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Many years ago on my son's third birthday I was trying, without much success, to put his new bike together. Watching me for awhile he finally said "Daddy do you want the destructions?" . When it comes to my mechanical abilities he was spot on.

Use some spare time to brew a winning beer.

Good Day Took two bottles of Saison to the home brew shop yesterday, one fermented with the Saison Belle and the other with WLP565. I knew which was which but it was a blind tasting for the other three. One agreed with my view that the WLP565 was slightly "better". One really preferred the...

Good Day I have brewed two batches of saison on 01/02/2013. Both batches were the same with OG 1.050. I pitched WLP565 into one and Saison Belle into the other. They fermented in the brew shed at temps between mid 20's to mid 30's. They both had krausen next morning but the Belle Saison was...

I have used this yeast many times and usually experience attenuation between low to high 70's. Varies depending on grist make up, mash temp., fermentation temp, etc. Hope this helps.

I like IPA's. Usually like them with a couple of different hops at least. Two many different hops can muddle the hop character. However the proof is in the drinking. I have been messing around with hopping at; FWH, end of the boil, when the wort is cooled to 40oC, dry hopped twice but for a...

Big yeast cake from low gravity beer or a couple of vials of WLP007 plus a packet of US05?! Dar e to be great.

PS. Been away for two weeks and everything changes or have I sleept for 20 years?

Plan to do a WLP565 and Belle Saison Yeast comparision next/this week. Love the style and the heat is right.

I use MO for most ales. Castle pale ale malt is good for APA's and similar beers. I use Vienna in darker lagers but I use Weyermann or Castle, not JW.

I am fairly predictable. Maris Otter for most ales.Weyermann or Castle malts for lagers, Castle pale malts for American and possibly Aussie pale ales IMHO. Again my experience and view.

Happy New Year Yet one more year to brew the beers that you want to drink and share. Brewing in your backyard, always magic. :beer:

Merry Christmas to all brewers, everywhere. :beer:

At the funeral they asked for donations to Mels donations instead of flowers

Filled up two mash tuns with grain and made a no sparge doppelbock (1.100) and a second runnings dark saison (1.065). Used the yeast WLP830 German from a Helles I bottled/kegged yesterday for the doppelbock and Whitelabs Saison Blend for the Saison. Estimated 70% efficiency overall so not too...

Mel was a true gentleman in all senses. He always had a smile for all on all occasions. Someone said that they couldn't remember Mel ever being angry and I couldn't either. There were hundreds of people at the funeral that knew Mel in different ways but all had been touched by his humour, bright...

ESB and The Brew Shop supply Whitelabs yeast, see their link at top of page. Like the 1007 it needs cold conditioning to clear and to gain the crisp flavour profile. PS My 1000 post, that came around quickly.

I am in Sydney with soft water. To a 22L in the fermenter batch I add to the mash 2 g CaSO4 and 2 g CaCl2. To my taste it gives a low mineral crispness. I find too much CaSO4 adds a harshness I don't like but others will have different ideas.

No it was the doppelbock. :D

Received the score sheets a few days ago and found the feedback very useful. Today the trophies were delivered, the BOS trophy is so elegant even my wife liked it, she is usually fairly indifferent to home brew related things. So a big thank you to the organisers, judges, stewards and sponsors...