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Good to hear jaymzica I persisted with bottles for about 6 months. all the while convincing myself that I enjoyed the flexibility of having quite a number of different brews bottled. Easily bored. What I am finding now that I have 6 kegs in rotation is that I am struggling to work my through my...

Hey wbosher Your observations re the numbers is absolutely spot on, can't think of any scientific explaination for that and like you I am sure it happens every time. As for calibration I agree, I snipped some of the red tip off mine and it is now spot on. I have two Coopers hydrometers and a...

I will just never understand why homebrewers filter their beer. If you yake all the steps to make your beer more like the comercial beer, then why not just head to the bottle shop. Really unless I do a side by side comparison, which I haven't and won't, I doubt I will notice the difference. I...

I need to try this hop again. I have only used it once when trying to clone LCPA and the LHBS was out of Galaxy, so as others have said it was Cascade and Citra. This beer holds a sentimental place as one of my best beers ever, but it was a long time ago and many good brews have flowed since, so...

That's not good news Pickaxe I have a keg of Honey Blonde in my conditioning fridge. It's 5% with 500g of Clover Honey and I hate hangovers. This brew better taste good or else.....

Hey Hetheria You draw of your hydro sample and get two cups. Pour the sample into one of the cups and then pour the sample back and forward between the cups about 20 times, as the Co2 escapes the sample will foam up.. Pour back into your hydro tube and float the hydrometer.

Hey Phillo Pretty much thinking the same thing. Plus there is plenty of good ideas going around and some advice to. I like hsb's analogy re sprints and marathons. And I have read what seamad says about more than 4 standard drinks a day being bad for your long term health. A midstrength beer...

Fair call wbosher Just checked my notes to see the difference for me with my first two brews, with identical fermentables, 1st brew not degassed =1.014; 2nd brew degassed 1.009.

Hey Hetheria I appreciate that you have done your research as Wbosher suggests. I'd ask just one thing and that is if you degassed your sample, if not how long did you let it sit. Any Co2 bubbles will float your hydrometer and give you a high reading. I know that the Coopers kit yeast will keep...

Since I started tricking up my home brew I find it increasingly difficult to put in an Alcohol Free Day. It isn't that I get blotto or anything, it's just those flavours that beckon. I'm brewing full extract at the minute and I am planning on stepping it up to partial mashes and eventually...

No problems J You've certainly got some "go in ya", going for a full extract on your second brew. It's bound to be streets ahead of your first brew, most often even a K&K as a second brew its streets ahead.

I was going to post a question today about this yeast. I am using it in a Pale Ale and after five days it still has the thickest Krausen, very similar looking to the one I had with US05, that one hung around for weeks. Is this one prone to hang around?

Hey J I would suggest that 4 days in the FV is way to early to be tasting a brew, but I get that you are keen. I've never tatsed one that early so I can't comment for sure on whether it's normal but I guessing that it is. My brews don't normally start to clear up until around 10 days in the...

We can't have it both ways. There are few countries that Australia can compete with on wages and salaries. This fact is acknowledged by government, business and unions. Yet Australian consumers continue to look for cheap imports - It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Hey carnie Looks like I made the exact mistake when I posted to this thread, missed the key term "simple" because I didn't read the full thread. For a third brew perhaps my Stella IPA is not that simple. However simple IPAs are good, and I have just tapped a keg of Moteuka Slam IPA - a simple...

Hey Drew Does Candi sugar act differently to other sugars? I have used Dark Brown and Demerara sugars in my brew and whereas they deliver a different flavour profile (slight) they do not result in any residual sweetness, (I'm not sure if your saying that though). I would use a specialty grain...

Hey carpedaym Victroy Malt is OK to steep. I didn't use it with my Stella IPA, I used 400g of Crystal Malt. However I used it in my latest Stella driven APA, 150g, and it seems to work well with this hop. This led me to believe that it would be a good match to my Stella IPA recipe. However as I...

Whereas this brew would more than likely be too bitter for me, I recognise that it is exactly what some people want. Last week I purchased two 500ml bottles of Stella IPA from the Seven Sheds Brewery in Northern Tassie. This thing was as bitter as heel with zero aroma, and to me little taste...

Hey cremmerson I'd be wary of a two can Sparkling Ale, especially if you haven't by chance sampled the Sparkling kit on its own. To me it is not in the top 10 Coopers kits and for me two cans of it would be simply unpalatable. Yob sums it up pretty well. For an IP, from a kit, I'd be looking at...

Hey Cremmerson I only use Coopers Light Malt and Amber Malt extract, it hits the spot so I haven't felt the need to try others. I did try a generic LME from the closest LHBS but it was like :icon_vomit: . I do however get LDM and specialty grains from my not so local LHBS in the centre of...