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I have tried 3 HB shops and none of them had them. I don't know of any wine supplies shops around here but that sounds like a good start. Surely there would be one around newcastle somewhere.

Actually on the topis of glass carboys, doe anyone know of any where that would sell large glass bottles? Say around 10 litres?? I have been looking and can't find one anywhere.

I was going to buy a glass carboy yesterday actually but i thought i'd wait til i had a bit more room. My luck i would smash it the first time i used it! They do look pretty cool though.

Good to know. I thought other people must know something i didn't! I prefer them over the screw top ones. You must just have to be special and live in Newie to use them!

Kinda on a tangent but what fermenters do you all use? It seems that most of you use the screw top ones? I use the pail type.......

I think i to would but up around 600-700 odd litres a year range. Your liver is evil, punish it!

I can't understand why they didn't utilise more of that huilding. It was huge and they used the smallest wing of it!

I have just checked and it is now going off its head. I will wait a while in future. Thanks for all the help though fellas.

I think you may be right there. Anyway i'll see if there is any action tonight and if not i will aerate the wort and see how it goes. Thanks for the help i'll let you know how it went.

That sums up perfectly. I didn't even see a LC beer, there was only a sign when i saw it and an empty tent. The bars were that packed you hardly even got a chance to see what beer they were pouring you. I spent more time in the bar area with the band.

I think your first comment is correct but i had a look on the web and cam accross a link on Grumpy's. They say "If the yeast has NOT swollen and is lying on the bottom of the glass then DO NOT PROCEED, the yeast is old and unviable.". I have heard this before as well.

I will give that a try if I can't see any action tonight. Thanks. Doesn't foaming during rehgydration mean the yeast is good to use? I thought if it foamed it was good and if it sank to the bottom and was not swollen then the yeast was old and unusable?

What did the poeple who went to this think of it? I went and didn't mind it but it was way too packed for the amount they had there. I don't know if i would go again. Good to see Grain and Grape there with a setup though.

I rehydrated the yeast at between 30 - 35C, left it for about 25 mins and put a few squirts of wort into it a few times before i added it to prevent temperature shock. The yeast at the shop was just on the counter and i don't really have a clue how old it is. I was thinking maybe it was a bit...

I rehydrated some Safale 04 and pitched it last night and i checked this morning and there is no krausen on top of the brew and not airlock action. When i hydrated it the yeast was definately ok as it expanded a lot. Any ideas on what the isue would be? Or what i should do? Surely after 14...

Wow finally a good use for a Mac!!!!

Here's my choice in music: Tool (absolute fav band) A Perfect Circle Nine Inch Nials COG System of a Down Early Metallica (the new stuff is just nasty) Janes Addiction Audioslave Fomr the above posts i think i might pull out the Rob Zombie and White Zombie again. It was some good stuff.

Mothballs i did exactly the same thing but i lost the whole keg.....

I can and will only speak of what i have tasted and i have had the MSB Summer Wheat a few times and it was good. Never tried the great australian white so i can't comment.

Howdy I'm not to sure of a decent HBS in Melb but i'm sure one of the members from around there can help you out on that but i highly recommend you go to http://www.howtobrew.com/ and have a read. It has everything you will need to know. CHeers