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The problem with Ralph magazine et al is that they talk down to their "viewership". I've only ever glanced at these rags while waiting for the dentist or in line at a servo, etc (honest), but it seems to be the same fodder over and over. They must have maybe 30 articles (max) that they repeat on...

It's taken me until this morning to be able to even THINK abour beer... Some would say I overdid it, but maybe I did it just about right? Fantastic day. Great beers. My personal highlight was the Bacchus Cunning Ninja... deadly delicious. Meeting Ross was great too, very friendly and...

Reporting in for Armakeggon duty...

I don't have one just yet! I'm starting to realise that it's kinda a must. I'm only on my third brew and thought I could avoid it for a while, but seeing as i like big beers and my last 2 have taken ages to drop, I might have to splash out next pay...

Ya, I've been doing just that over the last two days. One more go today and then I'll take another reading and see what's going on.

S-04 as called for in the recipe. I did change a few things... used 500g of DME instead of a kilo, and a little less hops and liqourice to balance...

Still waiting for this sucka to drop below 1.020... Day 12 and it's still on 1.025. Just read Acasta's post regarding exploding bottles and am now rightly terrified of bottling to early. Patience is always worth having, especially when the beer is good and nobody cops flying glass in the face.

A man after my own heart... :beerbang:

Actually it was 21L. It'll be plenty heavy. Cheers! :)

What ABV did this attain? Got one in the fermenter now and I forgot to take a SG reading... <_<

Wowzers, thanks for the speedy replies people :) Every time I visit this board I become more convinced I'm in safe hands... I have checked my hydro and it is reading correctly even after a nasty drop last night. When you say that 1.018 is a high finish, is that in comparison to other beers...

Hi there Brewers, first post after lurking for a short while... I am a brewing novice and am currently in the process of putting down my second kit. Having picked up a great deal of good pointers from other threads, I find myself still unsure about one or two things. The kit I'm currently...