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Put this one down to experience. Thought I'd share with others so as to spare them the pain. I normally keg my beer (that's my excuse for being so stupid, anyway). However I've just recently finished a batch of Barleywine that I intend to lay down for 12 months or more, so I decided to bottle...

Pleasant surprise last night and thought I'd share it with other Gold Coasters in search of good beer. The Prince Albert at Jupiter's Casino now has a beer list comprising 108 different beers from around the world. The standard pale lagers still feature prominently, however they do have (many)...

....clean out my boiler last Sunday :) Eat your heart out Alexander Fleming. Beautiful, isn't it?

Have been noticing an increase in my FG by a few points of late and got around to checking the accuracy of my mash thermometer. It was out by almost 3 degrees. I'm interested in learning how often other AG'ers calibrate their thermometer. It's been 3 years since I checked mine - obviously too...

If you live on the Gold Coast, you may want to check out the "bin end" box at the front of the Broadbeach Dan Murphy's. They have a bunch of craft beers on sale. Couple of examples: Murray's Nirvana PA 4 pack - $4.95, Baron's Lager 6 pack - $4.95!!! Note - the beers are about a month past...

Anyone else notice the ad in the latest Beer and Brewer (pg 21): Typo for US-06???? Or am I missing out on a whole new slant on one of my favourite styles?

Hi Guys, I've been wondering about this for a while and have been unable to find a definitive answer to date (either here or in any of the brewing literature I have). When brewing lagers, I want to pitch my yeast into the wort after I have chilled the wort to fermentation temps (10 to 13 C)...

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Hi Guys, I used to hand mill my grain using a corona-style mill but gave up on that a couple of years back because it was taking me about an hour to mill a 5kg batch (not to mention the poor quality of the crush). I now buy my grain pre-cracked. However, I'd love an excuse to buy something...

Hi Guys, This is only my 4th lager, and my first with dry yeast. It's also the first time I've pitched my yeast at fermentation temp (10C) - usually I pitch at around 18C and slowly cool to fermentation temp. Problem is it's now been 48 hours since I pitched my yeast and there's still no sign...

Received this email today: Thought y'all might be interested. For those of us not in Melbourne, sounds like a potential stop-off point during the ANHC in October....

Hi Guys, I have an pack of Wy 3944 which is coming on 5 months since manufacture. I received it approx 2 weeks after manufacture and placed it straight in the fridge (~3C). Just plugged the mfg date into Jamil's pitching calculator (link) and it's telling me that I'm sitting on a viability of...

Hi Guys, Paid a visit to David at Northern Rivers Brewing on Saturday for a tour of their setup - $10 gets you the tour, beer tasting and an etched sampler glass. Had a great time and sampled their whole lineup (except the mid-strength which was unavailable at the time). Must say, I was...

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Hi Guys, Put a Sour Cherry Ale down on Friday (fermented with Wy 1388 Belgian Strong Ale). The pH into the fermenter was 5.2 (5kg of frozen sour cherries into primary along with the 26L wort - OG 1057) - I like to put my fruit into the primary :) . Checked gravity and pH yesterday. Gravity...

Surprisingly, I haven't managed to find a previous poll on this topic. I consider mine to be quite high (around the 20% mark), that's why I'm interested....

So happy about this, just had to tell someone :). Absolutely nothing to do with hb, but we all love our toys, right? I've been looking at replacing my old AV amp/receiver for some time and the model I was lusting after was RRP $1400 (link). I had seen it around on ebay and JB HiFi etc for...

What's a Kegmate? The Kegmate is a bar-fridge sized auto-defrost refrigerator manufactured so as to accommodate either one 50L commercial beer keg or three 19L cornelius kegs. It can also function as a simple 164L, 3 shelf bar-fridge if so desired. For home-brewers, the Kegmate would be of...

Hi Guys, I'm converting a partial mash recipe which does a 3/4 volume boil for 60 minutes to AG with full volume boil for 90 mins. Can anyone give me an idea of how much I need to reduce the hop quantities by to achieve the same IBU? Thanks, Michael.

Hi All, I'm doing an Oktoberfest using the "primary -> crash chill -> transfer to keg" (ie. no secondary) method. OG was 1052 chilled to 10*C, pitched 1.75L Wyeast 2633 starter. Fermented for 10 days @10*C, then 2 day d-rest @ 16*C, then reduced temperature 3*C per day to 0*C - total 2.5...