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Can't say I agree with the assumption that the yeast cake is all dormant.... Have we never had a look at the activity in a starter that is building cells and litterally creating it's own havoc.. Most of that gas is being created at the base where all that nice active yeast is and nice big...

The peoples brewery- where constant brewing is never enough.... :wacko: OK I'm happy to do it for the State.... and long as the commisar sends a court order to SWMBO to demand my presence. :lol:

So we all brew this beast....... BUT WHO GETS TO TAKE IT HOME. :unsure: :lol: :ph34r:

Thing that amused me was they presented the magic box chiller as if it were something new and innovative..... :wacko:

I threw a full ounce (28g) in mine of fresh ground stuf(actually used the coffee grinder after a really good clean as their designed for spices as well) and the corriander still isn't too standout. I've had no real complaints about it to date from those who tried it. I'd say yeast selection...

Here's some pics of my columbus but a few days ago. First shot is of the original plant. Fairly feable but a few cones nonetheless. These shots are the cutting. Only one main stem but about a dozen sidearms that came out fromt he base that are near as big as the main stem. (shots taken...

Hmm, Tangents beer pours but stu has his leg in the air for me and Pumpy's kangaroo has rigor mortis. I assume my monk is still spinning his chain for everyone else?? He is on my machine. Brent

Na, we'll just refer to you as 'PoMo from Wagga' for a few months..... Did I mention the war........

Without wanting to sound as f I am jumping on the band wagon I will jump in here with my 2 bob also. Wiez I back you all the way with contributing something out of the ordinary to the christmas case. To not call it a good/well crafted beer would be missleading as you obviously went to alot...

G'day Trent, IIRC- if I recall correctly, If I remember correctly.. Bourgul is cracked wheat and you may be able to find it in teh healthy part of the supermarket. The rice hulls are always an option for high wheat beers. I don't recall berps recipe but wits are generally 45-50% raw wheat so...

Ross- Other than the fact that the malsters are trying to sell you their product with statement like the above...... :unsure: One reason would be that 'if this is how the people who's beers we are trying to replicate do it '-then as a craft brewer why not just give it a go their way and see...

My experience with raw wheat was that it posed me no real probs in the mash. I did mash in at 50 deg for a 35 min rest which enabled me to mash in without the serious glue factor as your under gel-point but certainly still quite viscous. Mash loosened up well in the 30min+ rest and then I...

T.D. I'll meet your cane and raise you a leaf :lol: The leaves strike roots and do survive. However I'm yet to see it's progress. Pictures at 2 weeks form cutting and then after 2 weeks in the pot. Still surviving not growing but who know what those roots are upto. Borret

Mmmmm, soap and rubarb hopped beer. Should add an interesting twist to the bitterness...not sure about head retention :P

n00ch, a quick 'fingers do the walking session' suggest the following The Glass Image 281 Main Rd Cardiff NSW 2285 ph: (02) 4954 5723 Printers--Glass Maybe worth a call. Brent

Doc, My original columbus plant from the rhizome I got from the grumpsters this year (like yours) has only one flower so far with a few tiny ones starting elsewhere. The plant is altogether pretty measly. However..... that involuntary cutting that came from it is about 5 times the plant that it...

Chilla, Do you have any concern that the hop plant that you got from an area that had "a virus that wiped out the industry' maybe something you don't want to be distributing around the country? I know none of us are commercial growers or even close but it might be a consideration to keep it...

Just for interest sake.... here's the hop leaf I stuck in water 2 weeks ago. Crazy weed. Brent

Hi Redbeard, The likes of Gasweld or even Total Tools has them listed from about 9 bucks for the number set. They work well. I used 1/4" ones on 0.9mm stainless and it is easy to read. I went for a dual scale which makes it slightly easier to read (or figure out) when you've got the boill...

That's tops. Even for us immersion chiller types that is so cheap it might be worth fitting either before or after chiller to check up on things.... just because you can. Nice find At that price and as it is working off the surface temp of the plastic by the sounds of it you might even be...