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I did a lager yesterday i stepped up my yeast and tipped off beer then rehidrated yesterday whil brewing. i cooled wort to 22. i wanted to pitch yeast a 8 so i put wort in fridge after a few hours it was at 18 so i pitched yeast. should i have waited till morning when wort was down to 8c. its...

im trying to ake an aussie lager!

I am new at making beer but i want to have a go at this. I have bought a wyeast lager activator pack and planing to make it into a starter. I will do as follows but let me know if im wrong. I will make a 2 lts starter add a drop of olive oil and boil for 15 mins. cool in sink to below 22 and...

I have a food dehidrater, will that be the best way to dry them? should i way them first then after to make sure they are dry? Or is thier a better way of drying them.

Is it ok to just put them in a bag and straight into freezer. Im not ready to a brew.

I dont think they are quite ready yet, but im keeping my eye and nose on them they do have pollen inside but no smell and no pettals fall of when rubbed the wrong way. Next question is on storage. Will i put them in zip lock bags compress with phone book in 200gm batches and straight into...

these where planted this year. how long do you think it will take?

Hi Everyone, I have now tasted both beers and you wouldnt beleive it!! Everyone that has tasted the two beers likes the first one! ITS THE ONE I STUFFED UP!! It has a nice flavour and a really really good head which lasts the whole glass. Im guessing that the good head and poor opening gravity...

is bleach bad for sanitising?

Hi I have just emailed this topic to my Japanese wife. We will be in Japan in Janurary and i really hope we can try out this restraunt. Sounds like my cup of tea (or Whiskey) The hoppy beer you loved sounds great, i tyred a beer in Melbournes Young and Jacson called a Naked Ale it is the best...

Hi, I have been getting cloudy beer. I have a wort chiller that looks like the one in this post and also cools quickly maybee 10 - 15 mins. I boil my wort in a 50ltr keg with a tap 2 or 3 inches from the bottom. I dont have the copper pipe like the one above should i? Also i have been opening...

I went to grain and grape, and did anouther ag tonight. I had 4.8kgs of ale malt and .2kgs of light crystal. put on 12lts of 76c water into the mash tun and mashed at 67 or 8 c for 1 hour. Then i added 10 lts of 80c water waited 10 mins and opened my manifold tap. then i added anouther 11lts of...

I,ve just set up my chest freezer, so far so good. It will have heaps of room for 2 or 3 fermenters or some primimg bottles. Back was ok on the way in see how it goes on the way out. But all in all very good, have a heat pad powered through a pid controller which has kept my first ag ale at a...

I took the reading from the boil pot after cooled but prob half hour after i tranfered to fermenter. It wasent as clear as what went into fermenter. I used 7 kgs of grain plus 500gms each of crystal malt medum and light. I filled fermenter to an inch of the top and still had some in boil pot...

Have finally done a brew. pics are at http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum//ind...m&album=661 Og was 1030 was that a bit low?>