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i agree with letting the ferment progress slowly (2 weeks) in the colder weather, but as ARMSTRONG mentioned, unless you have temperature control ( temp controlled fridge ), in summer your beers will ferment withing a week and taste pretty ordinary, and if you left it for a week or 2 dormant at...

+ 1 for ditching the new design coopers fermenter, i have never understood what they were going for, or whats wrong with the normal style fermenters. one thing i would say to make your first beer even better, would be to add a bag of hops, any type really just so you know how to get into using...

Hi, welcome back to the great passion of homebrewing, A great Kit for a Stout is MANGROVE JACKS IRISH STOUT. this worked very well for me when i was into kit brews, also if you are interested in ENGLISH BITTER try the Coopers English Bitter kit, that is quite nice also. Another very nice...

Yes im interested. i live in woy woy and have been wondering about a CC Brewers Club. Cant wait!!

Ok that sounds better, but i was also thinking of using some NS maybe, so im wondering if i should use Citra and Nelson instead of the Cascade or keep the cascade and choose either Citra or Nelson. i have changed the hop bill now anyway, this is what im thinking anyway: *15g Pride of Ringwood...

Hello, and what a beautiful day it is!! I am wondering about a recipe for an Australian Pale Ale, full extract, not using the kits anymore as i have done a few goof extract brews already and now im doing my summer beers. If anyone has a good extract recipe they are willing to share that would...

+1 for 34/70.

thanks bribie, needed clarification on that, but thought it would be good to mash anyway, wouldnt hurt im guessing +1 for the tin.

You may need to do a mash with the carapils just in a ratio of 3:1 water to grain. Hold temp at 68degrees for an hour then begin your boil with that liquid but try to add more water to up the volume in the boil. The bigger the boil volume the better Still add your perle at 10 min to end as you...

Thanks manticle, yeah i do get all my grains/wheat cracked, all though i would love to get a mill and crack my own. Is this more efficiant for keeping the grains fresher for longer or should i just continue getting my HBS to crack them fresh when i buy them. He cracks them to order to keep them...

It would depend on how bitter the can is, though if you are not that confident with using hops yet, just make the " hop tea" steep in hot water for 10 mins add to fermenter including the bag for aroma. Worked well for me when i first started years ago.

oh ****, sorry furby! thanks for the pick up Manticle. Before posting that i was reading the below post on STEEPING HOPS. obviously i had steeping on the mind. MASH the grains, STEEP the hops. This is my process, just to elaborate, Gather Grains/wheat in a pot and add water (i usually do around...

The cherry onr sounds great, but 500g ginger is a **** load, try 100g first if your only doing 10L, if its not enough in the end you can put a tiny bit of powdered ginger in each bottle when you prime. I would also add some saaz hop aas this is somewhat floral and spicy, would go nicely with...

So are you thinking a ginger, choc, wheat beer???? Sounds like a good experiment, if you get it down now you should still have a reasonable amount of time for conditioning for christmas. Would be alot easier to help of you posted a draft of your recipe. Cheers jake.

Thanks mate its sounds awesome, hope all goes well. Would be a great beer for summer. Cheers jake.

Yep ok then, im gonna do it tomorrow. Yay cant wait, dont we all just love brew days. Haha

I am not saying that the pearl barley is a substitute for biscuit malt, i am saying that when you roast it as i do and add it to the last 30 mins of your mash, it will give you similar flavours as biscuit. Such as slight nutty and bready flavours. This is what i do for my beers and they have...

Hi all, im pretty keen to put this on this week. Does any think this will work close to what im going for??

Im over your sh*t BUM, or is that the best way of calling yourself an *******. Please post something of interest or nothing at all. When did i say i was going to make a beer out of munich malt.....NEVER!!!! I simply said i was going to use the raw grain to add colour and aroma. If i was...

Im glad you did post this topic here because i have been thinking of doing a fruit beer. Could you please keep me posted on this as i am gathering ideas for summer. I would probly go 2kg berries but let me know how yours goes, i also have some lactose so i am keen to here how that goes too...