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have you done a comparison or just chosen gladfield based on price

I buy my grain by the sack and have noticed a sharp increase in the European products over the last year or so. I have always used German malts for my lagers/pilsners and English malts for my ales. How do the Gladfield malts compare with these. Any other suggestions welcomed.

Anyone know if the KK website is down when / if it is come back online.

The only difference in mash readings was the 15 min pH reading was 5.3 and is usually 5.45. My mash temps were all normal (65Deg)

Yesterday I brewed a 50ltr batch of Munich Helles, something I do on a regular basis. In the past I have always seen an obvious cold break when using my counterflow chiller into the fermenter. The wort temp into the fermenter was 30DegC and I quickly chilled from there down to 15Deg. The wort...

I am now on my third batch of Bluestone Pilsner and would not use anything else. The freshness of the yeast, the 200B cell count and as confirmed by a super quick response from Derek Lacey of Bluestone - 80% viability after 6 months. Above all this yeast gives me exactly what I am looking for...

Danke, ich habe Anfang der 1980er Jahre 3 Jahre in Deutschland gelebt und liebe deutsches Bier immer noch, einer meiner Favoriten war Düsseldorfer Alt. Ich habe versucht, es zu Hause zu machen, aber es war nicht so gut wie das Original. Ich werde es weiter versuchen.

I began a 4.5 litre starter of Bluestone Pilsen yesterday and it is the quickest start I have ever had. Within 3 hours of commencement it bubbling madly away.

Thanks, this is a great reference. Much appreciated

Thanks for that, I didn't realise it was the Augustiner strain. I will give it a go. I have used the Bluestone Munich and was very impressed.

I have brewed many Munich Helles over the years and have always had great success with White Labs WLP 838 Southern German Lager. I particularly like the malty finish this yeast gives. WLP 838 seems to be in short supply around the country, can anyone suggest an alternative. Has anyone had...

There seems to be a lack of liquid yeasts (in Melbourne) especially White Labs. Is this a temporary situation or do I have to look for other alternatives. I have tried Bluestone Munich and am quite impressed however at the moment Bluestone don not have the range of the major US suppliers.

Is this still available. I will be in Melbourne tomorrow.

Footnote. I bought some fresh roast barley and performed a taste test. The roast barley I used in the mash was stale and tasteless compared with the recently purchased grain. I managed to resurrect the brew by making a strong roast barley tea and adding it to my corny keg to mix with the...

Thanks Razz, It is unlikely to be the water as I am on tank water which is filtered, the result is clean soft water (total dissolved solids less than 7ppm), I then treat it as RO and add minerals from there. I took your advise and chewed on a few grains of the roast barley and it seemed almost...