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Hello all, I am on a pretty tight budget for my AG brewery and to save money I can see that I can get brass fittings allot cheaper that I can Stainless. What I was wondering is that you do see all the breweries of the world using stainless, so there must be a reason for this. But as a home...

Hello, Being a bit of a handy man and loving just giving things a go, I was wanting to expand my All Grain kit and weld some valves and things to my boiler and make a mash tun and HLT out of old Kegs. Also I would like to make a stand for all my gear out of angle or box steel. I have Arc...

Hey there all, I am normaly an all grain brewer but I am in the process of building a new house and moving the brewery there. In the mean time I have gone back to extract brewing as it is quicker and I dont need all my equipment. Just wanted to get your thoughts on your favorite extract...

Morning all, I brewed over the weekend and decided to give a Belgian Strong Ale a go... I was going along nicely and it was smelling awesome. I then did my pre-boil gravity and noticed I was 10 points down or so. Recipe said I should be at 1.083 and I had around the 1.070 mark. I had more wort...

Hey there, I have looked and found many articles on adding bittering hops 10 - 20 min later in the boil to compensate for using the no-chill method for cooling your wort. What I cannot find is when a recipe calls for a 0min addition, when I should be adding this to my wort....? Until I can...

Hey there all... I was just wondering those who use a 50L keggle what volume of wort do you start with for a 60min boil? Just need a figure to work off as I think I am stuffing my pre boil volumes up a bit... Thanks, Dietz

Hi again... so many noob questions :icon_cheers: I have used irish moss for the 1st time and am just starting to try my beers. 10min to go on the boil I added the irish moss and whirlpooled. They are bottled conditioned in 330ml bottles with the coopers carbonation drops. It is real clear and...

Hi all, I am doing a Bohiemian Pilsner and need a little advice on my starter please. I have used one packet of Wyeast 2001 - Urquell Lager and grown a starter to around 2L now... Mr Malty reckons I should of used 2 packs and then grown to 2L. Because I have only used 1 packet do I need to...

Hey all, My brother in-law bought some Konig Ludwig Weissbier tonight and we got stuck into it.... WOW what a beer!! But we have being trying to work out what is that yeast smell that makes it soooooo good?? Just a beautiful beer and would like to give it a go of doing a AG clone. Cheers, Dietz

Hey there, Done my 2nd and 3rd AG over the weekend.... even hit temps in my mash... Woo Hoo! But I am getting side tracked... I noticed that when I went to put my wort into my no-chill cube that it was a little stained from the last batch. I rinsed and sanitised after I emptied it last time but...

Had a ball Friday night and completed my 1st AG... Woo Hoo!! All good I think... 5kg Pale ale 500g Crystal 500g Wheat Safale US 05 Cascades at 60(40g) 10(30g) and 0(30g) Really enjoyed my brew night and thanks to all the good advice here I think it was a success. OG of 1050 which I was happy...

Hi everyone, Just come across a ad pamphlet in our tea room. Its for Techni Ice and eskys they sell.... If you are into camping or want a high quality Mash Tun these look the goods and are really cheap from the factory outlet. They are in the Frankston, VIC area. think I will be checking it out...

Was listening to a podcast from Home Breing Radio and they were talking of Malt Conditioning. The idea is to add moisture to the husk of the malt so that the husk stays more intact during milling and helps the grain bed to filter better. One way was to steam the malt for 1-2mins and the other...

Hi all, Still a bit of a noob but I have made some reall good extract brews and now want to move to partials and AG. I have read so much of this forum and have a folder full of how too's and how not too's. I have got together a bit of gear now and am ready to get into a partial or AG, but I...

Hi all, Big W have those 19l stock pots for $20 bucks again. But also at the moment Harris Scarfe have a 40-60% off cookware sale. I was going to suss it out tonight and will report back, but in the catalogue there were SS pots for $50 that use to be over a hundred. Update tonight after I have a...

I hope this is not off topic, but it is a review, but off James Squires web site. When you go to the bottom of the screen the various beers arise. You can click on the beer of choice and a dude to the right pours the beer into the appropriate glass. Looks great. I wish for the day when I can...

I have put a extract brew down and added hops during the boil (as you do), but I forgot to strain the wort into my fermenter, to many James Squire IPA's during the boil me think. What is the best way now to ensure that I dont get Hops residue in my beer when I am bottling? Cheers....

Want to give AG a go and built a Mash Tun on the weekend. All sorced from my second home Bunnings. Ball valve $13, Braided hose $7, water tank connection $6, Eski $30 from Coles on special. Was stoked with the ball valve as I couldnt get them that cheap on ebay.... Water tested, no leaks...

Hey there, Got back into my brewing. I had a bit of a layoff after I moved house and have just been able to setup in the new place. I have had some great success with extract kits and made well over a dozen good beers. I had some extracts left over and got a safale S-04 yeast from the brew shop...