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This post is more aimed at brewers in the Hunter region though anyone is welcome. A couple of regular Hunter drewers were recently discussing starting an "Iron Brewer" style of fun brewing competition (Based on the TV show Iron Chef). Basically it will invlove having a key ingredient named...

I have had a carrot dangled in front of my face reageding making this post. I thought long and hard about this. So I thought long and hardabout this and decided to start this thread. (Blame it on the teenager stuck inside a 43 year old body!) This i found funny and the ensuing thread: Hey...

After 20 years nad more than 350 brews under my belt (in excess of 12 000 bottles) I've had my first bottle explode!! A bottle of my hefeweizen (now resembling a krystalweizen) exploded!!! The first!. Should have expected it though it was bottled in a Tooheys longneck! Steve (off to bury the dead)

I was just wondering how many of the brewers out there still have access to their kitchen when it comes to brew day/night? I have attached a photo of the final stage of my brew "In the kitchen!" Steve

For those of you who have Foxtel the Food channel (Lifestyle food D116) has a show on tonight (Wednesday 01 Mar 06) called "Beer - An Insider's Guide." I don't have clue what the content is so if it shite don't shoot the messenger. Cheers Steve

Hello brewing Gurus 24 hours ago I put down a brew using Safale S-04 yeast. Now it's 24 hours later and this thing is going absolutely berserk. The water in the airlock looked as though it was boiling - the CO2 was coming out that fast. I looked up the specs on the yeast and all I could find...

I often read recipes from the US etc. and many mention grain, crystal measured in Lovibonds or L. How or what is the conversion factor to get the approximate same colur using EBC units? The rest of the recipes measurements, ie. pounds, quarts, gallons etc are easy to convert over, just the...

Well it had to happen. After five extract brews the draw of all grain got to much and I crossed over to the dark side and completed my first AG brew yesterday. How easy is mashing? Place all the goodies in an esky, add water at the right strike temp (thanks Promash) do a couple of loads of...