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After muckin around for months trying to gear up on the cheap Ive just mashed and boiled up my first all grain beer Yay 6 hours from the start of mashin thou. aimed for 1.045 25 litres ended up with 1.049 22 liitres (got to be happy with that. hope I didnt do my over hopping trick but. oh well...

Thanks again wessmith That bit of advice will save a few bucks how about the munich malt range? I was contemplating purchasing 25kg of pilson &25 kg of munich to keep me out of trouble for a while. with smaller amounts of speciallty malts for fest beers etc. what do you recon...

Thanks wessmith I thought thatwould be the case, but after sourcing?making the gear required it would be my luck to total stuff up my first brew by using the wrong malt. Oh by the way is there much benifit in using imported German Malt or is the Aussie grain O.K. I am hoping to aim towards...

Just trying my first all grain with 5kg Hoepfner pils is this a under modified malt. ( is it necissarry to do a step mash or should I do a Infusion mash) The girly at the HBS didn't have a clue. Cheers Jethro :)

I have always rcked lagers (chasing that clean crisp taste) but never bothered with ales (except to a bulk priming vessel) Is there any benifit, at this stage I am only using safale yeast and that appears to flocculate well...

Last winter I brewed about 6 lagers (bulk primed and bottled after the secondary fermenter) I then lagered for a month at 0 Deg C. before warming to carbonate. ( I even froze a batch of Baverian Dunkel accidently) all bottlles carbonated very well and were quite drinkable I must add. I only...

Great Info Batz, Im about to try the Liquid yeast myself shortly. How long can the cultures survive in the fridge? and are there any Perth Brewers interested in a yeast culture exchange, Jethro

I'm Planing to Go for the all grain brew and I am seeking a decent sized keg to boil the wort, are there any Perth brewers out there who knows where I can locate a 45 to 80 litre Keg or other suitable vessels CHEERS JETHRO

Here is the website that put me on to bulk priming,http://www.homebrew.com.au/bulkpri.htm Since then I have had perfect carbonation I often use diferent size bottles and so it has been partriculary useful Jethro

I live in west Australia The local HBS will sell me a grain mill for $80 but will not crack the grain for me. ( MY wife would go crazy if I blew that kind of cash)

I have found this website" http://brewery.org/ ", handy for designing my brews It gives approximate IBU alcohol and colour and compares to the beer style you are trying to achieve. Just go to the recipe calculator.( I also use the calculations on an Exel spreadsheet but I cant work out how to...

This may be a silly Question but can anyone tell me what lagering actually achieves Is it clarity, flavour, or aroma? Ive lagered a few batches I guess I should keep a couple bottles seperate from the lager fridge as a trial. Also What is a Diaceytl Rest and What does this achieve? (I have...

I tried a partial Mash and cracked the grain in a morter and pechal Took about an hour and drove my wife crazy, Ill have to find a better method before I give it another go.

I tried a partial Mash and cracked the grain in a morter and pechal Took about an hour and drove my wife crazy, Ill have to find a better method before I give it another go.

Im new to brewing And Ive been experimenting with lagers (fermenting outside inthe Perth hills it is almost cold enough). I have been holding my bottled beer at 0 Deg C prioir to bottle conditioning for 2 weeks which to my understanding is Lagering, Hope it works :)