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Hello dere, I remember the Wander Munich lager to be an OK drop. Haven't done one for years, but I didn't have any complaints about it. Cheap is not necessarily nasty. :D Although the date of the batch could make it so. cheers Dave

BG, In the next week or 2 , I will be decanting (from the keg) Davo's Special Bitter, in the fine style of a Watney's Red Barrel (just joking). If it tastes any good, I'll invite you round for a coldie or two. It is a Coopers Bitter kit, with some special additions. cheers Dave

Thinks........ Particularly suited for producing 19th century-style West Coast beers. Retains lager characteristics at temperatures up to 65 F, (18 C) and produces malty, brilliantly clear beers. This strain is not recommended for cold temperature fermentation. Steam beer he we come! :D

Thanks for those figures butters. That calculated abv is a bit low for me, and as I keg (no priming sugar), I will have to add some dex to up it to around 5.5 - 6. All I gotta do now is wait till we get another $9.60 a can special at the local IGA. cheers Dave

BG, Do you use any adjuncts, dextrose etc., or just 2 cans and the yeast? ta Dave

BL, My philosophy is keep it simple. I used to rack to a secondary and fridge for a week before kegging. It does help to clear the beer, but then I've got another carboy to clean. So now I leave it in the primary fermenter for 14 days and keg it straight from there. The end result is not...

F, How did this little brew turn out? I'm looking for a good scrumpy recipe. cheers Dave

Hello dere folks, My recipe is similar to bribie's. 1 can Morgans Queensland bitter 1 kg light malt powder 350g dextrose 200g raw sugar Add 1 teabag Goldings to keg when filling. (Soak in water as per pack instructions and add pack and liquid before filling). A good rule of thumb is to...

Bill, 1. Yes, at 1000, well and truly. Take another reading, this is really low. 2. Stale piss 3. Can be either.

Flipper, What hops? It appears that the 62 stuff is a mix of dextrose and corn syrup, but in what proportion, I don't know. What's the weight of the stuff? What is the size of the brew? Surely you wouldn't use all the ingredients listed in a 23 litre brew? Still curious. Dave

O.K. I'll ask. What's 62 converter and what does it contain? cheers Curious.

Easy Vinegar Fly Trap. Get a 1 litre soft drink bottle, cut it in 3/4's, the 1/4 being the top half - er quarter. Invert the top into the bottom to make a funnel type thingo. Put some nice stale beer in the bottom, replace the top (making the funnel), and voila, your own killing machine...

Hazza, I do similar to wakka, I got mine set to 90 kPa. That's the gassing and pouring pressure. Takes about a week to gas up, have 2 kegs on the go all the time. The only time it gets a bit frothy is when the keg is about to run out, so I just put up with it and leave things as they are...

broggo, A pH of 7.2 to 7.8 is on the alkaline side of neutral. If it was discernably acid, the pH would be 6 or below. Yeast prefers an acidic environment to do it's job properly, I usually add a teaspoon of citric acid to the wort when mixing up. Maybe you are tasting the hop bitterness...

That's good. I tried kegging a lager, but the egg perfume really put me off. It sure does need 'lagering", and a week or so in the keg doesn't do it. If I had more kegs I'd do a properly stored lager, but at the moment ales rule. cheers Dave

Try a Coopers Bitter. They have a recipe on their site for a "Best Bitter". That's the easiest way of doing it. My next brew witll be a Coopers Bitter, with 500g Saunders Malt :rolleyes: and 454g Tate and Lyle syrup. :o I'll let ya's know how it goes. cheers Dave.

Hello dere, Nothing drastic will happen. Leave it in the fermenter for 2 weeks to allow it to clear properly. Before bottling/kegging, take off 1/2 litre into a jug to get rid of any crap round the tap outlet. cheers Dave

Jaon, If you use yeast and sugar, it won't be 'soft', it will be alcoholic (in a nice sort of a way), but I wouldn't feed it to the kids. cheers Dave

Yo, One thing I've noticed is that the early Coopers cans stated on the label "Made from the finest 2 row barley.....etc etc". Those then became the "Original" series and the mention of 2 row barley has been dropped from the label of these cans. Why, I canna say, but I assume they no...

Boiler - Sold to Geoff from Holland Park. :icon_chickcheers: Dave