Recent content by thekelsobrewer

Malt Shovel Brewery come's up with a limited edition/seasonal range of beers and the now discontinued Mad Brewer's Scribbly Gum Lager, apparently a 'Smoked Beer' type of Lager has a yeast sediment remaining after decantling. Has anyone tried to re-culture the yeast and what has been the result...

I've just checked a Wyeast 1968 London Ale yeast in the fridge that hasn't been 'smacked' yet appears to have swollen, will this be OK to use?.

I'm ready to put down a St Peter's Brewery 15l Brewers Selection India Pale Ale using a Wyeast London Ale Yeast 1968 and have some Challenger hop pellets which are rated at 6.1% AAU. Are their any other brewers out there that have used the Challenger Hops and how do the compare to East Kent...

for Josh Smith, have you tried culturing a yeast from the Belgium Wit Hoegaarden?, other than that you could spend $14-$15 on obtaining a White Labs or Wyeast yeast appliccable to the type of Wheat beer you wish to brew.

I would recommend adding some extra hops as after 30 years it will have lost all hop flavour, even in a can kit nearing it's use by date or just past it all hop flavours diminish as they would with a normal commercial beer, I can remember these old Coopers kits, brewed them in a plastic garbage...

What's the best thing here, robotics or a beer wench!.

G'day, not currently brewing at the moment but a work colleague asked about doing a Corona clone and talked about using the kit as a base, I presume he wants something rather bland but easy to drink on a hot summers day, crikey we get plenty of them here at Bathurst but I suppose were not on our...