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Question for anyone with half an idea..... Assuming you could get inside an automotive LPG tank made from stainless steel, could they be scrubbed out sufficiently to be re-used for brewing beer or for kegging? Can you get rid of the smell of the gas? I've seen these used for home made hot water...

After many years I have filled my first kegs. I've been using King Browns for decades and it is about time I stepped up to draught beer. Of course, I wanted to try it out straight away! I followed the instructions for forced carbonation, and after a few hours I connected up the Pluto gun and...

Hi y'all, I have a question about LDM. The helpful guys at Grain & Grape did print out a recipe but it has been misplaced. Question is, if I am using LDM do I delete 1 gram of dextrose for every gram of LDM because this replaces the fermentable dextrose? Will this give me roughly the same...

It's time for a 200 litre lager brew (yes it's true 200 litres). Not megaswill either, will be using half dex half sugar (roughly) Hallertau hop pellets (boiled appropriately) and nine cans of Tooheys lager goo, according to a recipe created for this purpose by the guys at Grain and Grape...

I need to know from my esteemed fellow brewers a little bit about hop pellets. I have purchased some POR pellets, two packets of 25gm each. Are there any recommendations of how many I might add to a 23 litre brew? I am leaning towards boiling them, if so how long for? I have read a few...

Hi, haven't posted here for a while, many other things to do. Some time ago I purchased a block at Kinglake. The house was toasted but the shed and various outbuildings survived (happily the previous owners survived but decided not to rebuild) and I was pleasently surprised to find a hop vine...

Hi all, I am about to do my first brew which is'nt just K&K. I went to the LHB and got myself four packets of Saflager S23 (11.5 gms each) and two packets of Pride of Ringwood bittering hops pellets (25 gms each). This to go into a 200 litre fermenter with 8 cans of Cascade Golden Harvest Lager...

I have posted earlier about possible infection but I lifted the lid on my latest megabrew a few days after pitching the yeast and I noticed dark green patches on top of the lighter coloured foam. These patches were longer than they were thin, say 1-1.5" long and perhaps 0.125-0.250" wide. My...

I asked several people the answer to this question...... If I am to purchase bottles I normally go to the bottle shop and get a carton of longnecks. Unfortunately these are filled with Yarra water etc which has to drained (ie consumed) so I can put home brew in them :rolleyes: Why does a...

Recently (just before joining this forum) I bought perhaps 2 dozen Cascade kits because they were going for a song at a local Coles store. Since then I have read a few posts about Cascade kits and there seems to be some controversy over the quality of these kits. I have made a few brews with...

Hi, I am looking to perhaps weld up a new fermentor. I have done a fair bit of non-food grade TIG welding and I generally pickle the weld with an acid solution. Does anyone know what post-weld treatment is necessary for 'food grade' stainless equipment? Using pickling paste sounds kind of...

Hi all, I have been lurking here as a guest and this forum seems to be a wealth of knowledge for brewing, so I finally got around to joining up and announcing my existence. I usually just make kits, a vast majority of them being homebrand kits from Coles and Safeway, and maybe a few Coopers etc...