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    2012 Esb Home Brew Competition - "the Good The Bad And The Ugly&q

    Barry, Peter I'm afraid I'll miss it this year as I'll still be overseas, working rather than playing. Trev
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    Anhc

    Hi fellow ISB'ers, I'm back after a lot of offshore work etc so hopefully I can get back into the swing. I've registered for the Conference (I'm making an assumption I'll still be in Oz then :huh: ) A rock has more artistic ability than I Trev
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    Bathurst Hb Comp - 2 Kegs Need A Courier ..

    Scotty, I'm 30 seconds off the highway at Gymea/Sylvania. If you can get them to me I'll take them up there. Late notice but call me/ PM Better still, I'll SMS you Trev
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    Brewing Education - Anyone Studying?

    I'm in the second year of the Ballarat course, and I think I'm the only one from Sydney in this year so there's no way I can do what the folks in Melbourne get up to with their get-togethers for study & sampling. The course takes a bit of effort, but I guess like most things if you stick at the...
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    Barls Pre Wedding Brewday

    Barls, I can't make it up there (although it sounds like it's going to be great day). I'd like to put my hand up for a cube though - is that OK? Trev PS - just got your SMS - I'm down at Ballarat at he the AIBA judging :D
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    Uni Of Ballarat - Brewing Short Course

    I was lucky enough to do the course in 2007. All of the comments above are spot on (including the best beer fridge in Australia). You also get to meet a lot of like minded folks, a lot of whom are already in the industry. The other alternative would be to apply for the Graduate Certificate -...
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    Water Adjustments

    Michael, Sydney water is low in Calcium, according to Sydney Water you only have between 12 and 17 ppm of Calcium from Prospect Res'. Most texts quote 50 - 100 ppm as a required level in the mash. Calcium, and to a lesser extent Mg, is a vital component of the brew water to ensure a healthy...
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    Isb Xmas Drinks

    Lucky Indeed (if you don't count the airfare, accommodation etc). We were away for the Beer Festival in the Rocks so even luckier was that they had a local Beer/Whiskey festival on here last week Hopscotch Festival that had about 20 of the local micros. Most of the attendees were drinking the...
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    Isb Xmas Drinks

    Sounds good, sadly I have missed the last couple. Right now I'm over in Vancouver for amonth, back early December. We're off to Tassie for a wedding on the 18th of Dec, so the 16th should be great. Given the number of micros and brewpubs I've hit already, and the number that are still on the...
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    Gas Selection For New Brew Shed & Bbq

    I went through this a few years ago. I ended up converting our BBQ to natural gas and haven't looked back. We use it so much year round. The BBQ sits on the back deck with a bayonet fitting. I had a second ome installed in the deck as well and sometimes I bring our gas space heater out and use...
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    Isb Oct Meet

    Sorry guys, can't make it then. I'll be in Canada then on holidays Trev
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    RecipeDB - Rod's Raspberry Wheat

    Rod, I was one of the other lucky judges of your beer, and I agree wholeheartedly with Barry (that's the Barry who beat me to the other bottle :lol: ) I see in your notes that you used 1kg of raspberries into the primary after initial fermentation, but also added syrup. How much and what type...
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    Newcastle Water

    From the analysis data you posted I believe the Calcium level is somewhat low. This can cause a miriad of problems including poor flocculation. A lot of texts say that 50ppm is the minimum with arange of 50 - 150 ppm. Now your Chloride and Sulphate levels are low enough that additions of CaSO4...
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    Isb Anhc Club Night

    Still haven't heard anything from them about the logistics. I've been putting a few kegs aside for it, but I really want to find out the details about delivery/gas/guns etc etc before I cart kegs down there. BTW - does anybody want a lift. I'm driving down there and Mrs Trev is flying down on...
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    Barley Wine To Secondary Or Not?

    I'm with Dr K on this Rack to a keg, purge a few times and leave it for quite a while (a year??) Conditioning, by all accounts, is best done in bulk so if you can afford a keg to sit idle for a while it's probably the best way to go. The next question then is do you condition cold, or just...
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