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I gave them all a "5 pin" earlier today just to speed the process up (temp = 25.9 and now 26.9 C). Time will tell. Unfortunately it sort off resets the clock so need to wait another 3 weeks. I will check progress before then though. These are all beer bottles and live in their original boxes.

The carbonation temps will have been 20-28C during the day especially the last 2 week, Overnight temps can get down to around 16C. All my other brews are conditioning in the same room and not having any issues with carbonation. I'm wondering if I should give the bottles a shake to get the...

I'm having problems with carbonation. I used 3gm of castor sugar in 345 mL crown twist top bottles. Below is part of my log for this batch... 2021/12/07 (13 days) Chilled a cleared bottle. Lid tight to open but very little carbonation and taste is not as I hoped. May just need more time for...

This brew fermented for 18 days with temperature around 18-23C over that time. So pretty close to 3 weeks. The FG was measured to be around -1 or -2. I will sample a bottle every now and again.

I have some questions that I hope you guys might be able to answer for me... 1) I have a couple of 25L brewing drums and one 30L. If I make up a beer kit to 23 Litres total I notice the bubbling in the air-lock for the 25L drum is usually one bubble at a time but in the 30L drum it seems to...

Before jumping right in doing this Honey Mead ale I decided to do a Brigalow Ginger beer and a couple of Coopers Draught kits first to get used to the bottle cleaning rigmarole so I have some beer ready for Summer. I'm in no rush for the Mead to finish so left it until today to brew. I also...

I was generalising. (Note the "s" on the end of word "recipe"). I'm not removing anything from the recipe that I posted and the Citric acid is definitely staying. It's mainly just balancing of the ingredients based on the yeast I decide to use. When I say Adjuncts I mean things like Dextrose...

Thanks elmoMakesBeer. That is the one I'm looking for. Good price but how much is the postage though. Now that I have some idea of what it's called I searched on eBay for "sediment reducer". There is a listing there for $5 free post in Vic. The postage cost is the killer here (no such thing...

@MHB: When you say drowning it at 16-17% ABV I assume you are making a still mead or carbonation using some other method like injecting CO2? My Mead will be carbonated and I will be using natural carbonation in the bottle method. I don't plan on purchasing any expensive brewing equipment I...

In my old brew gear I saved is a clear PVC tube. I'm pretty sure I had used that to siphon the Mead from the Barnacle fermenter into a regular fermenter fitted with a tap once it became free which would have reduced the sediment pickup. The bottled mead was quite clear and like a bubbly white...

This is what I recorded for my 1996 batch which more or less follows Keith Linden's instructions in his book: I looked on eBay for the sediment reducer but did not locate any mainly because I don't know what name they go by but if my memory serves me correctly the taps came with them when...

Thanks MashBasher.

Thanks for your input MashBasher. Makes sense. The Mead I made back in 96 (that's 1996 and not Number 96) was quite dry and is my preference for wines and beers. When I stopped brewing beer I noticed how much sweeter commercial beers were at the time. I tend to drink Tooeys Extra Dry now. I...

As mentioned in my introductory topic I want to make a simple Honey Mead carbonated ale. My first and only Mead Ale was back in 1996 and I was happy with the result. I adapted a modified recipe I found in Keith Linden's Brewing Beer At Home book. (Light Mead Ale) I used: 1.5 Kg Honey...

Hi guys, I remember my father had a Olinda brewing kit in the 70s and was the first I knew about home brewing. I started brewing in 1996. My brews consisted of various malt kits, mostly Cooper's Draught, some BeerMakers, Wander Draught and Black Rock. I even tried a Woolworths and...