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    Beer Bottling Equiptment (vic)

    Got some stuff I no longer need 1x Adjustable capper, only used once does longnecks, stubbies, 330's etc 28 Crown Seals Capper cost me $70 brand new, will sell the lot inc crown seals for $40 Reason for selling, gone to PET Bottles PM me on here or 0427444245 Located in Warrnambool, Vic
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    Help With A Recipe

    I had a look in the "Brewing Crafts" book which brewcraft sell for a Becks recipe The ingredients are Malt Shovel - Two Row Larger Black Rock Light malt extract 25g Hallertau hopps 15g Saaz Hops and using 2x Saflarger S-23 my problem is the section they had on the recipe itself was very...
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    Stubbies Too Gassy When Open?

    left 1 in the fridge overnight been 24hrs still doing the same?????
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    Stubbies Too Gassy When Open?

    no no no, the spoon i got was from my local homebrew store it has 3 measures (looks like a triangle) has a measure for 330, 375 and 750 well i've put a few bottles in the fridge so i'll see how it goes in a few days
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    Stubbies Too Gassy When Open?

    FG was 1012, used 1/2 teaspoon measure
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    Stubbies Too Gassy When Open?

    I bottled up my brew 3 weeks ago and after sitting them in a fridge for an hour to cool them down, when I open them the gas in the bottle stirs up the sediment and turns to froth and comes out the bottle?? anyone know why this is happening, I used proper dextrose sugar with a proper sugar...
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    How To Reduce Sediment In Kit Can Brews?

    matti, you spooke about bulkprime how do you go figuring out how much sugar when its hard to assertain how much of each ingredients are in the brewcraft packs?? I think the racking and bulkprime are more suited for extract or all grain style brewing not the off the shelf kit mixes which im...
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    How To Reduce Sediment In Kit Can Brews?

    thanks for the info Yeah the only reason why I ask is all I am using is 330ml stubbies to bottle into, probably no big deal if it was into long necks. yeah im talking about the ammount of sediment you get in the bottom of your bottled brews, not sure if gelatine will help with that (maybe if...
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    How To Reduce Sediment In Kit Can Brews?

    Whats the best way of reducing the ammount of sediment that you get when bottling Will adding finnings help reduce the sediment or is there a better way of this? also is it worth racking to a second fermenter with kit can brews (brewcraft recipes)??? any help would be great.
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    Fermenter Not Bubbling?

    sorry guys, been away for past few days ok here we go on details Beer type : Brewcraft Heineken using Saflarger S-23 Yes there is condensation on top of the lid of fermenter Yes there is some fermentation going on with a crust line above the fluid level the SG is at 1.020 which would mean...
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    Fermenter Not Bubbling?

    i've had my fermenter in a fridge for a week now since i made the kit, but i havent seen much bubbling action through the air lock, how long does it generally take before this happens or does it happen in the final stages of fermentation?? the fridge is sitting around 10-12 degrees
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    Fermenting Temperature Range - Saflarger S-23

    Ok I have got myself a fridge to ferment my beer in im making another brewcraft heineken kit and using saflarger S-23 the temperature of the fridge sits at around 15 degrees celcious can someone tell me if this temperature is ideal for fermenting with the saflarger yeast or should I set it at...
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    Is This A Good Fermenting Method

    also i know this has came up over 100 million times but when priming is there much difference in using plain sugar and dextrose? im talking from a sediment/taste point of view ?
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    Is This A Good Fermenting Method

    I aksed him the other day about if he has had any explode, he said he has only ever had one bottle explode on him. how do you tell if the fermentation has stalled and if it has how do you get it goin again, im talking about kit cans??
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    Is This A Good Fermenting Method

    a mate of mine ferments his beer with this method, is this any good?? once all the ingredients are in the fermenter he lets if ferment till all the bubbling in the air lock is finnished he then leaves the brew in the fermenter for a week to settle and then bottles, he said doing that you dont...
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    Cleaning Bottles

    I got about 40 bottles the other day off a mate, any that had mold on the bottom of them went into the bin but all the rest I soaked in bleach for about 6hrs and rinsed with hot water and then cold water, it aslo made it easy to remove all the labels off the bottles I have read that you only...
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    Newbie Help With Bottling Using 330ml Bottles

    Thanks for the info, seems like there is a far bit involved in the final stages of the fermentation and bottling Yes im from victoria ok so I take it with the type of kit mix im fermenting there is no real need for the use of a SG meter to get the FG reading when brewcraft dont say what it...
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    Newbie Help With Bottling Using 330ml Bottles

    Im only just starting out making up home brew Im making up Heineken using the following from Brewcraft Brewcraft Premium Dutch Larger Brewcraft German Lager Kit Converter #60 Saf Larger S-23 At the moment the beer is still fermenting and no SG reading Im going to use 330ml heineken bottles...
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