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Now, why didn't I think of that! :D peas and Corn Nedelz RustyC - Oatmeal Stout Domonsura BenH - ESB, eIPA or German Lager... still deciding KHB Adam Homekegger - Hefeweizen or Belguim Ale (Not sure which one yet) wee stu Rehnton

I have a few possibilities in the pipework, haven't decided which one's the best yet. Will either be an ESB, English IPA or a German Lager from me.

If you raise the temperature of your brew, some of the CO2 that was dissolved at 10deg will come out, causing the airlock to bubble slightly - it can make you think that ferment is still going strong. Check with a hydrometer/refract reading.

For sure, count me in.

Yep, agree, that's why I was thinking of keeping the IBU on the low side. Thanks Wrenny, that recipe looks pretty similar to one I saw, might not put the rice in mine though.

Hi all, My old man (actually a wine drinker, stays away from beer normally :blink: ) has recently found that he likes Peroni. So I'm going to try and brew something along those lines (to get him drinking my stuff, I don't think he trusts me! :rolleyes: ) and then move him along to other...

Hi Darren, 1 x BB Ale 1 x Wey Pils Cheers. DrSmurto, I'll split a Wey light wheat with you.

Cheers stu, planning to get there, as long as SHMBO allows! :P edit: Do we also get to view the label comp entries?

Thanks everyone for your tips, I've re-jigged the recipe a bit: Now thinking: (25L batch) 4.5kg Pilsener Malt, mash 75 mins at 63 deg. (80% eff) 75 min boil 18 IBU Spalt (75 mins) 7g Spalt (20 mins) Wyeast 1007 @ 14 deg. Aiming for approx OG 1.045 FG 1.010 20 IBU Will ferment lower at 14...

Hi All, I'm looking to brew a kolsch in the next week or so, and looking for recipes. Currently thinking: (25L batch) 5.5kg Pilsener Malt, mash 75 mins at 64 deg. (80% eff) 75 min boil 30IBU Spalt (75 mins) 7g Spalt (20 mins) Wyeast 1007 @ 16 deg. Aiming for approx OG...

That's what you need a shed for. Then when you're in the bad books and banished to the shed, you can brew! :P

You'll be fine then. I've done 2 for myself and 1 for a mate. I'm sure there's a post about it here somewhere, but I used a small black box from DickSmith, an extension cord (I've found at least 3m is best), and a couple of cable glands (to hold the extension cord as it passes into/out of the...

In my experience, you'll need to do something to keep the joins together. I just used a hole punch to create a small dent to hold everything in place. Also, another tip: I've found that I need to have the slots facing downwards, otherwise the sparges tend to get very slow towards the end...

Yeah, but as it turns out, Kai didn't need to, apparently he's got one of those special 'bouncing' cubes... At least we can laugh about it!

Did you vainly try to catch it on the way down, or were you paralysed with horror?

There is some wiring to be done, but it's pretty easy with the instructions. If you know an electrician, he might do it for you for a few beers! :D

No problem about the size. Just use a bit of food-grade tubing to transfer the beer to the bottom. You don't want much splashing about, or it will oxidise the beer and ruin the flavour. You can get appropriate vinyl tubing from your homebrew store, or some hardware stores stock it as...

Sure... that's why they're offering 60 different beers - if one of them doesn't give you beer goggles, nothing will! Seriously, it's all about the beer. The venue's not important!

A good rule of thumb is that your FG will be 1/4 of your OG. If you're withing a couple of points of that, you're safe. I don't monitor SG any more, I just do about 7 days primary, then about 7 days secondary then bottle/keg. I say 'about' because sometimes it's 4, sometimes 9, but always a...

doh, too slow!