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Hey all, Decided to give brewing a break for a bit - lost a bit of the passion and am too busy atm to do something that was becoming a chore. Looking to get rid of basically all my brewing equipment. I'm not really going to list prices as most of it is fairly dirty and in need of some TLC...

Hey all, I've recently kegged a FWK in the style of a check pils. Was fermented with s189 for 2 weeks, given a 4 day Diacetyl rest at 16 degrees, then cold crashed for about 2 weeks. It's developed reasonably prominent Diacetyl at some stage. I personally don't mind some diacetyl, but want to...

Hey all, Have a nice little Chesty, not too sure of the exact dimensions but is roughly a 'cube' kind of shape and will comfortably fit 4 kegs. Obviously willing to take pics/measure if people need more details. In return I'm after an upright freezer or a bar fridge capable of fitting a...

I am finally realising something that perhaps I should have realised quite a while ago. The only time I seem to be able to make good hop-forward beers is when choosing hops based on freshness rather than sticking to a recipe, even if it means using 2010 crop hops for part of the hop bill...

Hey, I got left with a 6er of *a certain brand of beer* that was replaced to to oxidation issues. It's not a great beer when oxidised, so that's not what I'm offering here. Having never really identified oxidation in a beer before, I now know for certain what it tastes like. In a clean beer...

Hey all, Yesterday I did my first batch with my new Craftbrewer 2200w element. Loved the improved boil over the stovetop burner I was using. However, it finished up looking kind of cruddy - a lot of black/burned gunk on the element that doesn't want to come off easily with a scrubber. I was...

Hey all, Was just wondering if anyone knew of when the next VIC BJCP course would be running? Would be very keen to have a crack at going to one. Cheers, James

Just thought I'd spread the word that these two great West Coast breweries have just arrived in Aus bottle shops. Stunning examples of the styles they make, and a really good way for aussie brewers to taste how a true 'west coast' example of the IPA style should be balanced. I'm in VIC, and I...

Hey, So I'm finally getting the hang of this AG thing, making a few mistakes still but getting to know my setup reasonably well. Have only really come across one problem at this stage: When brewing with larger grain bills, lets say 6kg and over, I run in to a couple of problems with lifting...

I'm going to brew Ross' Summer Ale again some time soon, but am looking at using something other than NS. Was thinking one of the newer NZ hop varieties. Can anyone make any recommendations on a NZ hop that will lend an interesting but appropriate flavour and aroma to this light bodied summer ale?

Probably the stupidest thought ever, but something that just occurred to me. When releasing the pressure from a keg, burping co2 etc, the aroma of the beer is clearly present in there. When using line splitters, that co2, and thus that aroma, can travel freely from one keg to another (unless...

Hey, So filtering was a great success. Had instantly drinkable beer and almost no wastage to trub etc. Worth the extra half hour of cleaning stuff etc for sure. I've followed advice given here about cleaning it and soaked it in napisan for a couple of days - doesn't seem to have helped. Most...

So I'm just knocking off from work, cracked open a Sierra Nevada Celebration we just got in. I know for a fact that this is no more than one and a half months old, so that isn't the problem, and I believe they get shipped refrigerated. I had this a year or two ago and thought it was super...

Just looked in to the belgium in a box website. Interesting range. What really struck me was the Lambic in a box. Best value for money seems to come in the 10l casks of Girardin Kriek or Lambic. Anyone interested in one or two of these? I'd be up for one of each, and the great thing is, once the...

Ok, so I have just bought a filter. My reasoning is primarily because once my ready-to go hoppy and wheat beers are done, I just want to get them in me. Impatient, yes. But it got me thinking. Presuming this thing actually works, am I perhaps saving myself some money? I regularly hear the same...

Going to brew a lightish alc Belgian IPA as a way of getting a bunch of yeast to use in a tripel I'm going to make after. Basically looking for some thoughts on this. I reckon Simcoe and Sorachi will go well together - the sorachi should cut through the belgian esters well. Not totally sure...

Hey, I'm in a situation now where I've got a beer that's ready to keg, but this beer is at my parents place where I do my brewing. I keep the keg setup with fridge, CO2 etc at my place, obviously. It would be super convenient for me to keg this beer tonight, bring the keg home and then purge. I...

Hey all, I was wondering what the no chillers who use cube hopping as their late addition tend to do about whirlpooling. I did my first BIAB brew the other day and had a meagre attempt at whirlpooling as I feared that doing it for too long would throw off my calculations for the cube hop IBUs...

Hey, So for whatever reason, after checking my temp, thought it was at 68 like planned - obviously water didn't mix properly and I just checked after 40 minutes and it was mashing at about 74. I've added cold water and its now donw to the right temp and I've taken the blankets off. Am I kind of...

Hey all, So over the course of a year or two, I've accumulated quite a few FWK cubes. I've got maybe 8 that I'm willing to part with. Mostly ones used to hold 17 litres of wort. Could perhaps part with a 21 litre cube or two. I'm willing to let them go for 1 or 2 bottles of your finest. Not...