3.2 Blonde Ale, 3.3 Kölsch, 3.4 Australian...

Barls got it in one. Add some wheat. Even plain old flour in the mash according to my Uni Lecture. Lots of foam positive proteins there.

I haven't been on AHB for a while as the Ballarat Uni Brewing course satisfies (and then some) my thirst for information/knowledge in brewing. The key thing about boiling the wort is that it is not necessarily all about time but the vigour or turbulence of the boil (temp if you are under...

That would be great. Thanks heaps.

Yep. If I didn't have family to keep me inline I think there would be many an hour propped up at the Hogshead Bar.

Northside Novice can I take you up on the offer as well as will be doing the kids sports thing on Sat morning so difficult to get out to CB. I live not far from Perry if that means anything.

1. Batz - 2. Winkle - 3. TheCarbinator - paid 4. TidalPete - 5. Black Devil Dog - paid 6 Angus Grant - 7 Shed101 - paid 8 Sav - 9 Frag_Dog - 10 Adbrewer - 11. 3Gums - 12. smokomark - paid 13. ABC - paid 14. Hugcra - 15. jzabski - 16 Northside Novice- paid Thanks Angus for organising

Angus The weyermann ale malt is listed in the bulk buy table on craft brewer. It is the second line in the weyermann section. Same line as bo pils and premium pils. $53 per sack. I should have said Ale malt and not pale malt in the list.

1. Batz - 2 x BB Ale, 2 X Galaxy. (or Pilsner) 2. Winkle - 1 x BB Ale, 1 x TFMO 3. TheCarbinator - 4 sacks. 4. TidalPete - 1 x BB Wheat, 1 x TF Mild (if no mild then no alternative) 5. Black Devil Dog - 1 x BB Ale, 1 x BB Wheat, 1 x Weyermann Pilsner, 1 x Vienna (1/2 for smokomark), 1 x Munich 1...

1. Batz - 2 x BB Ale, 2 X Galaxy. (or Pilsner) 2. Winkle - 2 x something 3. TheCarbinator - 4 sacks. 4. TidalPete - 1 x BB Wheat, 1 x TF Mild 5. Black Devil Dog - 1 x BB Ale, 1 x BB Wheat, 1 x Weyermann Pilsner, 1/2 Weyermann Vienna, 1/2 W.M. Munich 1 ( anyone for 1/2 W.M Munich 1 ?) 6 Angus...