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Cheers mate, I have had a look at that and it has give me more inspiration to get on with this brew at the weekend. I have been really busy this week and have not had time to do any work on a grain bill for this brew, the clock is ticking so I will have to work something out soon. Could anyone...

I really want to try and replicate the Beez Neez which I tried last weekend and enjoyed, it is not a session type drink all night beer but would be nice to have a few with seafood and to let my megaswill drinking buddies try. Ok, how should I approach such a brew? I am a newbie brewer who has...

The fermenter started with a fury last night! I raised the temp up to ambient room temp and that got it slowly going, about one bubble per 45 seconds through the airlock at 3pm so I thought I would put a blow off tube on in place of the airlock...Good job I did. I got up this morning to find...

You might of read the story of the stout I brewed on the weekend, it was an all grain beer for the QLD Xmas case. I pitched the yeast WLP004 on Sunday evening and left it in the fridge to cool down overnight, i pitched at 26C so wanted it to come down a bit more before turning the fridge off and...

I am liking the sound of doing something similar myself. I tried Beez Neez on the weekend and thought it was a lovely refreshing summer drop, not a session type as it could get a tad sickly but very nice. :)

I pitched the yeast on to this stout last night around 8 oclock when it was at 26C, the temp was still dropping but I could not wait any longer as I had things to sort and had to go out. I checked the fridge this morning and the fermenter was showing 8C so I turned the fridge off and went to...

Yes it has been a hell of a day. :huh: I have only just pitched the yeast on to this beer as the temperature only came down by a few degrees an hour, I hope it will be ok. I am going to have to be more careful in my planning next time. :party:

It was all going so well......I wondered what was going to bite me on the bum. I spent the last week planning this brew but made the critical mistake of not putting the batch size in promash up to 45l, the reason I collected so much was last time I had a mojor boilover and lost 12l during the...

mmm just realised that I have the wrong batch size in promash. The batch size was left at my default 25l but I collected 45l into the kettle to allow for trub, boiloff and the unknown, from this I hope to collect 30l to my fermenter and eventually 25l to bottle for the xmas case. I guess it will...

Ok I got up at 7am this morning to start this brew, it would of been earlier but I needed an extra hour or two after a session on the Beez Neez last night, that is a good drop! We are now half an hour in to the mash, all has gone smoothly so far, looks and smells good. I have high hopes for this...

I wieghed up 250g of the pale malt and placed it on a flat baking tray found my way in to the kitchen and looked for the oven, oh there it is! :P The malt started pop pop popping right away and baked a darker shade, just like crystal should be I guess. The problem came when I took it out. I...

Ok, as I have 5Kg of pale malt, a bit more than I actually need I will try putting 250g in the oven now ready for the morning. I will let you know how it goes. :blink:

I picked up the grain to brew this stout and got home to find that the crystal was missing! :rolleyes: This means I have: 5kg pale malt 250g choc malt 250g roast barley How critical to this do you reckon the crystal was and should I hold off brewing until next weekend when I can get some...

I will give the hop situation some thought and look in to it a bit more, I am not a big fan of hoppy stouts, a little can go a long way in my book. Do you reckon 18C would be the go for fermentation? I have a fridge for fermenting now :beerbang:

I am going to hold off the hops as I really dont think this stout would be better with more hops, what is the general feeling on this? I will take your advice on the oats and up to 500g though. Do they need to go through the mill? :unsure:

I guess I will leave the Lactose out then! So there we have it the recipe is complete and ready to rock, I hope you all enjoy it in your Xmas case. :beerbang:

I am stuck between adding some more hops at 15 and 0 but I am not sure that it will make much difference in a stout and have read that overly hoppy stouts dont really work or fit the style. I am prepared to be corrected on this point though. Another thing I forgot to ask in my first post was...

I am looking forward to firing up the NASA this weekend for the first time in a while, as I dont get a chance to brew as often as I would like I want to make sure it is a good end result, therefore here is the Stout recipe I am going to use for critique. As always, a few questions too. 4.5K...

Thanks for the info Warren. I was going to mash the whole lot together so I am glad you posted this. As always a great source of information. :super: I am going to have a stout or two myself now, this is just old kit stuff I had left over but hey it is cold and wet. :unsure:

Just to confirm for us numbnuts who can't keep up with who is in/out. How many bottles of what size do we now need to bring on the 3rd? Ross, what is the public transport situation like down your way, are you anywhere near a railway station? I can see me getting smashed and don't fancy the...