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SB I'm glad you asked about the cube......... because I was about to hahahahahaha :lol: Well, today the airlock is ok, I gave it another clean out and so far no murkiness at all so I think it has finally calmed right down. I will keep the tube idea in mind for future dark brews, since that's...

Is that safe? I mean does it prevent nasties from getting into your brew? Sounds like a great solution, but I haven't ever used anything but the conventional airlocks, so I wouldn't know :D

My dark ale has settled down also..... I have had to clean and sanitise the 2 piece airlock I had replaced the first one with... what I did was pull it out of the grommet carefully, and then stuck a face washer (a clean one that had been doused in boiling water from the kettle) over the grommet...

It's not a micro brewery, but I urge you to do the tour of the Speights Brewery in Dunedin. Unreal. Then afterwards go and have a feed at the Speights Ale House, which is a couple of doors down from the brewery, it's reasonably priced and the food is very very tasty. The venison dishes and the...

Bwahahahahahaha! :D

...... My two favourite hobbies are brewing and crochet.... interesting combination to say the least hahahahaha :P

The hubby was the first to get into the homebrewing (2004/2005)..... he brought home an old kit given to him by one of his workmates. I was not overly impressed or interested in it at the time, but gave him the benefit of the doubt and we put a brew down. I believe it was a draught (Toohey's or...

Thanks guys :D The dark ale I have on at the moment is the Cooper's Dark Ale, I used the yeast that came with it (so I dont know what one that is), temp I do not know what it is as the gauge is stuffed hahahaha. I'm not heating it, and it is brewing in the laundry, which isn't warm. The overall...

Thanks for that, I shall do this! For the moment I have pulled out the 2 piece airlock I did have packed away, sanitised it and put it in place instead of the ol gooseneck one. It has tamed the frothing a bit but not too much. I figure I will just keep topping the water up as I previously...

Its not the 2 piece unfortunately, so I guess if I can't get this airlock clean I will just buy a new one..... they aren't expensive so I'm not too worried :D Thanx for the advice :)

I've just started a dark ale which is doing the same thing...... I'm just retopping the airlock with water as the foam blows it out. I'm too scared to remove it and clean the airlock so will it be ok to just keep retopping the airlock as is?

....Very funny. Ok, so I like Cooper's ginger beer, so that was what we chose as our first brew in like 5 years..... remember we are newbies at this, we have to start somewhere hahahahahahaha :lol: xx

Hee hee, just realised there was an introduction thread.......... Well, I shall introduce myself, my name is Lydia, hubby and I have started homebrewing again after a very long hiatus. We were newbies at it when we first started, but are really looking forward to getting in an making some...

Got to break the ice somehow! :D hee hee

Hiya, this seems rather fitting as a first post, so here ya go: What's the definition of gross? .... A guy waking up with a lump in his throat...... and it has a string attached.... Bwahahahahaha! LydiaRaven :super: