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Thanks The chap there sems pretty helpful and passionate about brewing. cheers Peter

I just tasted the beer. It is a little strange to drink warm beer. It is noticably alcoholic with a typical beer 'bite' aftertaste. It has a little head and a fruity roundness.

Ok Ill go through this step by step At the beginning I added my good with some hot water and then cold water on top of that. Then added my brewing sugar (1kg) which came with my kit from Brewers Den in Boronia and stirred vigorously. I then drew out some liquid using the tap into the glass...

Thanks My cellar is generally about 10-20 degrees at the moment depending on whether its night or day. The stick on thermometer is showing 36 at the moment but the temperature is not even across the fermenter. The bottom is quite cool and is much warmer at the top of the liquid. My 21 liters...

Hmmm no replies? I turned off my heater and the brew went cold and the bubbling stopped. I have since restarted the heater and the brew has begun to bubble again and a bit more often too (4 times per minute) so I guess it is brewing ok.

Its been two days now and the bubbling on my brew has slowed considerably - maybe one blub per minute now. However I have a concern. I looked at my stick on thermometer and it appears to be showing 34 degrees which I think is too hot (this part of the thermometer has turned blue). The keg is...

I actually did 2 readings. The 1.065 reading was the second, done some time after the first. The reason for the heater is that my brewing is being done in a concreted cellar under my house which stays very cool. The ingredients were - Can of Hoegaarden extract - 1 kg of Beer improver)...

Well I've brewed my first batch! As I look over to the left of my computer my plastic keg sits silently save for the occasional gloop as gas escapes out the valve. I measured the specific gravity and got a reading of 1.065. This surprised me because I had read that beer is usually around...

Hi all Thanks for your help I headed off to Brewer's Den yesterday and the staff member Peter helped me out. I have bought a full brewing kit including heater along with a tin of the mixture for Hoehaarden and some used bottles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoegaarden_Beer Let the Belgian...

Hi all This is my first post here so please be gentle (yes I have read the faq). I have not brewed beer before but seeing as a previous owner of the house I own had the good sense to pull out many of my stumps and use copious amounts of concrete to make a very even temperatured cellar I think...