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gday all, well as the topic header states i think (hope) i have a lag in my 1272, i was making a batch of my anzac amber ale from the recipe DB, pitched the 1272 (no starter flame suit on) after having the pack swell up overnight, well it has now been 36 hrs and no sign of a krausen and no drop...

gday all, the wife and I heading over to Auckland in april for a week and i will be looking to spend at least a day or 2 at a brewpub or a brewery tour etc... anyone able to enlighten me as to what's on offer? we are going to be based in Auckland, as we are also meeting up with some Yankee...

hey all, been dreaming lately about owning my own brewpub, even started pricing different pubs for sale throughout sydney as i think it is easier to get the council approval to brew on premises if the pub is existing.. anyway like i said dreaming because i don't have the $$ required atm. been...

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just put down the following witbier recipe using 3711 french saison (out of style i know but wanted it dry) and was expecting it to finish up with a FG of around 1.009-1.010 as was calculated by beeralchemy, my actual OG was slightly higher then calculated as well at 1.046. well it is now 7...

just sharing the experiences of my Japan trip, have tried many beers so far some very good some very bad just thought i would share my thoughts. the best beers :beerbang: Ise Kadoya Brown Ale (but anything from them is good) Bairds IIPA a good starter at 7.5% and very hoppy Toshi's IPA and APA...

Gday all, decided to put down a quick kit and bits brew and i wanted to see if you guys think the recipe would work. decided on using the 3kg esb extra special stout tin as a base. 3.0kg ESB Extra Special Stout Tin 0.7kg Caramalt 0.3kg Choc Malt 0.25kg Ground Turkish Coffee safale S-04...

Ok so i spent some time in the hunter during the week and of course visited the potters micro brewery outside cessnock and well i left confused and surprised, i asked a million questions on the tour and the one that surpised me most is the fact they use only 3 smack packs of yeast in a 600 litre...

April fools :D sorry it is cruel i know but its in the joke forum none the less

ok i am going to put out a real noob question here, one i am almost too embarrassed to ask. is there much of a difference in the final product between the liquid wyeast 1056 and the dry safale us-05? i am told by my local hbs guy that they are the same yeast just dry and liquid versions. i am...

hey guys, i have been brewing for a few months now and have been experimenting with grains etc and i am now one purchase away from my first biab all grain brew, but there is one recurring problem with all my beers since i started using grain and switched to us-05 yeast (tragic apa fan here) is...

gday all, was recently taken out to dinner for my bday by the wife to James Squire brewhouse in Sydney, i made it a mission while i was there to try every beer on the menu. well the first i tried was the governor king which i instantly loved and just kept craving after every beer so had to fit...

gday brewers, first of all i apologise if i have placed this thread in the wrong place, but to the point the lid on my fermenter is stuck on atm.. i have the plastic coopers fermenter, went to open the lid to put finnings in and it is stuck on good.. i almost snapped the tap off with my foot...

G'day Homebrewers, polished off a carton of Little Creatures Pale Ale last night with the help of a mate and i was quietly impressed, i actually have had the beer before out of the bottle but it must have been a bad batch because last time i thought it was very sour, however it went down smooth...

G'day homebrewers, i just want you guys to critique my next recipe idea. i was thinking of doing a lager due to the weather and i don't want to fork out for heating equipment yet so the recipe i am going to go with is (want to keep it simple atm as this will be second brew) 2x 1.7kg light...

G'day brewers as the title sugests I am stuck for ideas for what I should brew next I am only brewing extracts and want to brew something that should be drinkable after a month don't really have the patience for a 12 week brew atm anywAy I am drinking blue tongue lager atm so would like to brew...

gday guys, i bottled my first homebrew on monday after steady hydro reading, and i thought i would give one bottle a crack to see how it goes, a bit early i know. anyway it almost no head, it has bubbles and a light head upon pooring but the head disapears after a min or two, is the brew stuffed...

gday homebrewers, i bottled my first homebrew today after getting a reading of 1020 for 3 days, and i just have a couple concerns, 1. is 1020 a normal reading? i did a coopers 2 can lager with half kilo dex. fermented for 8 days at around 18-20 degrees. 2. after i bottled there was a bit left...

hi guys, i am new to brewing and i am about 4 days in to my first homebrew fermenting, well last night i decided to check on my beer and foam was spewing out of the airlock, so i have put it in the tub and left it overnight and the foam is still spewing out an alarming rate this morning. please...

hi guys, i am new to brewing and currently have my first batch in the works atm from the coopers micro-brewkit. however i think i might have been too excited and rushed the process as i didn't read the instructions properly or stumble on to this site until i re-read the instructions and realised...