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  1. Seras

    Forum needs to be active so let's talk political.

    I'm not offended. But if you mean to say the writers I mentioned can't write it makes me question your judgement. I haven't read the book you mentioned but it comes across as arrogant to suggest that the only reason voters don't vote for a certain part is because the left haven't explained it...
  2. Seras

    Forum needs to be active so let's talk political.

    This is egregiously untrue. Do you really think of your political opponents as people being too stupid to write well? Because you may be humbled to know that there are intelligent people across the spectrum of politics, many of whom you could learn from even if you don't agree with them on...
  3. Seras

    Forum needs to be active so let's talk political.

    ABC is a conservative-free zone: No debate about it – gabfests are conservative-free zones Even Sky News has left-leaning paid correspondents. The issue isn't that there is a left-leaning media outlet, it's that the ABC is publicly funded and should have a balanced view on things.
  4. Seras

    Forum needs to be active so let's talk political.

    The thing is that nuclear subs are much more suited to Australia needs than conventional. Diesel subs need to constantly be resupplied with fuel so that means a lot more downtime in port resupplying, and this is compounded by the slow speed relative to nuclear. The greater the range the more...
  5. Seras

    New to Beer Brewing

    Yep. I've been getting consistently low efficiency at around 50%, the last ale I did I added 6.75kg of malt and got 22L @ 1.052 off the top of my head, and the milk stout was similar. The only thing I can think of is that the t-500 boiler is too narrow and doesn't allow enough water to spread...
  6. Seras

    New to Beer Brewing

    So I've bottled the beer, with a FG of 1.012. I've have a taste and I was expecting it to have lots of strange and funky flavours, but surprisingly it tasted very clean and mild; relatively pale. The main flavour is a pronounced hoppy flavour - a bit less than an IPA - from the Cascade hops...
  7. Seras

    New to Beer Brewing

    So to give an update, the beer is bubbling, very slowly, though this is using a new screw-on-lid fermenter which could be leaking. It seems to have developed a krausen when I checked, maybe I shouldn't have opened it but I was wondering why it was so slow. I did make another mash, this time...
  8. Seras

    New to Beer Brewing

    Despite the drama I don't things went too bad and I've got plenty of lessons learned for next time regardless of how the beer turns out. I don't think too much got into the wort besides a couple gnats, so next time I might do it in the daytime and put a cover over while the wort chiller is in...
  9. Seras

    New to Beer Brewing

    Thanks for the replies. I have brewed a few plum wines and sugar mashes before but not beer. So here's how it went: I started the day by going to bunnings and getting some copper pipe and pipe bender, then when I got home I bent it into some grotesque shape so it could fit in my t500 boiler...
  10. Seras

    New to Beer Brewing

    G'day Just hopping on the forum to ask a some questions and get some advice since I've decided to start doing my own brews because I'm sick of getting ripped off with constant tax and price rises. I'm planning to make some basic ale type beer tomorrow so I've just been to the shop and gotten...
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