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Has anyone had experience with growing Challenger hops in the Melbourne area. I've had a Cascade and a Challenger rhizome for 2 seasons now growing in full sun 1 1/2metres apart in the same soil. The Cascade plant is growing fantastically well while the Challrnger plant is small with minimal...

Anyone have an issue with beer starting to foam excessively when the keg empties to below half. I have this problem with one of my kegs and can't figure it out. Beer poured fine when it was above half. The keg wasn't moved- stayed in the same fridge. Same pressure. Around 3 c. I have a flow...

Blichmann make a beer gun that does not require counter pressure. Seems less complicated but at a price. Definitely would be nice to have.Or you could try and build one yourself like this guy did , but you better be good with american measurements.

Try a borax mixture. Borax can be found at supermarket or Bunnings . Google will provide various formulations.

I'm taking the November GCB exam. They emailed me the study material.

Thought I'd share a link to some sample IBD exam questions. Seems to be open to anyone. http://www.ibd.org.uk/qualifications/examinations/gcb/1678/online-general-certificate-examination-tutorial/

I received this interesting email and thought I'd share. Been thinking of doing this. Not much information about blending beer with wine on the Internet...

Mattrox, I'll look into that option as well. Thanks

Given that this is a modular system I would assume there would be fittings available to join the panels. Otherwise one could join them at 90 degrees with wooden blocks acting as brackets.

It's available as a PDF . I happened across it on a Google search. http://wholeofhouse.bunnings.com.au/pdf/SIPS_product_package_24-5-2012.pdf Chubby taxman you're thinking along the lines I was. I would be using a medium sized bar fridge taking the door off and attaching the chamber to it...

I'm looking at building a fermentation chamber and looking at insulating options. I came across SIPs on bunnings trade website. Seems like one can cut out additional work of cladding the polystyrene as they already have board on both sides. Anyone tried using these for such a project? Feedback...

I converted a keg into an HLT and needed a 38mm hole for the element to fit in. I wasn't going to spend $40 for a arbor and holesaw so i decided to improvise. The biggest step drill I had was a 25mm bit so here is what i did. I traced the the size hole i needed, drilled 15mm holes with the the...

I've had problems with my burner since I first used it. Never really turned it up to its max but still get a loud pop and the flame goes out every now and then. Been trying to see if the air intake is the cause but adjusting it doesn't seem to work. Still very cautious with this burner and...

Had anyone tried using different caps on these bottles with any success. The seals on the lids that come with these bottles seems thinner than the brew cellar lids.

Is anyone else getting poor carbonation in the BigW PET bottles? I have bought several boxes of these and used a mix of these and the Brew Cellar bottles. The beer from the BigW bottles has low carbonation compared to that in the Brew Cellar bottles. I suspect a poor seals. I have really made...

Seems like you'd either have to have the right ambient temperature in your room or a very large fridge to use it with a stand.

Any thoughts on this system from Fast Rack? A$140 including shipping https://www.thefastrack.ca/main/fastferment

Are you rinsing your equipment well after using any cleaners? Pbw gave me taste problems.

I've had to play around with the air intake plate depending on how the pressure is set on the regulator to prevent the flame from popping and going out. There is no seal on and the plate doesn't fit snugly on my burner. The casting where the plate fits onto the burner is slightly asymmetrical on...

John Palmer has a good write up on hop characteristics. http://howtobrew.com/section1/chapter5-3.html For those who like pictures more try the hop aroma wheel. http://www.hopunion.com/aroma-wheel/ Hope this helps in selecting you hop types mate.