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That looks pretty tidy ... did the hydraulic repairer guy tell you what it is called & where you might get one from?

Great idea! Have you tried it on the gas inlet on a keg to push cleaning fluid up the stem & out post? I am about to find out how much it costs to get my CO2 tank refilled as it is empty ... I have not been terribly frugal with it's use, and have been using it to push cleaner through my kegs &...

I have read several anecdotal accounts of finings such as gelatin and polyclar used in kegs have reduced tannins (thus reducung astringency) ... I wonder if giving your beer the freeze treatment helps to drop the tannins out of solution. +1 on eisbock ... are you sure it is completely thawed...

No way! Do I know you? It's just that I have NEVER heard anyone come out with that since I was about 14 years old & I only associate those words with my mates from those times! (LOL! now I have memories coming back & have stutter stutter stutter stutter stutter rap going through my head! haha!)

My latest brew has been a terrific APA... Pilsner, Munich, Wheat & Carapils, with Galaxy & Hersbruker. I used US-05. It was brewed at 18c (this Sydney/Blue Mountains weather has helped me a great deal with that) - 10 days in the fermenter. I kegged a bit over 1 week ago & initially I detected...

+1 to using the "not so good" brews for cooking :icon_cheers: I have a "bitsa" black ale/stout that is a bit rough to drink, but makes fantastic beef pies ... stocks of bottled K&K that when mixed with flour make a great damper... will have to try the slow cooked chicken ... mmmm my mouth is...

I kegged what I am now calling my Galaxy Pale Ale last night ... just had to sneak in a taste tonight. Sensational! 9 days from grain to glass ... you don't get much fresher than that!

A recipe that I read recently for a Porter had 30g Medium Toasted American Oak Chips. It's method for the chips was to soak them in 1 litre of near-boiling water for 15 mins & then chuck it in the fermenter. This was before pitching, so I imagine that the volume of wort that would be then added...

If you aren't bothered either way because.. hey it dispenses beer after all ... does that mean you are a tits and arse man?

I wonder if being a drinker might actually reduce the risk of a stroke? Alcohol thins the blood does it not? Sounds logical... but flawed maybe?

At the end of another enjoyable brew day & I am savouring an English Bitter bottled 18 months ago :drinks: In the fading light it looks as dark as a porter... but with some evening sky behind it to light it up a bit we can see it has a nice dark reddish hue

I just read yesterday in Beer & Brewer / Homebrewer an article in athe Q&A section by John Palmer & Jamil Zainasheff. The article stated that ideal amount of dissolved oxygen in your average wort would be 8 - 10 ppm ... & that the spalshing tecnique used by most homebrewers results in...

Oh.... that is so wrong :ph34r:

...and that's about as close as I get to a rolling boil. With the recent DMS discussion on here I thought that I'd mention it ... have never detected DMS in my brews.

Just finished cleaning up after a good afternoon brewing... Recipe Specs ---------------- Batch Size (L): 22.0 Total Grain (kg): 4.500 Total Hops (g): 65.00 Original Gravity (OG): 1.044 (P): 11.0 Final Gravity (FG): 1.011 (P): 2.8 Alcohol by Volume (ABV)...

Here in the Blue Mountains, my first attaempt at growing hops is providing mixed results... the Goldings in the pot are going quite well ... with 7 - 10 cm growth per day for the last week or so ... however the Pride of Ringwood in the bed against the garage wall (in the background where you...

Kegs are empty .. needed something to fill in ... heard that these where ok... So how do I rate this beer ... hmmm "it's ok"

Yup I saw that.

Tried MGSA for the first time last weekend ... was only going to have one, but had to "appreciate" a second one just to be sure :-) Keen to make something like this - I'm not so hot on picking the aroma style hops, but I did detect what I thought was P.O.R for the bittering.

But in the end itis worth it! Welcome to AHB. It doesn't seem that long ago that I was just like you ... onto my second brew & wishing the whole process was quicker ... just hangin out for that first batch to mature. Hang in there mate ... you will find a natural cycle that suits you, and...