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    Aussie Schooner Tips British Pint!

    Just sell the liquid by the milliliter. Then folk can provide their own vessels. A vase of weisse please... Disclaimer - i don't like lager, I drink 565ml measure, i call them pints. But I can see a schooner makes much more sense in 40C ...
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    End Of Year/new Years Brews

    Ringwood is probably closer if you want the clone... but you cant go wrong with 1469 with English stuff... Anyway - me? I'm brewing something to celebrate the cricket. And something for the losers... And something for the road. I tell you what dude, if it were me, I would try and nail a...
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    Anyone Done A "no Sparge"?

    That's pretty much it. My first 'runnings' end up at around 1.090/1.110 (lots of barley!) which leaves plenty for the second mash/runnings @ 1.040/1.050... The first runnings is fat malt, the second a bit stringy (but it was weaker)... if you get my analogy... I have done really long mashes on...
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    What Are You Brewing III

    Brewed an English bitter (for our Barmy Army... geddit?). Otter 95% Crystal Aurora Fuggles Northdown Styrian. 1469. Looooow carb - no head. Serve at 11 (degrees/o'clock - i don't care...)
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    Wtb: Cheap Hb Kits In Brisbane Qld For Xmas?

    Yeah, like start them off with something simple like a lager :icon_cheers: hey, maybe they could ferment it out on their decks in Toowoomba... in Summer... ooh, hang on... Maybe smosh together a Smurto's golden ale extract version, throw in some nice yeast and help them out along the way...
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    First Ag- The Aftermath

    :anticipates...:
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    Supermarket Honeys For Mead

    my only guide for brewing (which I cleverly adapted from my only rule for cooking) is... ...you can't take it out [once it's in...] (now technically you can fish the vanilla pod out, but in my experience the damage is done...) vanilla like flavours are normally the result of ageing in...
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    Can I Increase Abv With Extra Priming?

    Err, 1kg of LDME or Dex in 1l water is about 1.365 Shirely... 100g in 1l will give you about 1.038...? i thought? ...there's nothing to stop you adding all kinds of sugaz to your brew, at any time; remember that yeasts will only tolerate a certain level of alcohol and that pure sugars + yeast...
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    First Ag- The Aftermath

    Brissie winter at my house; ~23% evap over 90 minutes Brissie summer at my house; ~12% evap over 90 minutes (same pot) Wouldn't get too concerned hitting figures quoted in say, American journals or what your great uncle Stan used to get during the war... work out what's actually happening at...
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    Incomplete Primary Fermentation

    Just a thought... bung some more yeast in there... Via the lid (far easier...). In fact; open the lid, scoop some out with a clean vessel - cover and give it a bit of a shake to aerate, and sprinkle your yeast on there (i'm guessing it's dry yeast), wait 24 hours or so for some activity... you...
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    Pitching Rate For 1.080 ?

    my house brews are somewhere between 1.110 and 1.090 (you know, some days you dont' feel like hammering it... :rolleyes: ...) So, the yeast needs to be firing when it hits... - thin blokes and fat blokes prolly both like cheesecake, but a fat bloke (who's used to cheesecake) could probably put...
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    What's Your Oldest Bit Of Kit?

    I'm the oldest kit I've got.
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    Chill Haze

    As my mate Manticle types, Polyclar works pretty much as directed (there's a couple of other powder and elixirs, but hear me out)... I use Polyclar in most brews (the last Black Cider didn't need any). However the last brew (but two) despite well intentioned haze remedies resulted in a 1C...
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    Queensland Xmas Swap 2010 @ the BatCave

    Hey guys. Big sorry... I'm going to be stuck in Melbourne 'till Tuesday (work... :( ). There's a keg of beer in Brissie with your names on it... Hope you can kinda sort the swap with me included, but not with me present, and I'll shift the earth to get your bottles to you (personally if need...
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    Charging For Your Brews

    [mild rant] Charge? Accept donations? I know times are hard, but come on... You greedy fu**ers! Aren't you people missing the point? What price friendship these days? Surprised some folk aren't expecting a few coins for the words they type on forums... or smiling... or hosting a party in a...
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