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1.5kg tin of unhopped LME 1.5kg tin of unhopped wheat extract 500g dextrose 200g cracked crystal grain Hops: 1x 80g packet Cascade 1x 80 packet B-Saaz Method: bring 5L of water to roughly 70 degrees. Steep your crystal grains in this water for 20 mins, in a muslin sock (or pantyhose). Remove...

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About 6 weeks ago i made this: 2 x 1.5kg Coopers LME tins (pale) 500g Dextrose 20g Centennial @ 30 min 40g Amarillo @ 20 min 40g Amarillo @ 10 min Total 31 IBU OG 1058 Pitch Nottingham (would probably work well with US-05 too) and keep the temps under 20 degrees. FG 1013 I just tasted one...

So i'm doing an extract recipe that i use as a "base" for tasting and comparing hops. I generally then hop it reasonably heavily with this "base" background being relatively neutral and clean so that i can get the feel for the hop flavour. I've done this with Amarillo, Nelson Sauvin, Cascade and...

So i've had issues with US-05 in the past where it just wouldn't attenuate down past about 1020, regardless of the OG. I got pissed off after two brews finished at 1020 and were sickly sweet, also they didn't carbonate well at all. I was brewing at 20 degrees with all of these, and carbonating...

So i made this up a few months ago; 3kg LME (light) 300g dex 20g Cascade + 10g Amarillo @ 40mins 10g Cascade + 20g Amarillo @ 10 mins Dry hopped 10g each of Cascade and Amarillo when SG hit 1018 (krausen dying off) Used US-05 yeast from 18-20 degrees Now this beer came out really nice, it...

Put this down this morning: 3kg Coopers LME (Light) 1.5kg Coopers Wheat Liquid Extract 10g POR @ 45min 10g Nelson Sauvin @45 min 20g Nelson Sauvin @15 min Pitched the whole trub from a previous batch of Nottingham to get it off to a flyer - OG is 1062 so she's gunna need it i reckon! Thoughts...

So lets say you have a brew that starts at 1047 and only gets to 1018. Attenuation is 61%, not so flash really. What sort of flavours will this impart to the brew compared to an identicle brew with attenuation of 75% or so? More maltiness, more sweetness?

Well the case swap is coming up and in a week or two i'll need to bottle my beer. I have been using G+G 650ml longnecks mostly but need to get some 750ml bottles for the swap. Will take either glass or PET, doesn't matter. Alternatively if someone knows where to get the coopers PET bottles...

So i've been doing a few combinations lately using blue mountain lager because i have found it to produce exceptional quality beers (toucans, kit + extract, hops additions, everything) with a nice finish and solid flavour. It's probably the best can kit i've ever used as a base for various...

So say you rack something onto some gelatine (using appropriate techniques) and you leave behind a nice yeast cake of US-05 or whatever. The Gelatine then causes the yeast and whatnot to drop out of suspension in the secondary right? Now you go and bottle that nice clean beer with very little...

So i'm brewing a summer ale with S-04, cascade and amarillo. Have been toying with the idea of doing a raspberry ale in the future, and have seen mention of people simply priming with cordial to give it the raspberry kick. I'm wanting to try this in various quantities with a few bottles of this...

So i put down an extract recipe recently, OG was 1046. Used US-05 yeast from the local store, well within use by date. I did not re-hydrate it, just warmed to room temperature for an hour then mixed into the brew. Pitching temp was 24 degrees, over the next 24 hours it dropped to (now) 16...

So i've made probably 20 can kits in my time, so i would like to think i've got the technique down to a bit of an art now. I mixed this baby up 4 days ago: Morgans Blue Mountain Lager Kit Unhopped Pale Malt Extract 1.5kg 600g Dex/Maltodex mix 10g centennial hops boiled 10 min, 15 added at...

OK i'm leaving melbourne sunday morning the 15th. I need to ditch my brewing gear cause i can't fit it in the car. I don't want anything for it. I have: 2x plastic fermenters with good seals, taps, fillers, airlocks etc about 20 longnecks and 2 cartons of stubbies (clean and ready to go) a...

As above, I moved down here from QLD and couldn't bring my brewing gear, so need to stock back up on bottles. Crown seal stuff needed, either longnecks or stubbies are fine. Hoping somebody is throwing them out, but happy to pay a nominal fee :-) Located inner city Melbourne, happy to go for a...