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hi everyone, i recently got a 20L keg and am wondering how cheap i can be - is it possible to fill the keg with beer, add the right amount of sugar and use that to carbonate it instead of the usual co2 etc (that stuff is a bit too expensive right now) i realise it would then have to pretty much...

hi, im just wondering, would adding darke liquid malt extract (1.5kg) be a good idea for coopers dark ale? or would it be too much 'dark'. id like a sort of coffee/chocolatey taste, but without using grains or anything else too difficult, and i dont think ill be able to get hold of any...

hi, i just bought 1k of brew enhancer #62, the 'czech pilsner beer enhancer' - says its made from malt extract, hops, maltodextrin, dextrose. im just wondering has anyone used this before? if so what else would you add? and does anyone know the amounts of the ingredients in this?

hi, this is probably a stupid question.. if i were to bulk prime and then instead of bottling my beer add it to a keg (assuming enough beer is made to fill the keg properly) and sealed the keg and allowed time for carbonation, would the beer be carbed? im guessing once you pour one beer the...

hi guys, i am about to brew, an am wondering what yeast would be best - i have three, a wyeast 2001 urquel pilsner, safale s04, or the tooheys special lager kit yeast...actually i also have a coopers kit yeast for dark ale and a coles kit yeast but dont think ill use either of those. im making...

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Hi, just wondering if there is a trick anyone knows to lower the IBU of a kit beer, i assume diluting it would do the trick but what about adding more malt? cheers :icon_cheers:

Hi guys, I bottled my coopers pale ale (extra strong) on the 24th of july, so been a month now and still no carbonation. ive followed the same process that has not failed me yet - using the brigalow sugar measurer to measure dextrose into each bottle, then cap, store in my room which sits...

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hi, can any one tell me how to work out the IBU of a brew? i have citra hops that are 11.1% AA, i would like to know the equation for working out the IBU so i can reverse it and get an IBU ive already decided on. or does this need fancy equipment? id guess its something to do with the weight...

hi, i have made a few brews now just using kits and following the instructions, adding a bit extra dextrose of LDME but nothing more adventurous than that. Ive just got myself some hops and yeast - a fairly random selection based on the descriptions online, i bought - Citra, Nelson Sauvin...

Hi, I set everything up to bottle my beer today, its a wheat beer - 1 tin of morgans golden sheaf wheat beer (think its 1.7kg) + 1 can of morgans master malt extract (wheat)(1.5kg, Kit yeast and nothing else. OG was 1036, i initially kept it at 18degrees C but fermentation didnt seem to start...

Hi, I recently had a pint of matilda bay brewry's 'fat yak' pale ale, and was wondering if anyone knows a simple way to create something kind of like this, i havnt done a boil before or used hops or even different yeast, so i want to have a go with some hops and new yeast this time, but dont...

Hey everyone, this might seem like a stupid question, but everyone says to keep your beer out of the sun as it damages the beer - does this mean you should keep the bottles in complete darkness or just not in direct sunlight? what about during fermentation - i keep my fermenter out of the sun...

G'day im thinking of doing a 'thomas coopers wheat beer' and adding something to it to try make it a bit more unique, any ideas? im still fairly new to brewing so simple ideas would be appreciated :icon_cheers: is the yeast in this kit good enough? does anyone know what effects adding vanilla...

hey all, i read all about kegs online and it seems like a good way to go to make storage and drinking easier - only problem is im a student with no money....so i was wondering, would it be possible to transfer the beer once fermentation is complete to another fermenter (just another 25L plastic...

i was at kmart, and saw they have some 'brigalow finishing hops' which are a disolvable tablet it says to add at the start of fermentation. it doesnt say anything more than that on the packet, i was wondering does it actually do anything and if so what? cheers :icon_cheers:

I just started a brew of coopers mexican cerveza, for the second time (first one turned out great at just 2 weeks in the bottle). i added the recommended 1kg BE2 and 500g natural honey, with the kit yeast. I added the honey to see if it will taste at all honey-ish, but would i be right in...

Ive had 23L of brigalow 'premium bitter' fermenting for 4 days now (only my 3rd brew), i added 1kg dextrose and 500g DME and the kit yeast. it was bubbling away nicely yesterday, every 2 seconds or so - then i decided after a few beers myself to add some orange zest to it, so i zested a few...