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IM a kit brewer and given freight costs to get ingredients up here I reckon it costs me a bit more than a lot of you lucky enough to live in an area where the LHBS has some competition. I was planning on doing a Coopers wheat but the cost put me off 1x 1.7kg can coopers wheat beer goo $18.50 1...

sounds like I may have bottled too early with an FG of 1.015 from OG of 1.040...but I just dont reckon that can be right..twas in the fermentor for 20 days!!! After 17 days I roused the vessel and increased temp to 18 as I didnt think 1.016 was low enough...1.015 the next day and didnt budge for...

Boiling huh? will look into it!...the tooheys kits are just $6 now...grabbed one, but didnt want too many as I cant wait to put down another Morgans Blue Mtn Lager....and if I have too large a stockpile of kit goop it might never get used..or more likley will get me in the poop with the missus!

All bottles now moved without incident ...Phew. they've been bottled 8 days now..just put some in the fridge @18 and a couple on the freezer. I will crack one of the freezer bottles in 45mins and get a feel for the pressure in it...might as well taste that one too, rather than recap. If it...

ditto Greg...Kangaroo Island looks like a great place to wet a line!!!! Fishing is pretty good round here...caught two barra up the creek on my kayak last week! :beerbang:

I used hydrometer...its a lager brewed at 11C..OG 1.040...took about a week to drop to 1.018, than another week to get to FG of 1.015 (and I brought the temp up to 18C for the last three days)...all up was in fermenter for 20 days. It was the first time I have tried bulk priming and maybe I...

Just sittingback watching telly and BOOM..a bottle exlpoded in the loungeroom! They have a bit of power as it sent glass flying about 5m. Thank goodness the kids are both having their arvo nap and no-one was hurt. I have cleaned up the big bits of glass, but Im really nervous about going near...

Good idea WW..why didnt I think of that...its not rocket surgery! anyway, I reckon by the time I get home from work it should be about right to go.

Cheers Geoffi..thi ESB kit came with a Saf wheat yeast...not sure of the No offhand. will pitch later in the low 20s and ferment out at 18. I suspect this one will sit in the fridge for a few weeks before bottling as Ive only got a few bottles left !! I either need to drink more of my already...

Ive just put down an ESB 3kg Bavarian Wheat...no additions, just the can and water. Trouble is, tap water here is about 32C. I added some chilled water but still the whole wort is sitting on 30C...I have covered with glad wrap and put in brewing fridge (set at 18)...I guess this will take some...

Wish I knew about the Google search tips earlier..Ive been persevering with the bloody hopeless search function on this forum for months now!!!!!! Why dont the administrators just fix it??? If its worth having it on the site, its worth getting it right...how hard could it be???(NB I wouldnt...

My local Coles had all Tooheys, Wander and Cascade cans reduced to $7.69 today :D ...unfortunately I hadnt read this post before I grabbed a can of Spicy Ghost :( ...I was planning on using it as half of a toucan..maybe with a CPA which I already have, or perhaps buy another $7.69 special...any...

Cheers Les...now Im Weizer than I Woz

Just bought an ESB 3kg bavarian wheat (comes with saf wheat yeast)...any tips on what I might add to this? I have limited stcks on hand and want to put something down tonight. My stocks include: hops (cascade, EKG and WIllamette) steeping grains (crystal malt and...

How do people add the orange peel and coriander seeds? Do you just boil them in the wort for 15 min then strain into the fermenter? or does the peel and seeds go into the fermeter too?

Beerfingers..that will be it. I didnt bottle it first, I bottled it last! to catch all the dregs. I didnt want too much sediment decanting into my bottles so I expressly used the PET for the last bottle as I angled the fermenter up to get all the beer (and by this time yeast slurry) out....It...

hoppin mad..yeah I would say it does taste sweet...but not in a nice way. the carbonated PET bottle tasted real nice...not just fizzier but a whole lot tastier, the glass bottles just dont taste right..I guess 'sweet' is not a bad way to describe the taste.

thanks everyone...beer is all out of the fridge now and in the living room which is coolest (airconditioned) room in the house at 28C...is this temp going to damage my beer????

Oh yeah...welcome to the forum...good advice from raven19..also, learn to use the 'search' function, it can be your best friend...Im fairly new to this forum myself and the past posts hold a wealth of information for the new brewer

the PET bottle carbonated fine..it was kept in same conditions. Is this just because the bigger volume has more yeast available?