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Just wondering if anyone can recommend a good substitution for Northdown hops as I am trying to make an all grain clone of Bass Ale?

Hi all, I had someone recently ask if we could get in some BitterX powder ... He used to use it when brewing beer but has not been able to find any for years. Does anyone know what it is and where you might get it? Cheers. Rob.

I have always used dried hop pellets, but I have seen a few people talking about hop plugs. Is that fresh hops, or full dried hop flowers/cones?

As so many friends have had an abundance of Chokos to give away this season, it got me wondering ... can you make Choco cider, or Choko wine, ... or distill it's fermented juices to a spirit? I have done a brief search and have only found a few vague references to Choko wine ... as I am...

Just finished cleaning up after a good afternoon brewing... Recipe Specs ---------------- Batch Size (L): 22.0 Total Grain (kg): 4.500 Total Hops (g): 65.00 Original Gravity (OG): 1.044 (P): 11.0 Final Gravity (FG): 1.011 (P): 2.8 Alcohol by Volume (ABV)...

Hi All, My mash strike temp was not as high as I had intended it to be (66c) ... it ended up being about 63c after I had stirred the mash in. I did quickly heat up another 5 litres to about 75c & add it - but had to drain 5 litres from mash tun in order to fit it in. I didn't want to let more...

My BIAB was a tad unweildy: So I was either going to go buy a proper bag, or make me a mash tun. I was at my LHBS today and after a good hour (or so) chat I decided on the mash tun. It don't have to cost heaps, and it don't have to be fancy... and here it is.... Just need to make sure my...

Well I am brewing again today, and listening to the radio I realise it's the Queens Birthday long weekend, and as I am using Hops of British origin I thought I'd have a bit of fun and name this brew accordingly..... HRH Birthday Pale Ale Recipe Specs ---------------- Batch Size (L)...

Moving on from kits/partials to AG has really set my imagination running, with ideas like I can now determine differences between hop varieties by brewing the same beer, but with different flavour & aroma hops (i.e.: so I can taste first hand the differences) On this quest I have decided to use...

Gonna pick up the ingredients for a DrSmurtos Golden Ale (http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...&recipe=502) And one of BribieG's simple Aussie Ale style recipies as in this thread - http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...st&p=773997 oooh yeah AG here I come :D

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/13/3216359.htm Well there goes my budget! I am too angry to say any more right now, but I really hope somehow it does not get passed.

I recently made an ale which was meant to have a nice Amarillo hop aroma and flavour - but somehow turned out with very little of either (I have my suspicions on what I did wrong ... but I don't want to discus that now). What I am considering is to start with some hop tea - boiled then cooled...

Wanted to clear out some space in the "brewing pantry" (i.e.: small cupboard above my desk), so I decided to throw it all together & see what it turns out like. Was gonna copy/paste the recipe here out of the spreadsheet, but Excel locked up - so I screen shotted it instead: Dissolved the...

For those of you who don't use a fermenter with a tap, what is your method of siphoning? Do you just use a clear poly tube, dipped in just below surface level and suck at the other end & stick your thumb over the end till you point it in to the bottom of your keg or priming vessel? Or are there...

This afternoon I was happily potting some seedlings on the front patio with my 7 year old daughter who just loves helping daddy out in the garden when the familiar tune of a "Mr Whippy" van was heard coming down the street ... and what child can't resist running out to look ... even if it is...

I have been wondering what effects in terms of acidity the discarded grain & the trub from the bottom of the fermenter is having on my garden. If it increases acidity levels, then I will throw it towards my citrus & azaleas and avoid chucking it in the rest of the garden. I once chucked a bunch...

Ok, I know what wort is, but it came up in conversation this evening in a rather amusing dialogue..... Wife: Can you bbq some saussages for dinner? Me: ummm no not really. W: Why not?! M: Because I am boiling my wort. W: You have boils on your what? M: No, my wort. W: (raises eyebrows) M...

I'll be doing my partials today without the addition of my Carahelle ... pity, as it sat in the measuring bowl little brown weavils started crawling up the sides ... the damn critters are all through it! Now I am going to find out just how much difference the spec grains actually make :) It's...

Knocked off work early this arvo and swung by the LHBS to pick up some supplies (last chance for me to brew before Christmas!). Did my first partial a few weeks ago, and the keg is almot empty, so I figured it was time for some more. Tonight I will be mashing 2150g of Pilsner, 200g Flaked...