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Are there any shops in Sydney that allow you to brew your recipes at their location? Then return to bottle etc and take home the goods?

I believe you could get much higher than 5% if you wanted. Adding fully fermentable "sugar" i.e dextrose will increase your final alcohol % without leaving behind any sweetness. I'm not sure if there is a limit? I believe the brew enhancers have some maltodextrine which isn't fully...

I have a quick question in regards to hops, not specifically about this recipe although it was similar. I did an extract using 40g of Amarillo at 20min and 20g at 10min and i just think it tastes too "fruity" (well kind of hoppy but definately fruity in some ways, almost tastes like...

Where is the liquid coming from? Did you put teflon tape on both sides of the gate valve?

hmmm, i've done three brews with steeping grains, a dark ale which was a kit with some crystal and Choc (wasn't boiled at all), this is around 8 weeks old and tasting great. Then there was an extract pale ale with some added cyrstal (currently two weeks in the bottle) smelt great when...

So the steeped grain liquid should be boiled up with the hops? My last brew i added it in after i had boiled although i guess the wort was still quite warm so it should be ok?

Just reading through this thread again and wanted to get confirmation on the topics discussed. So, if i boil 20grams of 5% AA hops (just an example) in 10L for 30 minutes will it contribute the same overall IBU as if i boiled the same weight in only 5L? (assuming both boiled in 1040SG liquid...

TB, not quite sure what you mean about "break"...... can you explain that a little more please? Is it to do with dissolved salts precipitating once they have exceeded their solubility?

When referring to these ingredients, are they steeping grains? 9.0 0.30 kg. TF Crystal UK 1.034 140 0.9 0.03 kg. TF Chocolate Malt UK 1.033 900 Say from this page are they the first and third one down? http://www.countrybrewer.com.au/category41_1.htm

+1 on the coffee strainer! Although, how critical is the temperature control when steeping? I have read that it should be 60 - 70oC for 30 minutes?

A few equations here if you are interested. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_(alcoholic_beverage)

What are the advantages of cling wrap? Certainly seems primitive when compared to the screwed lid and air lock! I'm sure there are reason why though, please explain. EDIT: i just thought of 1 reason, you could see the brew a lot better?