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Thanks Bum, I went to BigW and they had a meat thermometer, it looked crap so I went to king of knives that had a cooking thermometer and a milk frothing one. your right the milk one had the red zone, but I got the other one, because it had a bigger head and more regular gauge marks I got that...

Cool. Well I have a 2nd brew on the go now.... Feels like them temp gone up a little today in syd. oh and I rang my mate to invite him over and he said, depends on when his new fridge gets delivered. So maybe Gods backing my brewing and providing me a brew fridge! :D

I think I paid more than necessary for my new kit. (Had my wife and 18mth old child with me, and I was feeling rushed, uncertain of exactly what I wanted, and wanting a drink my wife would enjoy also, so I dived in. Its done now..) I like variety. I think I said earlier, except for dark ales...

I love proverbs! :D Thanks for that post, it cleared (pardon the pun) the issue up for me. As I keep saying whats done is done. He just gave me a good excuse to give in and bottle early, I am energetic and eager to try new things. I was geared up to wait the extra week until he flat out said...

Yeah he was. Very nice guy. Oh well. whats done is done, and I will learn. Thanks for the encouragement. Its funny.. I mentioned to my wife as we left that I think he may have been one of the smoothest salesmen I have come across in quite some time (The sign of a good salesman is that you...

I thought I should have listened to you, there seemed to be so much common agreement with your view on this on this forum. Unfortunately my eagerness to get another brew underway combined with the advice from the LHBS yesterday and I caved :). I'll build up a surplus of beer, and get hold of...

What a shame, I just realised my termometer only goes up to 40 degrees C . :(... now I have to wait until I get a new one :( :(

As I mentioned in an earlier post my wife likes pure blonde so i was interested in this thread. I mentioned it to my LHS today and he sold me a DeCarb Blond, Low Carb Brew Kit. It comes as a partial kit have a Can of malt (which he said has the dry enzyme already included) A packet of malted...

I went out and visited my LHS the country brewer and thornleigh. After a good long chat with the owner their. I have come home and bottled my brew. The hydrometer has been reading 1.010 for 4 days now and he said 'If your hydrometer is saying fermentation has stopped them bottle it." Then I...

ok, So this is getting exciting. some more updates. I took another gravity reading this morning, and its reading as 1.010 (yesterday 1.009) so I am taking this has no change as i must have misread one of them (or there were a few more bubbles clinging to the hydrometer yesterday. I think the...

So the brew seems to coming along quite well. The hyrdometer dropped from 1.011 to 1.009 overnight and the bitterness I was tasting yesterday has reduced also (it was quite bitter yesterday). The airlocks has as much as stalled so I'll be keeping an eye on it for the next few days, and then at...

Cool. I mentioned the heat belt just to show how this forum has helped my understanding how I definately don't think i will be using it. And I think I like lagers. How I am not the discerning of taste yet. I was brought up on tooheys new with my Dad, and mate of mine has introduced my to a...

Thank for that. This forums awesone. And Manticle, you very quick with great answers thanks for all your help so far. I definately feel that with the quality of the support on this forum I am going to be brewing some very nice beer. I think I may have done things slightly differently with this...

Wow you guys a super helpfull. I am in IT and IT forums are never this helpfull. Everyone just trying to prove how smart they are! Anyway. I have read in a few different places that you can tell fermentation has stopped when you get a stable reading on the hydrometer for 2-3 consecutive days...

Thanks everyone, wonderfull replies, I am glad I posted. Sounds to me like I just plain shouldn't really, worry. Just keep my notes and pretty much just do whatever and it should turn out ok. My airlock has significantly slowed over the last 2 days, very slow today, bubbling about once every...

come on guys, the question asked wasn't 'Should' i make a low carb beer, but rather, how? The idea of weight loss being as simple as (calories in < calories out) is way over simplyfied there are so many other factors to consider. Since carbohydrates break down into digestible sugars and...

I was a little interested in this myself as when I asked my wife what beer she likes she said pure blonde. so I did some googling. Now it seems to be a contentious issue in the forums but this article has excellent info: http://www.breworganic.com/tips/carbs-calories.htm Both external forum...

Hi. (Ok I posted this elsewhere a number of days ago, without response, I will try again here) I made a few homebrews from coopers kits a couple years back and they all turned out nice enough. (Just following basic instructions from the coopers kit). Ok so I have just started another brew...

Hi. I made a few homebrews from coopers kits a couple years back and they all turned out nice enough. (Just following basic instructions from the coopers kit). Ok so I have just started another brew which is currently fermenting and feeling new again have been reading ALOT of information over...

ok. I keep seeing this tip floating around the internet. So I used to sell water filtration products. Try this. Add some food dye to your water and run that through your brita bucket filter. You should notice that the filtered water will be extactly the same color as the unfiltered water...