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No experience on the matter, but you could try the priming sugar spoons. They usually have a 500ml and 750ml scoop. Cost is under $5 usually. I have one handed for when I run out of carb drops.

If you want something a little different. Try adding a bag of frozen strawberries day 2 of fermentation. Kit, 04 yeast and 1kg LDME

For steeping your grain aim for 70 degrees. Two parts boiling, 1 part tap water cold should hit the mark. 2 litres is a good amount to steep grain in. I pour my boil into the FV through a strainer to collect the hop matter. I like to dry hop a bit later, 5 days out from bottling. People...

Did you have a layer of white foam covering the top of the wort?

Pm me your mobile and address. I'm only in Ferntree gully.

I'll take it mate, provided I can pick up on Saturday. As that's when I'll have the truck

The short answer for why the LHBS has made the suggestion to delay adding the hops is to that some of the aroma can be lost if fermentation is still going. Also some hops like Galaxy have a reputation of leaving a grassy character in the beer if dry hopped to long. Definitely agree with the...

Hey guys, I've not edited the post. Was just listing all the ingredients I've got on hand from leftover batches. Not what I was intending on using in the recipe. Wanting to clear out the old stock before buying more. Only reason I had the dex in the recipe was to bring the alcohol up a little...

Good suggestions, I'll punch it through the spreadsheet later today as I Want to be around the 35 IBU

So I've got some odds and ends to make a pale ale with 1.5kg Briess Golden Light LME 1.5kg Briess Munich LME 1kg Dextrose 300g Light Crystal US-05 25g Centennial 25g Chinook 38g Cascade 30g Citra 48g Amarillo So I was thinking something along the lines of the following, but happy to get some...

Pretty much. It will improve head retention, body and add flavor depending on the type of Crystal. Have a read of this. http://byo.com/hops/item/520-crystal-malt-homebrew-science

I made this up a couple of months ago and it was really tasty. You can swap the crstyal around along with the kit can and even the hops with any of the C hops. Can even swap the liquid malt for a kilo of dry and swap 500g - 1.5kg for some Amber if you want something darker. You can increase the...

May not be the most elegant method, but a soda stream maker can get bubbles in your immediately :) May have done this once with a litre leftover from kegging [emoji57]

Also add some gelatin, should be a thread on how to do it in the general brewing section and wait til the weekend. I tend to give my beer 2 weeks in the fermenter. This gives the yeast some time to clean up after itself.

Your quite right, I forgot to flick that on. Will up the boil time of he first addition and increase all quantities. Thanks

Ian's spreadsheet suggested ibu of 35. Unsure of how much I want to increase it

Hi Team, Looking to put down an Amber Ale this weekend, with the intention of getting to know the hop citra. Any advice welcome. Batch Size 23L Boil 5L Liquid AME 1.5kg Liquid LME 1.5kg Dry LME 500g Light Crystal 200g Citra 85g US-05 Steep crystal for 30mins at 67 degrees in 3litre of water...

I think you misread what I wrote. I wasn't suggesting boiling the hops for 30min, but to steep them in water that had been boiled for 30min. First did this when doing coopers fruit salad ale. I tend to do 15min boils now with a kit can or a full extract boil. But the hop tea gets done when I'm...

Next top try a hop tea. Boil 3 litres of water and add your hops to the water, cover and leave to stand for 30mins. Then strain into your fermenter. With getting your gravity up for a boil, add 100g of dry malt for every litre.

What temperature did you ferment at? How long has it been in the keg for? Also, what type of kit was the yeast from?