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Oh yeah....fresh wort kits are also a great way to experiment with getting your fermentation (and sanitation!) techniques down pat.

Take your time, mate. I did 3-4 kit brews myself before experimenting with partial mashes and steeping specialty grains. Out of those, I'd say only 2 batches were drinkable. It's a great hobby once you get the hang of it, but there's no need to go into full all-grain mashing straight away. What...

Can you dudes all just meet up and have a battle royale to the death, Anchorman style? Winner gets sole sponsorship on AHB.

Resistance is futile

Swappers 1. Cocko IAC 2. Idzy - Black Summer 3. Technobabble66 4. AJ80 - possibly some form of altbier 5. VP Brewing - Tripel - Bottled 12.10.16. Ready to drink Xmas time. (Leave longer if you can) 6. Reardo 7. Nullnvoid - Rye Pale Ale Surprise 8. DJ_L3THAL 9. mayor of mildura - Cocko's Cream...

I'll remove myself from the cube list. I won't be able to make it for this one unfortunately. Definitely need to get off my arse and brew to fill the kegs up (and to the point where I can participate in a swap again!). Picking up my offset smoker on the weekend and I'll need some beer to go...

If I can't make it for the entire day and help out with the brew, then I'm happy to give my place to a reserve. I'll confirm shortly.

Hey guys, I'm going to have to pull out of the swap. Haven't touched the brewery for a few months. I'll still chip in for a cube (payday tomorrow) and food and I'll pop in at some stage during the day.

Apologies if its already been mentioned, but has anyone had an issue with kettle caramalisation leading to perceived diacetyl? I've entered my last few batches in a few comps, and they've all been slammed for diacetly, despite me doing a D rest at the end of each fermentation, and going from...

Is the comp on sunday? I thought it was sat? Edit: never mind - re read the dates/times.

Kegged my entries last night. Was going to drop them off tomorrow at the venue, but I think I left them on the hops/trub for too long. It tastes BAD (astringent/medicinal). Reckon I should still enter them? I don't care about my entry fees, I just don't want to put the judges through having to...

I put a touch over 7Kg of grains in this the other day with 20L of strike water. It was cutting it fine. Wouldn't want to put too much more than 8Kg in this. The thing I noted was I lost out massively on efficiency. My previous brews were heaps better. I haven't done the maths, but I was...

or a williamswarn B) sorry....had to be done

I brewed an IPA last month, and it's fermented out and I thought it was pretty good with the amount of late hops. I hop bursted with amarillo and chinook from 30 minutes and dry hopped with around 50g of amarillo. I think the bitterness is just right, but it probably does lack a bit of late hop...

Absolutely. I've tipped a few batches in my time brewing. And it's always painful. It's like the 5 stages of grief: 1. Denial - It doesn't taste that bad. I mean, its drinkable....right? :mellow: 2. Anger - F&($NG Thing!!! WHY DID I HAVE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE CAN AND FERMENT AT 27...

I don't even know what they are and I kinda want one...

Wow, this is still going. I think the main thing here is the cost. Even if I had the $7k, I wouldn't buy one of these. They're not that innovative or useful. Spending that much money to save a couple of days fermenting and drink it sooner....no thanks. I'd rather drop my fictional $7k on a...

Who's entered online? It says they'll email with further instructions. Haven't received anything yet. Does it take a while? Not in junk folder either

Chilling helps. I hadn't force carbed in years and followed this video, which was really helpful. You shouldn't need to wait 24-48 hours after force carbing, it should be ready almost straight away (with a little mess): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g07Yj6-Ykw

I forgot to mention... I went and opened a glass tallie from this. I had it on the end of my bench, popped off the lid, and didn't even consider the chance of a gusher.... Yep.... It emptied nearly half of the tallie all over my bench and floor by the time I made it to the sink. Missus wasn't...