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morning all, made some wort last night. fairly straight forward recipe, golden promise with bit of munich and bit of flaked oats. 60 min hops and then a shitload in for 80 degree 20 min whirlpool. cooled down to 40degrees at that point and put into sanitised fermzilla and put it in brew fridge...

didnt want to be that bloke asking these sorts of questions but im at a bit of a loss as to what im doing wrong. im about 6 brews deep(second time picking up the hobby) and brews 4 and 5 had a strange almost unbearable chemically bitterness to it. given brew schedule and fermenting etc it...

sorry probably silly question, if I’m doing a massive hop bomb with both big 5 min additions and whirlpool(chill to 80 add and leave for 30) additions I’m assuming the 5 min additions will also contribute throughout the whirlpool as well right? As in the 5 min addition might contribute 20 ibus...

morning all, so ive only just done my second brew on 65l brewzilla, both times started with 3litres per kg of grain but its just not enough, both times ive had to rush around to add another 10. i then sparge the remainder required to get it up to about the 55l mark when done. what are you guys...

gents, i planted some hops about a month ago here in BNE, if just noticed a couple of shoots coming through on one lot. bit early isnt it? should i be concerned? further, when i initially planted i put them in a 50/50 top soil/manuer mix that filled the large pots about 3/4 way up. but with a...

Morning all, been away from the game for a while but just getting back into things so pardon potential silly questions. I’ve bought a braumeister Speidel fermenter, 60l and want to look into closed transfers to kegs when I get underway. With this in mind I’ve bought a few spare caps for the...

Gents, im sure this has probably been covered before, but when typing in "yeast starter" into search function there a quite a few results :( so since moving to AG i havnt got any DME laying around anymore so i cant make starters, and TBH i havnt been bothering, i just rehydrate dry yeast, and...

Hey all, yesterday i had the better half grab a recipe from Ross on her way home, i failed to mention that the liquid yeast needs t be kept cold, as a result it sat in her car untill i got home from work :( it was in the car for about 5-6 hours, at around 18 degrees, ish. would it still be...

hey guys just wondering how i reduce the amount of break and crud that i suck from pot into fermenter, ive got no comparison to go off but ive done 2 biab brews so far and there is alot of junk in the bottom and i cant get all of the good stuff out. first time i just sucked a bit through and...

ok so next week im going to have a crack at biab(allbeit only half batches for now). the last brew i made was a variation of one of my favs and i figure why not do pretty much the exact same recipe but an ag attempt, this would give me great insight into the differences, and also i already have...

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now that ive got tempmate underway im gunna go grab some bits and peices for a lager. on hand i have some ldme, carapils, caramalt, TF light, and some darks that i wont bother to mention. looking for a light coloured lager, either becks'ish or stella'ish, or maybe a bit of a stronger bock style...

just cracked this one after 2 weeks. very enjoyable, maybe a little premy and mildly under carbed but still, i think its a cracker 2 tins blackrock pale .5 ldme .25 carapils .2 TF light 20g cent 60min 20g cent 15 mins 20g casc 5 mins US-05 (i think) as i said. very nice indeed, slightly...

just haveing a think about moving to kegs. getting sick of bottling. anyways just out of curiosity while conditioning in keg does it need to be refregerated, or just at room temp? if yes, then ill need to buy a nice big fridge to hold multiple kegs while conditioning, if not i could get away...

just wondering if u guys think doing 2 boils then combining is better, or wheather i just do a single 10ltr boil and adjust hops and crystal accourdingly for the 46ltr batch? cheers

ok so im looking for a nice dark ale. punched some figures into ian's spreadsheet and cam up with the following coops light tin coops amber tin .5kg LDME .2kg TF choc pale(is 500-900 so its alot more toned down then normal choc malts so quantities should be increasable..... i think) .2kg TF...

the foamy shit that floats to the top of your boil as it gets hotter and hotter is the "hot break" yeah? are u sposed to scoop that shit our or leave it in? i think i remember somewhere it said get rid of it.... or maybe cold break.... cant remember

i work in a bottle-o and just had a couple of cartons of becks come in that are actually imported, not the stuff that is brewed by lion nathen, anyone know if they are going back to the way things were, or if there was maybe just a shortage or somthing? either way i will enjoy it while i can

ok so ive been toying with the idea of a toucan recipe for a while, and also with an IPA recipe for a bit. so..... y not kill 2 birds with one stone. repcipe is as follows, punched into ianh's spreadsheet 1xtin coopers IPA 1xtin coopers Australian pale ale 1xBE#2 .15kg carafoam .5kg dex 20g...

one of the best beers i have made was Coops aus pale ale with BE #2(EDIT: kit yeast), so ive just gone about making it again with a bit more oomph same base recipe with an extra .5 LDM and .5 dex. (EDIT: recultured US05) bought some galexy to try as well but given they are 13.8% ive only done a...