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Hi all Ok so I've done a fair bit of searching and found a few threads on decanting the starter before pitching. It seemed that was mainly to not mess up the volumes but I'll definitely do that next time. But yesterday I pitched 2L of starter (two step) into my Belgian strong ale. I measured the...

Hi all I have been giving my spent grains to my parents to feed the chooks with. They love it, but they were asking if I knew what the protein level is in it, because apparently to keep chooks on the lay their main feed needs to be around 16% protein. The interweb tell me that barley only starts...

Hi all I have done many BIAB no chill brews and have been pretty happy with my usual wort clarity after a good whirlpool. However I did a brew tonight that used whirlpool hops and my BeerSmith calcs were based on a 90degC whirlpool. So I put my whirlfloc in with 10 min of boil to go as usual...

Hi all Sorry if this has been covered. I did a good search and could only find one brief thread on it here https://aussiehomebrewer.com/threads/gas-bottle-to-sodastream.6082/ Plenty of threads about using Sodastream bottles to gas a keg system, but I want to go the other way. So, I'm keen to...

I'm doing a spiced chocolate/coffee stout so it's going to be pretty rich and heavy. The bag slipped off the rim of the urn and a few grains came out. Is this going to be a problem if there's say 20-50g of grains floating around during the boil? Astringency? Anything like that?

Hi all I was recently flicking through a NZ brewing magazine in Queenstown airport and saw a recipe that I wanted to try so took a sneaky pic. I've got all my ingredients and know basically what I'm going to do but have a question about the addition of the coffee, cinnamon and chocolate. I've...

I'm looking to upgrade my brewing system so selling my urn. I've used this urn for probably 20 BIAB brews and with the wire rack I made to keep the bag off the element it works a charm. It's a 3000W element so heats up very quickly- usually less than 25 min to get up to mash temps and another 20...

Looking at having a go at an all grain wash to make whiskey so I'm after a small oak barrel for ageing. Preferably something that's had port or sherry in it but whatever. Anyone have anything or suggest where one might get one?

Hi all I found an old thread discussing this here- http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/21296-lock-the-taps/ but it was back in 2008 so I thought I'd ask around to see if there's anything new around or new ideas? My kids are fine, they'd never play with my taps, it's when other kids come over that...

Hi all about a year ago I did a grain order based on a bock recipe I'm sure I found on here. I can't for the life of me figure out now how to search for recipes in the RecipeDB. If I do a search for bock it comes up with any thread post containing that word. If I search just the Recipe...

Hi all I've had a nearly year long break and have a bag of grain that I ordered from craftbrewer nearly a year ago that I have no idea what recipe it was for. I can find the grain bill with my order history, so here it is: 2.5kg Pale pilsner (Barrett Burston) (50%) 2kg Munich II (Weyermann)...

For sale is my beer keg fridge. The perfect addition for any homebrewer or beer enthusiast. All in perfect working order, I'm only selling because I had the opportunity to upgrade to a bigger fridge that fits more of the extra food required for 3 growing kids! 281L Samsung fridge runs very...

Hi all It's been over a year since I've brewed or been on the forum, and my first brew in that time I've missed the mark on my bitterness, it's way too high to my taste. This has actually been a common thing for my brews but not this bad in the past, and a bit of research leads me to think...

No affiliation, just saw it in the junk mail and I'm going to try and get the insert. Sale starts this Thursday 7th.

Hi I recently bought a 2nd hand 40L birko urn for BIAB. I got it and the plug is a 15A plug that has had the earth pin tampered with so it will fit in a normal 10A socket. (I think that's what normal house power points are?). The label on the bottom of the urn says 240-250V and 12.5A. Is...

Hi allAbout time I had a clean out and with kegs now I don't use these bottles. Most were dried by me and then stored under the house so aren't moldy but are dusty. All crown seals. You can even have the plastic crates :)There are also 30 screw cap wine bottles also clean and dry. If not taken...

Hi all. I have some grain that I originally bought for a BIAB Dr Smurto's Golden Ale but I'm out of Pilsner and still have plenty of Ale so I had a play on Brewmate to see what I could come up with using a Czech Pilsner yeast I have and leftover hops. I'm new to AG (have done 3 BIAB's in 20L...

Hi all I used this for 2-3 brews max then then found that mostly a week of patience in the keg produces beer clear enough for me! I stupidly threw the filter out a while ago but replacement filters look to be about $30. Specs from the label are as follows: Filtaflow Water Purifiers Filter...

Hi everyone I got given this book for Christmas and having read through it a bit it looks to be great with 200 recipes- all partials. I'm keen to give some a go and will be soon. The bit at the start about getting started was a good refresher too. But I thought I'd ask to see if anyone's used...

I just did a partial recipe that used a whirfloc in the last 15 min of the boil. After it had cooled I transferred it to the fermenter but it didn't occur to me that the stuff on the bottom was the crud that was supposed to drop out. I was just thinking I didn't want to lose any goodness so I...