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hey manticle tangy like unfermented beer i suppose which was one of the reasons i upgraded the yeast to try and get rid of it,as far as deciding how fresh the kits actually are is there some sort of date you can work by plse.have got a few kits through work to be brewed out this year and should...

thanks guys,taste well very tangy,spoon was sterilised before going in the brew,will leave for a day or 2 and take another reading

its a black rock new zealand draught its been down 10 days and the original sg was 1050 used safale s04 yeast and added an extra 500g unhopped malt and the yeast was pitched at 23 degrees have been keeping the wort in water and trying to keep temperature down been away a couple days and was...

whats peoples opinions please in regards to using just tap water in regards to your top up water.am actually wondering if its got something to do with the chlorine.thinking of maybe boiling the top up water and then once its cooled down putting it in another 20l bucket till adding to the wort...

cheers TB asked at mlhbs and she said its due to the yeast not fermenting completely and that i should stir it up........but to be honest sometimes wonder about her advise

hi guys have opened a couple bottles of black rock nz draught that i have had down for a couple weeks,they have been kept out of the sun and were actually very clear in the bottle but after opening them and having the 1st taste still had a bit of the old home brew tang taste to it just wondering...

cheers guys all down and just trying to cool it down to add yeast original sg reading is 1050 is this going to be a problem ;)

oh in that case you re more than welcome hahaha but keep it down we dont want to confirm it for them.

hahaha nothing shy about you ozzies is there aaaaaaaaaaa :D

yep thats the idea kuzzy keep the good ones and drink the bad ones never to be repeated thats why i also put the add ons in and the dates and brew temps and the sg. cheers guys am actually getting excited about brewing beer and do the little add ons so hopefully it ll be a success,quite...

cheers might have to that can i just add to the boil with the inital 4 litres or does it have to be done seperate. the s 04 is that a good yeast for stout also plse have a stout kit that i want to kick off after this hahaha this is the mere beginning of the Qs have a heap of kits that i need to...

cheers guys i thought the s04 was a good lager yeast sorry,eys going to have to do the towel and iced bottles this time managed to keep it at 22-24 last time so will try and cool it down further

thanks manticle,ok will get the dry and do i just stir it in with the dextrose and could you recommend the yeast plse have a safale s04 in the fridge waiting for it to cool enough for a lager (still be a couple months at this rate hahaha) thanks again from a learner

Extra malt,some suggestion plse liquid malt or dry malt and should it be the light malt or is there a dark malt.also the liquid malt seems to be only avaliable in 1 litre cans so what do you do with the rest reading the suggestions on here the reccomendation is 500 grms. already have the same...

cheers wallace might have to print it off and hide it for winter,

keeping it cool during the day with a wet towel round it been brewing around 22 mark but still to hot and its a lot worse inside at least there its getting the breeze.really wanted to put a lager together next but not in this heat

cheers yes thats the problem over here keeping the bloody temperature down and cant afford a fridge and the fridgemate and only just starting so getting the "your not spending that this was meant to be cheap" carry on at moment hahaha

cheers rover yes thats going to be the big Q really is keeping it cool enough,am picking up a few brews next week so might just put the lagers on hold and try another draught until the weather cools down,the one that does interest me also is a stout is that very hard to do a real nice stout dont...

Hi guys just wanting a hand again plse for my 3rd brew going to put down a black rock lager so Qs are (A) what can i add to just give it some oomph plse (B) whats the add on yeast plse for lagers thanks again for help one day will be able to work it all out :rolleyes:

cheers beer garden yes hadnt thought of fridge might be on the look into list,have added towel round it to keep it cool and isnt to bad at moment still runs to 18degrees overnight even tho