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Work out a house beer, mine is the easy Coopers Ale or Dark Ale, brew that as much as necessary to keep up with consumption and then try different styles. Oh and one of my favourites is the ESB Czech Pilsner (the 3kg can.) Cheers Mick

Any love for the ESB kits? I am drinking the Czech Pilsner atm and its is really popping out as a great beer. So, guys worth the money?

Sounds like a little longer in the fermenter wouldnt have done it any harm either. Mick

Totally worth it, Cheers Mick

A refractometer from ebay would have been much cheaper, just saying... Mick

If your looking for something different to brew, cider, just take apple jiuce (23L) and some yeast and yeast nutrient. Treat the same as home brew, leave a little longer... Mick.

I think there is little point in having two peltiers, either you want your beer cooler than ambient or hotter than ambient temp. If it is well insulated then cooling would be the go. If you do go for two, then have enough of a temp range to ensure that they are not both on at the same time...

I recently bought a second 30L fermenter for the sole reason that when I used the 60L it was a b*tch to clean. Now I just two two 30's and I can fit them in the sink. Mick

When you brew to 19L so that it fits nicely into kegs without having to bottle. When you check AHB for a "break" even though you have been reading all day! When you search ebay for "home brewing" only to be dissapointed you cant find anything you need.

Ill add that I think it is much easier to sanitise a keg than a large number of bottles, so the more fussy people end up over cleaning the keg (well I do.) Beers Mick

The fizzer?

You know you could always spend the money and get a new fermenter, that way you have a spare as well, and its new and clean and all that. Beers Mick

Yes I used to be a fan of the brigalow ciders, I dare say ive brewed many a strong brew using their cans. I must brew another one day, so I can compare it to the aldi apple juice. I think they are both made from concentrates, but I have heard the brigalow kits have artifical sweeteners added...

See my previous post in this tread for an excell spreadsheet that will take into acount of the alchol content. Beers Mick

Umm, I have always cleaned my kegs/line/taps at the same time that I clean my kegs. Running all the cleaning products through the tap makes sure your all good to go with the next batch. Beers Mick

Ok its just in the fermenter as of, well, a few hours ago. I used a ratio of 3 bottles of apple/mango to 7 bottles of straight apple. On an interesting note, the Brix is down two points for the brew, the last straight apple came in at 12, this one comes in at ten (1048 compare to 1040) Beers Mick

I just did the fornightly trip to the supermarket, planning to do another cider. Just to mix it up a bit I bought some apple/mango juice. I am wondering if anyone has experience with this, should I attempt it, or am I better off going with the straight apple juice? Beers Mick

Ill just leave a nice little conversion spreadsheet Here Its from more beer and calculates the final gravity given the origional, from brix to SG. Just click on the links below the vidieo. Beers MIck C

I have just purchased ten 2L bottles of preservitive free apple juice. I am wondering what I should add to it to get it just right, I have yeast and yeast nutrients. So what else should I think about adding? Oh yes and should I add sugar for around 6%? Thanks in advance, Mick Carey

I do this all the time, only I use the can and a brew enhancer 2, just makes it a bit stronger. Mick