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Yep, good to know! I didn't realise there was a difference.... :blink:

Yes that's the tidbit i'd read somewhere that made me think doing it that way would be a good idea.

Thanks, it looks like i've misinterpreted what i read about starters, or perhaps i took something i learned from re-culturing bottle yeast and applied it to something else out of context thinking i was doing good. Thanks for that - good to know :)

Oh, okay. Thanks for explaining that - i appreciate your feedback :) What would be the better way of doing it? If it's any consolation i had yeast activity and krousen within 12 hours (could've been earlier, but i was sleeping).

Well, you're an encouraging one huh? Would you like to elaborate on why it was such a bad idea in that case? As for reasoning, well - everything i read seems to support getting the yeast started early before dumping them in the fermenter - so i'm just experimenting and having fun trying...

Might be a bad analogy. The current one most likely struggles with buying 1ltr or 2 of milk at a time :drinks:

Actually the guy asked if the OP was scrubbing, not advising him to..... As for the pink powder, that was from me. And i'd really like to know what's "god awful" about it? (EDIT - not saying this as a snide remark, but for my own knowledge) Was given it from my local brew shop, and it seems to...

So how did said brew end up tasting?

Very cool. Although i've just shown my face enough in there the last few weeks i'm at "conversation" status with Jeff (or Geoff, i don't know...) Sp0rk, where abouts are you in Coffs? I'm at Jetty - right near the old hospital.

FWIW - and this comes with a disclaimer that i know absolutely nothing and have never attempted anything harder than a tin of coopers and some hops, but last year i had three brews in a row fail. All tasted like vinegar. I bleached the shit out of my PET bottles, fermenter and everything in...

So what you're telling me, is i can do exactly what i'm doing (boiling hops, and LDM/LME etc, without a kit can??? In other words the pale ale i just did, with 1hr of POR boil, 1kg LDM and a coopers lager can & Coopers Pale Ale cultures could have been done without the lager can? What would i...

Yes it is indeed. I thought about dropping it down to 20ltr - but i thought it best i try it at 23 first! I'm hoping for a big flavour, but hopefully reasonably smooth drinking like a best extra (which i'm enjoying right now actually, out on my balcony on this chilly mid north coast night :)

Well, early days yet but this smells amazing under the lid. Will check gravity in a few days (day 5) and have a little taste...

He didn't say it was shit he just said there was something floating in it, probly just stirred up sediment.

I have no idea, but why not crack one and have a sniff/taste.... I'd say if there's no off tastes or smells, it might be alright, although i wouldn't know as i'm lucky to have a batch last me more than a couple of months.... :P Although this month i've gone crazy and put down 5 batches, so i...

Thanks very much for this ! I might have to look into using some flowers instead of pellets. I have two batches of my attempt at a CPA clone done at the moment, one is as above a coopers lager kit with CPA cultured yeast, the other is the exact same recipe but using the Aus Pale Ale kit. The...

And what happens if you don't use temp controls and ferment this Pils at a pretty constant 22 degrees?

Will do Josh! I found the recipe (minus coffee) on this forum somewhere, and the poster was very happy with the recipe (apologies i didn't take note of who it was, but full credit to them) . I really like the subtle coffee hint in Coopers Best Extra, so i thought i'g give it a go. Admittedly, i...

Well, if you're offering :D :chug:

For this one, I used both kit yeasts i started in some dex a couple days ago (kind of for a baseline) If it's good, next batch i might re-culture some yeast from Coopers Best Extra and see how that goes.