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Hi all I'm considering adding polyclar to a brew currently in my fermenter. I also want to pitch the yeast slurry into my next brew. Does anybody have any thoughts on whether the polyclar will affect the performance of the yeast slurry in the next brew? I can get around this I think by...

Greetings All Last Wednesday night my wife and I went to a beer and food matching event at the BrightWater Tavern here on the SunnyCoast. It turned out to be an interesting and extremely entertaining night. I got to meet the Grand Poobah of brewing Chuck Hahn, a very knowledgeable and...

Hi all For the last few years, I've been using No chill as part of my brewing process. Previously I used an immersion chiller to cool the wort. I switched to No chill mainly to save water and have been reasonably happy with the results. However, I'm thinking of going to a plate chiller. Most...

Hi all Recently made an oatmeal stout and pitched with Wyeast 1968 ESB. Because of time limits, I decided to pitch the yeast without making a starter ( I did let the pack swell first). OG = 1058. Set Temp = 20 deg After one week SG dropped to 1030. I gave the fermenter a gentle shake and set...

Hi all I'm going to be spending a week in Lennox Heads and wanted to know if there are any local bars serving up craft beer. Cheers and thanks

I've just bought the Mr Malty pitching rate calculator for iPhone and can't get it to work. I put in the following: Type AleOG 1.052Litres 23Manufacture date 6/12/2010 (it's an old yeast but has been stored properly)Intermittent shaking It comes up with the following: Viability % 1 Yeast cells...

Hi all I picked up this keg some years ago and finally decided to do something with it. I'm planning on using it to "cask condition" some ale by adding sugar to the keg. However, I'm not sure how much pressure it can withstand. It doesn't have a pressure relief valve but I thought I might be...

I'm finding it more and more difficult to lift over 20 litres of boiling hot wort onto my laundry bench so I can transfer it to a cube for no-chill. I'm considering using on of those cheap brown pumps from Craftbrewer to pump the hot wort from the boiler to the cube. For those who have used...

I along with some others on the forum have been storing my beer filter in a plastic bag and then in the freezer. However, space in the freezer is at a premium at the moment and I'd like an alternative. How do others store their filters between brews? Thanks and cheers

I've just done my first beer filtering and pleased with the results. I've decided not to filter every brew because in some styles I believe non filtered beer is both appropriate and tastes better. I filtered using two kegs and forced the beer using co2 as I'm terrified of picking up oxygen in...

Does anybody have the results for the Ipswich Show beer and wine comp? Cheers

Hi All I started a starter on Sunday around midday using the following: Starter made up of 100 grams of DME to 1 litre of water Boiled for 15 mins with 2 teaspoons of yeast nutrient. Pitched yeast at room temperature (both yeast and starter) - Belgian Ale Yeast WLP 550 (Best before February...

Yesterday I put my wort filled cube in the fridge along side of a starter I'm fermenting at 22 degrees in readiness for crash cooling to around 10 degrees. Today I checked the starter to see if it was fermenting and was shocked to find the cube swollen to such an extent that I thought it might...

Hi all Well my doctor says I need to change my consumption of beer to improve my health by changing to low carb, low alcohol beer. So rather than buying the usual, I thought I might have a go at making my own and hopefully adding some taste to the brew. Does anybody have a tasty tried and...

Hi Was in a hurry a couple of weeks ago when transferring beer from primary to lagering cube when I realised I hadn't replaced the bung with a tap. So rather than go through another transfer, I just put the cube in the fridge to lager. However now I want to transfer the beer from the cube to...

I seem to recall recently reading about Coopers now supplying a no airlock fementer. I believe it works by essentially having a loose lid to help the co2 to escape. As the wort ferments and the co2 pressure eases, the lid begins to close and consequently seals the fermenting wort from the...

Hi All I've been fermenting a starter in my fridge at around 20 degrees (stepping it up for about a week). On a couple of ocassions now I've opened the fridge and saw very slow activity in the air lock. As I've reached out to remove the starter (thinking it's time to pitch) the activity in...

Hi All What temperatures do people usually ferment their starters at (specifically lager)? According to White Labs FAQ, it's room temperature. Up here on the Sunny Coast it's around 30 degrees during daytimes. Is this safe without affecting the performance of the yeast? Thanks and cheers

Hi I thought I'd pass on my experience with Dorado taps. I've got a Kegerator (from Pinnacle Wholesalers) with a double font tower with Dorado taps fitted. One tap has worked fine whilst the flow rate on the other would be best described as a small trickle. I've pulled it apart many times to...

Hi What's people's view on when to switch on a fridge when you have transported it from one place to another? I've read/heard that you should let it stand for 24 hours after moving it before switching it on. But then I've been told that you only do this if you've had to lay the fridge on its...