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i made a chocolate porter recently and despite being quite tasty it has absolutely no head retention. i was wondering if this could be due to the addition of cocoa? has anyone else found this? the recipe i used is as follows: Mash (60 mins @ 66): Marris Otter: 4kg...

Did my 50th brew yesterday. thought i'd make it something special...a belgian quadrupel. should be a good day, what could possibly go wrong? first drama didn't take long as my urn was heating up the water the adapter managed to melt itself into the socket and short out the house. bit of a set...

Just took a sample of a blonde ale i knocked out a few weeks ago, while the gravity indicates it's done, a taste test showed signs of oxidation, that is; it hard a cardboard taste to it. not sure how this could of happened: its still in the primary fermener the fermenter hasn't moved since i...

Yeah...I bought some hop plants on a whim from the lilydale herb farm despite them not being able to tell me what variety there were. Was hoping someone might be able to identify them from this picture and the fact that squishing them between my fingers gives a distinctive pineapple aroma. any...

was at my local maxi today and spotted a wonderful selection of preservative free, 100% apple juices. there was a variety of different flavours and was wondering if anyone would know what flavour the different varieties would impart on a cider. the choices are: royal gala fuji mixed apples apple...

went to bottle a batch today and noticed these weird large bubbles as pictured. still smells and tastes fine, was just a little curious as to what they are and if it could mean trouble. cheers, murray

Brewing a ginger beer at the sisters request tomorrow(her christmas present). Here's the recipe, was wondering what ya'll might think of it Maris otter: 4kg Flaked rice: 250g Vienna malt: 500g Dextrose: 500g Tettnanger: 50g(60m) Orange zest: 5g(5m) Lemon zest: 5g(5m) Fresh grated ginger...

hey all, just a quick question regarding... i've got a christmas ale that's sat in the primary for two weeks and will sit in the secondary for another 4 weeks before i bottle it. last time i had an ale sitting for nearly this long it didn't carbonate very well at all. should i pitch a fresh...

Does anyone out there have experience making gruit? i'm planning a brew and would love to hear how other people have gone about it/how they came out. cheers, murray

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hey all, i'm planning on making a christmas ale...probably for next year and would ideally age for a while in an oak barrel....i don't own an oak barrel. was thinking i would throw oak chips into the secondary instead. how long would i need to do that for? and would i just chuck straight in...

Hey all, first post I've only been all grain brewing a few months but i'm already seeing a rather none too good pattern emerging. The gravity my beer is reaching is somewhat lower than what i work out it should be. The IPA I did yesterday had a grain bill that should have gotten the wort to a...