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Crap, reading this I just realised I didn't burp or purge my last keg with CO2 when I filled it last weekend. Will do tonight as it's better late than never. Agreed with all options above. If storing it, make sure you purge out the oxygen. Secondly, allowing it to carb up while storing is good...

+1 on Bribie also. Although, I'm not sure if my logic for agreeing is correct. What actually measures the thinness of the beer? Is thinness directly related to a beer being more thirst quenching? Is thinness directly related to the dryness of the beer? Therefore can all of the above simply...

'08, that was a good year... Ok, trying to be of some assistance. I beleive hops lose their hoppiness over time no matter how they are stored. There are calculations to work out how much AA% they have lost based on time. I have to admit I haven't looked into it myself. As far as the '09 being...

Bumping old thread.... Just bought a Multifit Tap Spanner Set from Bunnings. ~$10. Includes 20,21,22,23,24,25 +29mm sockets. Works a treat on all keg posts... and taps at that matter.

Whatever helps you sleep at night Wolfy. :)

Ok, that makes sense (I recall reading that earlier, didn't realise it was this thread). So, If I've got a stake in a pot with only a single screw eye at the top, I should convince all the shoots head up the single bine or I should be looking at getting a trellis setup and let it grow where ever...

Speaking of which, my cascade has about 4 shoots I beleive. I'm a little confused with what happens next. I'm following the advice/technique of having the timber stake in a pot and growing a single shoot up a bine which I'll lower down when it gets near the top. What do I do with the other...

I'm unfamilar with Franko's recipe (or at least unfamiliar which cider recipe is Frankos) but your gut feeling is correct. It's the same golden rule no matter what your brewing. If it hasn't reached final gravity and you bottle it, you run the risk of bottle bombs. Cold chilling only...

Welcome to the forums Dan. Alright, first in on this one so I'll put my 2c in. Nothing jumps out as direct obvious reasons why your bottles haven't carbed up. Neither the lack of OG reading or leaking fermenter seal would have caused the issue. Points of concern, have you sanitised your...

Agree with Pennywise. As long as you burped them well to being with it'll be fine. Alternatively, naturally carbonating the kegs is possibly something looking into and you can treat it like a bottled beer. Let it carb up and then store in a cool dark place. Just chill before serving. Note, the...

I'm not experienced in adding finings or schnaps to a brew of any sort, but instant thoughts are as follows: As above, Schnapps = some fermentables? leading to fermentation or the simply aggitating the brew can rouse the yeast if they didn't finish their job properly the first time before...

I don't know, but that's kinda what I did. I thought it was shooting too early so I cut off all the shoots (5 of them). Buggered if I know if what I've done is right or wrong, but more shoots (about another 5) are growing so I haven't killed it. It's a 1st year cascade.

What OG/FG does this recipe produce?

I assume your refering to the buttons at the bottom not working? It's a default setting you need to change in excel. Solution (detailed somewhere in the spreadsheet thread) is: 1) When spreadsheet is open, press ALT+F11 to open Visual basic Editor 2) Goto Tools Menu - > References 3) Make sure...

+1 for NME I'd suggest taking another OG reading as it seems a bit high. I didn't bother stirring my last extract brew (10L boil volume) after topping up with cold water. Discovered a problem when my OG reading was ~1100. Gave it a stir and it come down to the expected 1052. Before stirring...