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So heres the background. I am a shortish bloke (about 176/178cm) and weighed in at about 100kg. I do have a big frame, but had quite a distended gut. I decided I didn't liek the gut at 28 years of age, so got my ass into gear and started going to the gym 3 days a week doing situps and cardio...

I have been thinking.. I have a few left over bottles and my bench capper. If I wanted to go visiting with some homebrew can I pour from the keg into the bottles, crown seal them and then save them for afterwards? (Assuming they stay cold) Will they last for long or go flat like an opened...

My only suggestion is listen to these guys. They know what they are talking about. I had no idea and am now trying stuff that never thought I would. Actually, just cooking dinner tonight I ground up some lemon grass and ginger with a mortar and pestle. Had a sniff and thought "this would go...

:huh: Freaked out? Not me.... Nah, I know enough to be dangerous and all that stuff is pretty much beyond me at the moment. I just transferred my malted Pilsener into the keg from the clearing cube an hour ago. Had a little taste and it's looking much better than I thought. I think the smell...

burping the keg is clearing the O2 out of the headspace. (I think?) 3 short burts usually does it..

The carbonating cap looks like the go. Unfortunately I don't have one and won't make it to my HBS before it closes, so I'll have to rock, rock, rock my way into my beer. I am really hoping that this beer tastes better. It was in the fermenter for 9 days (finished fermenting after 7) and it's...

Thanks for that Batz. After I burp the keg, how long should I leave it before I pour that first glass? Straight away okay or let it settle for a while? I am assuming when I burp it I burp it down to normal drinking pressure?

I've got a brew thats been sitting in the CC for about a week and I wanted to keg it tonight. By the book, I'm meant to gas it at a higher pressure for 2 days and then take it back to drinking pressure. Is there any way I can speed up this process? What about this rocking method I've heard...

There was an auction for all the goods being sold at the Canberra Labor Club yesterday. I just called and apparently they have a 3 font setup left. Not sure what else there is left.. I am getting a price off him for the font (based on what the 1, 2 and 4 tap systems sold for) and I'll post...

Yeah, I had a 2 year hiatus because I got jack of cleaning bottles. The fridge is an old 320 litre fridge, and can really only take 2 kegs or 1 keg + the clearing cube. It is great. Nothing like I expected. I'm getting so into this now it's almost scary. :) The only issue I have is this. When...

And the final picture

The cleariung cude is sitting on a removable shelf so I can squeeze an extra keg in there..

Well, as I owe a lot of the quality that comes through this puppy to you guys I thought I'd pass on some happy snaps of my setup. I only have a single tap installed at the moment (Hopefully soon to have at least 1 nice new andale coming provided the minister for war and finance - read: wife -...

Still not that VB Bar fridge.. Tooheys/XXXX Keg Coupling

Great stuff TL. This is the info that us beginners need to understand half of what we are doing and reading. Thanks heaps.

Well, I can honestly say it is on of the most active brews I've put down. It is bubling away like nobodys business! Took another sample this morning and it smells beautiful. The gravity has dropped to 1044. I did aerate it with my brew hose so that might be it. What do you reckon my OG would...

Well, I am positive that the ingredients were mixed properly on my part. In fact, this is the most careful I have been to ensure that I did everything as close as I could to what I have read here and so forth. Maybe it did come a bit funny from the suppier (as I mentioned it was a kit from...

I just put down a friend friendly (maybe) kit of Tooheys Draught with: 500gm Dextrose 500gm Maltodextrin 1kg LME 250gm honey 12g Goldings Hops (steeped for 20 mins) The kit, dextrose, maltodextrine, honey and LME were all simmered together for about 10 mins and after the hops had been steeped...

Damn Doc! You're too bloody quick :lol:

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...ct=ST&f=2&t=854 :) I had one that only went to 1040 (came with the kit) but spent $25 on a new hydrometer from the local HBS with a testing tube...