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G'day, I've had a JAO Beginner Mead brewing away, it's now day 55 and it's very clear. I'm going to bottle it shortly I just have a few questions first before I do: 1) I read normal meads (as opposed to sparkling) are flat and you don't add any sugars during bottling/conditioning, is this also...

Hi, I have had a lager brewing for 3 weeks now, its SG has hit around 1010 so I've started chilling it. After a week I will bottle it but I was just wondering what temp I should leave the bottles at while they condition. I'm guessing a week at 12*c-ish then another week chilled but this is my...

Greetings again my brothers in brewing! Lately I've been on a brewing hiatus due to my areas temperatures, hitting ~26*C during daytime and as low as -1*C overnight however I can still not shake the itch to brew more tasty beer. I'm toying with the of making my first lager, using my beer fridge...

I've never been a big fan of darker beers or stouts, but I'm wanting to give it another go because I don't want to ignore a whole style of beer I could be brewing out of poor taste. So I'm wondering what commercial stout would you recommend to primarily a Lager/Ale drinker to come over to the...

G'day. Over the last 2 weeks I've put together two recipes, they've sat in the same area together; even sharing the same wet towel! Now I was planning to bottle both tomorrow, so today I added some clearing agent and took some final SG readings. Both are at their respective FG's however I...

I put together a brew yesterday with a new fermenter, airlock and tap that I bought on Friday. I'm used to the "S shape" airlocks but the LBHS only had 3-piece airlocks, which I figured worked the same so I took it, problem being the lady serving forget to give me the piece that rests inside the...

So I've decided I'm going to buy a second fermenter tomorrow, brewing with one just isn't supplying enough beer to keep my stock continuous, plus it will give me the option to rack into a secondary if I'm only brewing one at the time. I'm thinking of brewing something like this in it: 1x...

Got my grains today in the mail, a problem has come up though and that is I didn't order a grain bag, my LHBS store is a fair drive and will be shut by the time I finish work anyway. I'm hoping to mix up a batch of beer tonight though so I'm just wondering if there are any viable household...

This beer came out probably a year ago now? I don't know if it's still made, even if it is it isn't availble around my area. It's a very light flavoured Lager, serve at 2*C and drink in 2.0sec. Has anyone made viable recipe cloning this? If so can they please share it?

Done a few different batches now, moved onto hops, now I'm looking to move into adding grains to my K&K. I'm not looking for anything complex just something I can learn with and still taste decent enough to keep me and the boys happy, we drink pretty much anything except for stouts. I'm also...

G'day, brewing a kit ginger beer tomorrow once my current brew is finished. Just wondering a few small things and how I should go about it: The directions call for raw sugar instead of a brewing sugar, I've heard not to use white/raw sugars as they aren't fully fermentable and I do have a...

G'day. Firstly this is only my 3rd batch of brew so please excuse any dumb mistakes. Brewing a kit pilsner at the moment, not a real pilsner as it uses ale yeast. Now the recipe called for 500g malt which I have added instead of sugar as directed. It's been 24hrs now, the yeast pitched at 23c...

G'day. I'm a novice brewer and I'm having some difficulty understanding how I should be brewing my first Lager, up to this point all I have been brewing is Ales. I'm trying to brew something similar in taste to a "Toohey's New" Lager, these are the ingredients I used: 1.7kg...