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    Flip Top Bottles

    Not my experience. Been using mine for 5 years.
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    Flip Top Bottles

    Depends how cool the spot he left them in was. They may not have been warm enough to carb up. Although I remember getting too many flatties using carb drops, so stopped using them. I only use flip tops to bottle and rarely have an issue. Mine are a few years old, so the occasional flat one...
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    First Brew Fail... I think, help needed!

    Well it makes sense to only brew beers you want to drink. Assuming that's the case and that you've bought wort kits, the only factor by process of elimination, is the fermenting . Personally, I don't see that process as 'basic' or even necessary. I've always brewed in a plastic brew bucket with...
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    Printing Beer Can Labels

    When i did labels, I bought fabric ones and created designs in publisher. Paper labels never worked, they either went damp when put in the fridge, and they're are a bugger to get off for next bottling.
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    First Brew Fail... I think, help needed!

    Kegged beer shouldn't need much conditioning, as you're introducing instant carbonation, which is why bottling takes longer. You might get a little improvement over a couple of weeks, but long term storage does not = far better beer (Stouts excepted). It's hard to say why your beer is not...
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    exploding bottles - 1st time in 20 years of brewing

    Not enough yeast. You used 2kg of extra fermentables, plus the Dark Ale kit, and that will produce a high OG. Two packets of yeast would be needed. High ABV brews needs more yeast, otherwise they will not ferment out fully. That brew was not finished at 1031. After bottling and introducing more...
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    First brew - Coopers Australian Pale Ale

    A lot of brewers go 'commando' with their dry hopping. It's not a big deal. The taste you have is probably the aftertaste that seems endemic to kit brews. I never got it that much and 2 weeks in the bottle would see the beer smooth out, but everyone tastes differently.
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    First Brew Fail... I think, help needed!

    the low OG could be due to not stirring it enough - you did brew a double can and that stuff is treacly. So 1020 may not have been the true reading. Always mix really well. Warm the cans before adding and add to warm water. I always needed 7-10 days bottling for kits to condition, however they...
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    Cooling Wort

    Yes, no need for 3 vessels to brew, you can do it all in one. Brewing can be as simple or complicated as you want it. That's what I got and have been doing 23l sized recipes BIAB brews in it. Boiling headroom is a little tight so I usually recover 20-21L into the fermenter, but the the...
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    Cooling Wort

    I've done this, but needed 4+ bags and it's a pain. I used to let the wort cool overnight in a food grade cube, lots of brewers do this. If you have pool, drop the cube in there for 2-3 hours. Done.
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    First brew - Coopers Australian Pale Ale

    I can vouch for Brewmart, huge range and they have some knowledgeable people there. Well worth investing in temp controlling your fermenter, especially in perth. I started on Coopers kits, even though my local shop wasn't keen on them, I made some very good beers from these. All kits needs...
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    A "Newbie" after a 50 year break

    Good idea with the esky. A fridge for brewing is essentially just an insulated box that has a cooling system. You might consider getting a old fridge instead, given the temps you're dealing with. Add an inkbird controller (plug n play, no sparky's required). Then set your fermenting temp and...
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    Recipe Help

    Near impossible to do without temp control. Even with my efforts were pretty meh - easier to buy a 6er when you feel like one, they do it better. Pils/lagers are fermented at 12-15C. A Coopers Cerveza or Blonde kit with the supplied yeast will give you a ok lager-ish beer.
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    Is it just me, or is it REALLY expensive to buy commercially made wine and beer? lol

    Not really that hardcore. AG makes cleaner more interesting beer. I'm not into the craft beer as it currently sells. A lot of it is over marketed rubbish. I make fairly simple recipes of standards and classics - ESB, Little creatures and Sierra and some nice english 'craft' bitters from before...
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    Is it just me, or is it REALLY expensive to buy commercially made wine and beer? lol

    I get all your saying, but it's not my point. It's a hobby, you can't factor in your time as an actual cost. Otherwise you'd be applying costs to everything non work related you do, which is a bit silly IMO. Time, power etc are all negligible things cost wise. The ingredient are an actual cost...
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    Is it just me, or is it REALLY expensive to buy commercially made wine and beer? lol

    I don't think your apples are apples either. Most of your $$ input is time, we can't factor any of that in, no one is actually charging for any of that. Do I think about how much money I'm saving mowing the lawn? Ingredients however, cost money. Electricity costs for brewing and temp control...
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    Is it just me, or is it REALLY expensive to buy commercially made wine and beer? lol

    6 packs are better pricing than singles. I pay around $23 for Coopers when I buy beer. Which is rare. I started brewing because I was finding less and less stuff I liked. Little Creatures has been turned to **** by Lion/Kirin. Sierra Nevada new recipe in a can, ****. Coopers are still solid...
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    First time brewing need help

    No, just draining is fine.
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    Yeast's natural fermenting temperature

    If your ambient temp is 15, it won't get active if it's an ale yeast. However kit yeasts often work in a wider temp range than branded yeasts, because makers know not every kit brewer has temp control options. But - it's hit and miss as to how often that yeast will be in the active temp zone...
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    Your brew day

    I mash one day and cube it. Takes around 3 hours. Trying to chill it and get it fermenting would take most of the day, and I can't be bothered with that anymore. Transferring to fermenter next day takes less than half an hour including cleaning. I have a 1 vessel 35l Digiboil set up, currently...
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