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I made a Duvel clone that called for Candi Syrup. We used good old cane sugar instead. I think we increased the speciality grains a little.

I'll admit it: I've sucked the end of the hose to start a siphon. Not my proudest moment, but when you gotta transfer beer, you gotta do what it takes.

Welcome Hamo! Homebrewing is great. Nothing better than a homemade tasty beverage - especially when you've tinkered with the recipe.

As an American metricator I'd like to offer a 'measured' response. Idiots in all countries have figured out how to make web pages. Not all Americans feel that way. Viva la Metric-cion. Back on topic: it took me 2 years to find the right flared fitting for a project once. I still get mixed up...

+1 on what Jase wrote. Making your own homebrew is really great, and doesn't have to be hard a or require expensive equipment. I would sometimes buy kegs from my local brewery of in between homebrew batches just to keep the brews flowing when feeling lazy. Having a kegerator for serving and a...

Looks awesome! Let us know how it works

Welcome. Making beer is my favorite hobby, and I have too many hobbies. This forum is really helpful

Oh, and Lagunitas is great too. One of close to Russian River north of SF

Sounds like a great trip! Anchor Brewing is a cool place, but as I recall it books out in advance so definitely give them a call. Across the bay from SF is Oakland where I lived. Drake's Brewing has a restaurant called Drake's Dealership with good food and 30+ beers on tap (their own +...

Yep I'm in. Had one back in the states and loved it.

Two thoughts: 80% efficiency could be too high. And maybe double check the bushels-to-kg of grain. Wikipedia says 1 bushel = 8 gallons, so it was 20 gallons of grain. I think it would be less than 50-some kgs, based on my recollection of how much grain I could fit in a 6 gallon bucket...

Yeah, did that today thinking it would be a good idea to buy beer and save the bottles. I may just wait til my stuff arrives and buy empty bottles at the homebrew store. Prices are crazy!

Thanks guys. We landed safely. Always fun flying 14h with a 13 month old. Looking forward to getting our shipment so I can brew! I'll definitely be reading up in the other sections on local ingredients. I'm excited to find new malts and hops. PS - was told CO2 bottle could not be shipped, so...

Thanks all, Move date is next week! But we're shipping all the homebrew stuff which will take 10-12 weeks to arrive :confused: I've traded my gas burner for an extra keg, so will be looking for one when we get there. I was planning on taking my co2 but didn't think it through. Is it easy to...

Thanks all on the feedback. I had been wondering about the propane fitting... I may buy an adapter before I ship out. I googled 'no chill' - very interesting! We're just coming out of drought in California, so we always try to dump cooling water in the garden (lots of running around with...

Hi all, My name's Alex. I'm moving to Sydney later this year from the USA (job relocation + wife's family are there + lived in Sydney in 2008-2009). So very exciting! I've been brewing with a friend making all-grain batches. We've been splitting 38 liter batches, and I plan to step down to 19...