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I'm being sent south to be educated by my employer, and will be in the city centre around Albert St from the 12-15th March and will be looking for decent watering hole. Being from the deep north and not familiar with the ways of a city drinker, :unsure: has anyone got any suggestions that are...

What are you all doing? Our local Hash hosts a fun run early, followed by a giant fried brekky and a swim. Later in the day our wood fired oven will get kicked into action, roast lamb,garlic & sage brined pork roast, coral trout, chorizo, bacon & cheese chicken wings, all cooked over the coals...

I'm looking to put down a red ale shortly, following either Screwy's or Yardglass' recipe. I have a goodly supply of healthy Coopers yeast in the fridge at the moment, and was wondering if it would be suitable. Your thoughts? Regards

I spent a goodly part of last Christmas Day squeezing lime juice into a very decent weizen. This heretic act only served to combat the heat and humidity mind you. My question to the educated folk is how much and how long to include lime skins into a 20L wort ( finished volume ). Before the...

I'm chasing a right angled soda stream bottle adaptor. I've had no luck going through the usual retail suppliers. Its a long shot, but just maybe......... Thanks in advance elec

Latest kegged batch was AndrewQLD's CSA clone. Cold fined with gelatine in the keg as per accepted method, and then force carbed, but 3 days later the bugger is still muddy as. Lovely flavour, and damned close to the original, but looks like shit. Every other cold gelatined keg I have attempted...

Just cubed my first attempt at a big Belgian , and am wondering what would be the best approach when some fermenter space is freed up. I've heard you need a robust yeast to get the job done on these big beers, so should I culture up one packet of T58 into , say, a 2L starter, or just rehydrate...

Chose the obligatory good Dr S' Golden Ale to start my adventure with. Had a few teething problems, but nothing that couldn't be sorted pretty quickly, thanks to many hours scouring this site. Pics as follows: BB false bottom, I decided not to muck around after pricing the copper tee's and...

Any tried one of these jiggers : http://www.ibrew.com.au/html/equipment/tapadraft/tapadraft.html Price seems OK for occasional use. Not sure about the quality, but. Any experiences would be appreciated. regards

I've a similar question to a recent topic, and I'm seeking some guidance. I have split up a my first smack pack ( 3068 ) according to the instructions on this site, and all went well. Kicked off a 500ml starter yesterday morning at 18 degC, and there's minimal activity 24 hrs later. Seeing as I...

Bit of guidance, if I may ask please folks. My latest order has failed to turn up, and my plans for the next 3 brews are now in disarray. Any recipes / ideas using the following ingredients would be appreciated. I have in stock the following: Stack of LMDE 90gms each of Halletauer Mittlefrue...

Evening all, I'm in the final stages of cobbling together a 3 vessel set-up for a tilt at AG, am I'd appreciate some guidance on the MLT lautering part. I've got a 45l esky for the job, and was wondering which type of draining system was the most efficient and trouble free. I...

Racked off a rather bland extract AAA to secondary tonight after 4 days, and discovered a monstrous trub. The yeast (US05) was washed from the primary of an extract pale ale on Sunday. The PA's primary trub was nothing out of the ordinary, but this one's a cracker. No foul smell or off taste...

Greetings, Looking at putting together a big Dubbel for my old man . He's had first hand experience with the real stuff a few decades back, and may have summoned up the courage to have another crack by now. I'm looking at using ( for 23l ) 3kg of LDME , 0.3kg carapils and 1kg...

Colleagues, I'm wondering if you could confirm I'm on the right track with my first temperature controlled fermentation. Supposed to be a light lager style. Recipe and method thus far: 500g LDME 500g Maltodextrin 1 tin lager goo Halletauer 15g Hop bag boiled for 10mins with 100g malt and 3L...

Pretty gay first post I know :unsure: , but I'm about to end my beer making hiatus, and I'm gearing up to get stuck in again. I'm fairly ashamed to admit I love the taste of the aforementioned drop, and would very much like to come close to replicating it if it is indeed possible. A higher alc...