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I know a lot of people love their HERMS setup, but I loathed mine. I have a 2 vessle setup- gas fired kettle and mash/lauter tun. I use the kettle also as a HLT. I had an immersion coil which sat in the kettle, through which i'd pump my wort. Kettle would heat/hold sparge water whilst I switch...

We wanted to know what were the key features of a few varieties of hops, as well as what the effect addition time/addition rate was for a given variety of hops. We ran an experiment where we brewed about 50L of wort, split it in 12x4L samples, then hopped each one separately. Once the beer was...

Based on a recent thread by Angry Scotsman (see http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...howtopic=32959), I contacted Simon Walkenhorst for a sticky beak at his new brewery (which is in Lilydale). He graciously agreed to show us around at 2PM on Saturday the 13th of June, and has extended...

Not too long ago, some collegues and I prepared a large wort and split it into 12 batches, all of which were hopped in a different manner. The idea was to be able to easily discern the effects of the various hopping regimes by tasting the beers side by side. This we did, and I'm in the process...

I've spoken with a brewer, Andrew of 2bb, about their up and coming brewery and he shared the following details with me: 2 Brothers Brewery is under construction in Moorabbin Vic. They plan to be up and running in the 4th quarter this year and promise a range of hard to find session beer styles...

Can anyone tell me about rotating racking canes inside conical fermenters? What kind if fitting is usualy stuck through the side of the cone that holds the racking arm? Do you normally have to adjust the angle of the racking arm from inside the fermenter, or can you rotate it from outside? JJ

Hi All. I'm trying to organise a regular beer appreciation gig for punters in the Melbourne area- on a monthly basis to begin with. I'm looking for someone who wants to get paid to teach average bland palated Melbournians how to taste and appreciate different comercial examples of beer...