Recent content by snowgoose

Hiya Wizmet Yes, I have been spoilt mostly by purchasing others home-brewed already and so I reckon that's got a lot to do with it. I've let the first one lager a fair bit longer now and it has improved, to the point that it is drinkable, although I won't be buying it again! I believe now, that...

Ah ok gotcha Grok, I'll give this a go, I was under the impression that oxygen was the enemy. I've got a spunding valve set up into a bowl of water and just leave it around 9 for the whole ferment cycle, and yes it's very active from the 12 to 36-hour mark. I guess this is the yeast doing its gig?

Excellent, cheers TwoCrows, that's gonna be real helpful to me, I should stay below 20 IBU's, I'll be sure to do that. The next stage is getting a brewzilla to create my own worts so I'd expect I'd be able to better control final taste!

Yep all understood Drubbing! You know what? I think I could be actually buying the wrong wort kits, so my apologies to all. In order to try and resolve the issue, I've decided to start tasting the wort before fermenting them to eliminate my fermenting and kegging processes. Just bought a Grolsch...

Cheers Phil, pressure fermenting is really nothing too special, you are just keeping oxygen away from wort immediately and adding some carbonation along the way. I regard what I am doing as pretty basic, just disappointed with the results thus far. I've just fermented and kegged a Ginger Beer...

Thanks Drubbing, yes to avoid recipe fails, I went to the wort kits. Just trying to get a good one done. I feel like adding a litre of lemonade to them both just to pull the bitterness back, like a 1% shandy, but worried it could just screw it all together. Having said that, I probably won't...

Thanks Drubbing, all taken on board, thank you. I have since put this keg into "Lagering" with the hope it will improve over time. I have subsequently fermented two bought wort kits from a local brew shop, an "aussie lager" and a "wheat". The idea is that before I go down the mashing rabbit...

Cheers TwoCrows, all taken on board mate, most appreciated. I think my ambition has simply outweighed my talent ... again!

Thanks Brad, I'll leave it alone for now then, cheers for the information!

What you say makes a lot of sense Elmo, it's actually cleared up a bit now and carbonated fine. I managed to keep most of the "muck" from the bottom of the Fermzilla out as I stopped the enclosed transfer before pickup reached it, but may have gotten a little and that is what I was seeing on...

G'day brew team, chasing some advice if I can, I may have overlooked something I've been buying bought-brewed beer for a while now and am very happy with my supplier, but I thought I should get serious and start having a proper crack myself. I have a few corny kegs and just got two 50l kegs...

Hiya fellow happy people Im just getting into brewing so learning and asking all kinds of dumb questions at my local brew shops. I hope I can learn more here from you guys, and look forward to sharing some feedback on pilseners and lagers when I get good enough ;) Cheers Snowy