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+1 for S-05 for this recipe. If you haven't started using your yeasts in a series brew (eg start out with a lower alcohol or light coloured brew and finish with a darker / higher alc brew; max out at five or six re-pitches and change to a fresh yeast) then this would be a great time to start...

The potential of both LME, Extra pale ME, etc are rather similar. The primary differences are the colour and taste. If you add the amber, it may not be to style (don't have tbe BJCP book to hand). I used it once and muffed up an otherwise perfectly decent pils... came out like Tui IPA (albeit...

Racking onto a sugar solution is the very best method, as I understand it. However, I'm an apartment dweller so don't have the space for a racking vessel so I just prime longies with dex with the standard issue double-ended scoop. I tried the lollies when I started out but gave them the flick...

Apologies! My memory is already failing me... and I haven't even been drinking yet... aside from three doppio espressos. :) Cheers - Fermented.

I agree with Mika about pitching from slurry. I've read so much about pitching a cup o' slurry but thought to double up 'just in case'. I have been using two cups into 600 ml with 10 - 14 g dex, after bottling while making the next wort. After an hour it becomes foamy, so by the time the boil...

There is an online calculator if you have a look around... it will give you an idea about the carbonation from the lollies. Combine that with the BJCP Guidelines and you'll be on a winner. :) Don't forget Beersmith too! The calc in there is pretty decent too. Cheers - Fermented.

Re: Too much The whole cake would be too much because it has already bred and multiplied many times from the original 5/7/12 gm pack from which the yeast came. Too much yeast = ballistic fermentation through the airlock. Have a check around... I think Jase71 (Jayse71?) pitched on the whole...

First off, sorry for so many replies in the same thread... my e-mail all hit me at once after a few days and all in one go. Going to 50C wouldn't be a good idea from a health risk perspective, possibly. I'm also guessing that it really wouldn't enhance the marinade's uptake by the meat. As I...

If you want to try a pleasantly hot chilli sauce that is oily, try 'Lao Gan Ma' (say "Laow Gann Mah", where 'Laow' rhymes with 'Bough' as in tree bough) chicken version. It's also referred to as 'Ugly Woman Chilli', owing to the pic of the originator (a street vendor from Szechuan Province...

Thanks for the reply! I used your recipe but swapped the tamari for a crap bulk lot of Chinese soy sauce that we bought which was big on wheaty maltiness but poor on salt, left out the mango and the garlic yet it still turned out very tasty. Likewise, I cut the fermentation to one day, but...

Despite the uptake of the hobby, few seem to stick with it as they fail at their first attempt or think it's too hard and don't even try. There are still a few luddites who still think homebrew = bad beer. On NYE, a couple of the lads were just "No, I don't like homebrew" and wouldn't even...

Besides the obvious of drinking the contents, there is also the sneaky Sunday morning way of going to the back of local German, Austrian and Alsace resturants. :) Cheers - Fermented.

Sorry - thought the Guildford you are located in was the one in Sydney. :) Lotsa luck shopping. Cheers - Fermented.

The stretch is nothing to worry about. Looks like it had a bump at some stage. After all, the mesh is to keep things from getting in (eg the floor) as much as it is to keep things from getting out. Happy soda-ing. :) Cheers - Fermented.

Not me... I have enough and collected quite a bit of 330 ml glass and now working on some more 500 ml glass. Hard, painful work. :D Cheers - Fermented.

It's the same around here and Chatswood is a reasonably well heeled area (no Bellevue Hill or Point Piper, that's for sure, but well-off enough that my missus calls Mercs a 'Chatswood Toyota' :D ). Stock seems to pretty much rush off the shelves. There's always a big empty space where the...

Einfalt, falsely translated as 'A-fold' also means innocence or simplicity. :) So, in context they mean have some variety instead of something so ordinary. Und ja, ich sprech' Deutsch. Cheers - Fermented.

For a boil that size, you can get away with a ten litre vessel. I used to use my pressure cooker's pot. :) Cheap and cheerful would be to grab a big stock pot from Target or similar (plenty of discounts around at this time of year) or for a bit more you can get an enormous thin stainless steel...

Not being sure of the age of it, as this model has been around since the early third of the twentieth century, you may be OK. Just check that the rubber seals are in good condition and that there are no nicks, chips, cracks or scratches in the glass section. Any kind of damage, no matter how...

Yes, get Beersmith. Best twenty US bucks you will ever spend in the hobby. Great calculator and opens your eyes up to so much more potential. Tim: If the malt is straight out of a tin, you're pretty much correct. However, if it's bulk malt then putting it into the last ten or fifteen minutes...