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Im drinking a Porter now that I put coffee in for the first time. VERY VERY NICE!. So I just used a large plunger coffee press and fairly coarse ground 100 grams of nice coffee beans and put cooled boiled water in the press and let it steep for a couple days. I gave it a stir a couple times...

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I would expect to pay the marked price of any item in a shop no matter how much im buying. If the proprietor is inclined to give me a discount of any sort I would consider myself very fortunate. I can speak from experience here in Newcastle, after Marks Homebrew shut up shop I often think was it...

I'm surprised about the comments regarding Craftbrewer and the service. Is this Ross's Craftbrewer? I met Ross once at his house in QLD, just before he moved to the shop and I found him very nice to deal with and very knowledgeable. Anytime I need a special item or whatever I ring Ross and...

LOL :blink: That's my impression.

WOW, This thread took on a life of its own. Anyway after reading all the posts my opinion has changed a little of the shop in question. I brewed with the 40g of hops I bought from him on the weekend and they appeared to be exactly the same as the fresh Hallertau I got from Steve (Brewman) Same...

Not worth or rather no need to use if you are doing all grain, as a cool mash will have a similar effect. With kits though, from memory LME and DME are pretty dextrinous and tend to finish a light high gravity wise. So in that case a little dry enzyme would be ok for a dryer beer.

Yup, +1 to all the above. I think there are home brewers and home brewers. So many guys I know say "oh yeah I brew too" with the cheapest out of date kit and 1 or 2 kgs of CSR sugar and ferment on a heat pad all year round. I have learnt just to nod my head and agree. I have pointed a few to my...

We had one of the best in the business, MHB Marks Homebrew, from memory he gave away selling the kits and essences as there was so little money to be made from them, when people could go to Coles or K Mart and buy the kits for not much less than he bought them for. Anyway he sold the business to...

Yeah, maybe I should have gone up to ......... (I better not say) :ph34r:

I use a spare gas disconnect with a thread on the end and use my bike floor pump to pressurise the keg to run cleaning solution through the system. Just be sure to pop the disconnect off as soon as you pull the pump away so the air does not escape. Its easier than putting back in the freezer...

Yeah, he has the tea bags and stuff. I think he is trying to cover all brewing bases but he is well out of his depth.

I got to tell someone this story. I went to A local H.B. Shop just then to pick up some low alpha noble hops to bitter a Vienna I am doing on the weekend. I normally get EVERYTHING from Brewman on-line. Anyway I thought I had some Hallertau at home but I did not. So I have been into this guy a...

Interesting. Not sure it's worth the effort though.

Interesting video in fermenting under pressure. Anyone do it? https://vimeo.com/44910762

I'm doing a Boh Pils tonight. I plan on step mashing and am using 34/70 yeast x 2 packs. I rehydrate in 240mls of 22 deg C water and leave for 30 mins, then turn on the stir plate for an hour or so. By then the wort is in the fridge an while it's getting down to 12 deg C, I'll add a little wort...

Hi guys thanks for the replys. Yup they are solid, you can't push the sides in at all, not that I would want to. Steve

It was a new bar fridge 115 litre I think, anyway we got it for camping but don't use it anymore. Was just about to bent the cooling element down then I thought it would be easier to twist down one side and straighten out the end that curled up to make the ice compartment. Also had to relocate...

That's no good Cliffo, I'm out at Cameron Park. Hope it's no health related. Steve

Yeah, patience, ....I know... **** that I need my fermenter. I just pitched some active US-05 to finish it off.