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Hey Guys, hope your all well, I have done what was told to me, i have another layer of crusty stuffs on the bottom of the secondary fermenter now, not sure if this is what should happen, will this affect the brew in tastes?, can i change fermenters over again to try and filter somehow after the...

Hey thanks Brend, cheers mate you just explained the very thing i was going to ask, Legend, thanks again guys for all your help, hopefully i will be more relaxed about the brew lol, Patrick

Supra once i have let it get up to 18deg and left it for 2 days, i will bottle it can i chuck it back into the fridge to stand for 2 weeks or not bother about it and let it sit a 18deg, Cheers Supra, Chappo as always your help is appreicated, Patrick

Hey guys, i am doing a mex cerveza, my fridge my kitchen my house also smells like Rotarua NZ, home of the sulfer pools, will this smell which has been around for a week, affect the taste i have taken a gravity test and the brew smelt like farts still, how can i make sure this is not going to...

Cheers guys thanks for all your comments, was thinking that myself to add lemon or lime to hide the taste, anyway will see how it goes, 2 time trying to brew so it probably be crap but again learning curve, I totally agree with you Citymorgue chinese instructions bloody bastards, cheers again...

ohhhhh Crap, i didn't boil the grain water, and sorry i soak the grain in boiling water then used that water, i used a bag from the local brew shop like stocking thingo, Whats gonna happen with the grain water if i have not boiled it, why can't the Brew shop give you proper instructions jezzzas,

Hey cheers guys, i followed the directions my local brew shop gave me, by boiling the hops and placing the grain in a bag and allowing to sit in boiling water then using this water form the hops and grain,i added 500g of Dex as well as the can of malt, i am pretty sure it was S-23, i have got...

Hey Guys, i am in the process of brewing the mexican cerveza, have got it in the fermenter and placed it in the fridge brewing at 10 degrees, have used saf yeast, which i heard is a bottom feeding yeast ??? is that right or is that crap, cause i have no surface activity but heaps on the bottom...

Many thnaks guys for all your input and tech knowledge, i know what i need to do now, at the brew shop they said at 22 degrees to 24 is ok, So i thought i was doing the right thing but any way i hope my beer is drinkable, thanks again guys patrick

thanks Geoff, i believe the most it got up to was 25 degress, it has been in the fermenter for about 8 days, i hope to make and i use the word hope to make munich larger, i also used boiling water to disinfect my fermenter, thought that would kill any nastys, the orange things are the same...

Hey guys hope your all well, i took my first reading today, the hydrometer that i got in the brewcraft beginners kit was reading 10.20 on the green strip that stats Beer ????? i could not help my self i had a taste was crap like wine have i destroyed my brew by it getting to hot?, i also have...

Many thanks guys for all your comments, it has given me a better understanding, thanks again, Patrick

Hi guys, am new to the brewing scene, I purchased a little starter kit and in the process of brewing my first ever batch, I am very intrested in brewing from scratch, Am just wondering what the costs are to brew from scatch, will need the director of finances approval before i go out an buy lol...