Recent content by Waratah67

Hey guys, I had to give up home brewing (well I had to quit alcohol completely TBH), so I am sadly having to end this hobby. I chucked all my kit up on Ebay if anyone is interested. My set up was for BIAB, so includes a crown urn, bags and all other basic fermenting and bottling stuff...

Thanks Ian. It did, The last one on the list read "MISSING-Microsoft Word. 16". I unchecked it. It seems to save again ok.

Hi Ian, My spreadsheet won't allow me to save new recipes. I get an error: "can't find project or library". appreciate any advice

Thanks Seamad. I have to say I don't know what the theory is behind the "mashout" step and weather it is required or not.

Well after a year of kits and extracts I did my first BIAB last weekend (an English Special Bitter). I bought the urn and bag from Craftbrewer (40L) and they worked beautifully. Just wanted to thank AHB people generally as I would never have attempted, let alone pulled off a BIAB without this...

@Yankinoz - I imagine it was temp controlled as it was in a commercial brewery, and it was also open fermented.

I was watching a Youtube clip (Chop and Brew I think) and the guy they were filming (a US craft brewer) started gently stirring up his yeast on day three with a long spoon. He said yeast tend to get "lazy" and stirring them gets more contact with sugars to drop the FG and clean up off flavors...

Sounds like they will still keep the IBU's low with only late hop additions, not going to want to "challenge" anyone - like Tooheys did with their "Darling Pale Ale".

It will definitely affect carbonation at that cold. You need to keep your bottles at fermenting temp for at least three days (Say 18-22C). They way I do it in place them on the heat pad I use to ferment with and cover them all with a blanket. After that they can be stored in a cold garage no issue.

I have never found a home brew shop owner that is respectful of online forums and the ideas that come from them. Whenever I try and discuss an idea that I have got from AHB they schoff and sneer.

I always thought it was the Coopers yeast. The stuff inside the lid is not refrigerated, under weight and old. It is also NOT the same yeast they use in their commercial beers (that strain can't be dried). Just swapping the lid yeast for US05 in their pale ale totally eliminates twang in my...

Where do you get a 20kg bag?

Hey I had this too, but luckily I discovered it whilst still in the shop as I only wanted to buy one. I ended up just picking up a single one, but some had about 6 or 7 stuck together. They work well, but i'm still a tad nervous about the handle strength. Not keen to move a full pot of hot wort...

G'day Josh. I live in Springwood too, and I'm relatively new to brewing (I'm on my 9th batch). I felt like I would want to jump into AG as quickly as possible too, but have since found there is much to be learnt with extract, hops and steeping grains (I don't use kits). Not to mention sanitation...

Three Chinook please MB.