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These are the joys of having access to ridiculous quantities of hops :rolleyes: Will be interesting to see which hops come out in the aroma and on the palate... certainly going to have a kick to it that will make some of those Stone/Russian River brews look like the proverbial 98 pound...

Ash in Perth - Bavarian Surprise! Nice prominent aroma of noble hops with a little spiciness to it that lets you know it's not a macro POR jobbie in your hand. Great prickly carbonation on front of palate as well as a clearly present (but not dominating) note from the hops. Has just what you're...

:beer: Let us know how it goes - if it works, then maybe I'll get one and bend the end of that over :ph34r:

It's looking the dogs bollocks alright. :super: I'm surprised your new fermenter wold fit in the fridge *without* an airlock - that thing was enormous. Wrt measuring liquid in kettle, I'd be tempted to just pick up a 400mm stainless ruler (like you used to rap your mates knuckles with in...

1. Guest Lurker aka Captain Sensible - Green Tea Rice Lager (with apologies to Asher). Bottle conditioned, Munich 2308, just bottled, let it gas up till about 10 January. Dont expect the chill haze to go away. 2. Corellion 3. Vlad the Pale Aler 4. Simon W 5. deebee - A heavily hopped malty ale...

It's not the same bloke - but maybe an Eastern States cousin :blink: Somebody in NSW must know this fella - is it serious or a pisstake? :ph34r:

All good replies - thanks gents. I will pencil in the next WCB to come and chat to Brian, will probably take most of the gear (except fridges, etc) as company is paying for a container, and maybe look at changing out anything elec over there - probably replacing some of the BSP fittings for NPT...

So, as Murphy would have it (and Murphy always gets his way in the end), I've spent the last 15-odd months collecting the bits to upgrade my brew system into a u-beaut AG kit. I've got the s/s valves/couplers/nipples, etc, the polysulphone QD, the silicone hose, the pumps, the fixed and handheld...

Is the heaviness of the beer related to the gravity of the beer? Does it taste like a liqueur or just behave like it? Is the cleaning of the glasses contributing to the behaviour? Are you adding to the brews to help in head retention (ie wheat)? Maybe try shaking the CO2 into the next brew to...

KVB - if it's the 2nd week in December, and they're still no good, advance yourself one keg as an early Christmas present (!), rent a gas bottle, whack another brew down, and force carbonate it. Guaranteed to not be flat. It's either keg or patience - them's the options...

Congrats Asher for flying the sandgroper flag high. :beerbang: Having had a bit of the marzen on Sat arvo, I have to say I'm a bit surprised too. Must have been some super beers in that dark lager category!

Sounds to me like some staffer invited only the micro's with an longer, more established, recognisable image that they had heard/previously read about. It does indeed suck pole that no-one thought to do the pretty basic research required that meant all micro's that were interested could have...

Build It As You Brew - BIAYB; not to be confused with BIAB... this brewing thing is getting more acronyms by the week... Fantastic arvo - you've seriously never seen anyone as calm yet constantly busy as Ausdb, as he to'd and fro'd at a fair clip between Point A to B, sidestepping the 20-odd...

I can understand better utilisation with FWH - the hops are in the kettle longer, and you can use more hops. But mash hopping... My understanding was that a 60 min+ boil essentially removes the flavour and aroma component, which is why these are 0-15 min additions. So for mash hopping, I can...

Thanks folks one and all for your words of advice, sympathy and understanding - I thought there would be a few here who would feel my pain... I just get staggered now and then that there are people like this in the world who haven't died from acts of extreme spontaneous violence from random...

Not sure who I got this from, but I'm pretty sure I probably picked it up here... I find the storage bit useful

All this talk about judges in other threads makes me recall an experience over the weekend. So, Im down south with a dozen mates for a bucks weekend. Ive taken along my party keg/miracle box to christen, with a keg of hefe and one of a SNPA clone. The boys are all impressed, and being my 4th...

Something else to consider would be a tall round Keep-Cold cooler or similar, in which you can sit the keg. That way ambient temp swings don't really effect it. You can probably pick one up for the price of a chiller plate anyway... If you don't have room in the cooler/esky for the line, think...

I nicked the attached off the net - if anyone's got any updates or corrections; pls let me know

Now a lifecycle assessment of GHG from beer brewing would be entirely different. When you factor in emissions from importation of grain/hops/yeast from UK/US/Europe (particularly if it's air freighted) homebrewing would certainly not be anywhere near a carbon neutral activity. If you sourced...