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Apologies to Pratty1 for edging in on the mill bulk buying game, but this is the one I really want, so I figured I'd take the reins on this bulk buy... Thanks to Spiesy from Full Pint, we've got a bit of a deal available on Mashmaster MiniMills. If we get to 10 mills, we save $10 each ($219)...

I'm doing up a lager for the first time and I had no idea it was this much more complicated than an ale! I've been reading up all day on starters and everything and I just want to make sure I'm doing everything right. My local home brew shop only had S-23 for lager yeasts, so that's what I'll...

I'm interested in reusing the yeast from a bottle or two of Little Creatures, and I have searched around the forum and on Google, but I can't seem to find if this is doable or not. Has anyone done this with any success?

I recently brewed up an extract Imperial IPA, which I earlier mentioned here. I broke down and tried one out today and was pretty happy with it. The bitterness was right on, however, I felt the hops flavour was a little one dimensional and missing something. I'm thinking about adding another...

I bottled an imperial IPA last weekend and I told myself not to even think of touching it for 4 weeks. But I have been reading around and seen some suggestions that hoppy beers should be less aged. Any opinions?

I'm planning an extract recipe for an IPA using Beer Smith and I'm having difficulties getting the IBU high enough using the following recipe: 3 kg light dry malt 0.5 kg crystal 20 0.5 kg carapils 0.5 kg caramunich 1 kg dextrose 35 g Southern Cross @ 60 20 g Southern Cross @ 20 10 g Southern...

Attached is a photo of my possibly infected batch of beer. I wouldn't be too worried about the look of it, except that it has a really pungent, acrid sort of vinegary smell to it. I tasted a bit 2 days ago when I took a hydrometer sample and it tasted fine, so I'm not sure if I'm worried about...

I've seen some mention of people boiling water, adding whatever sugary fermentables (i.e. dex or malt) they plan to use, and then boiling the sugar water before adding it to the fermenter. I'm thinking this is unnecessary... Sugar is hygroscopic, so it should be impossible for much of...

I'm considering starting to rack beer and I've seen lots of mentions about racking into a cube... And I have no idea what the cube part means. What size is it? Where can I get one (LHBS? Bunnings?)? How much? Anyone have a link or a picture? Thanks!

I'm pretty new to brewing; I've done 5 kits over the last couple of months, and I've had a couple of annoyingly strange results with some of my brews. Here's a quick rundown: my first kit was okay, but the fermenting temp was about 26, so taste was obviously affected. I fermented my second...