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GDAY Im not a member yet but hoping i can bring a friend aswell I hope to be there cheers dirk

Gday my favorate is BLUE TOUNG LAGER made in newcastle aus I have to say it is the best beer i have tasted. I think the next one i try will be little creatures as i hear its prety good. cheers dirk :beer:

i soak my bottles in a plastic tub with unsented bleach for a week or two the rinse with a no rinse sanitizer. most of the time the lables fall off th ebottles as i lift them out of the water and if not they come off very easily. cheers dirk

leanne i use westbrew old fashioned ginger beer with #15 brewcraft brewbooster 1kg dextrose 3tsp grated ginger, simmer 10 min, strain into mix fill to 18 litres this comes out a top notch ginger beer at obout 5-5.5% also the artificial sweetener is in a seperate packet so you can use lactose...

Finite if you look on that same thread of tidel petes you will find a pic of my bottle washer which has a steralizer container built in it and it washes 30 bottles at a time if you need more info let me know the steralizer unit hes a black pipe going down into the container where the container...

Tidalpete i got the bottle washer from southern home brew in aspendale in victoria but never seen one anywhere since should be easy enough to build though if you are interested in copying i could take more photos and give you advice if you need it its just made out of pvc waterpipe using the...

TidalPete here is a pic of my bottle washer i bought about 10 years ago still works fine holds 30 bottles and dispences steraliser i use a water timer set to 3-4 minutes cheers dirk

TidalPete here is a pic of my bottle washer i bought about 10 years ago still works fine holds 30 bottles and dispences steraliser i use a water timer set to 3-4 minutes cheers dirk

davewalk i havnt heard of reusing the twist top caps anyway they are cheap enough to buy from hb shops. stubbies and longnecks are the way to go. as for the soft drink bottles never done them myself but belive they work. dont know the formula for the sugar but i am shure someone else will know...

jase0_1 ginger beer does take a while to get going and can take about twice as long as a normal beer to brew. which kit did you use? cheers dirk

I have gotten onto a great ginger beer Westbrew Old Fashioned Ginger beer Brewcraft # 15 brewbooster (have just bottled one using 500g dextrose,250g dry light malt,250 g corn syrup instead of brewbooster) 1000g dextrose 3 tsp grated ginger simmered for 10 min and strained into the mix to make...

Hewie I use coopers real ale quite a bit I regulary use 500 g dextrose 500 g malt that seams to be a reasonable beer although in the last couple of brews i have tried either liquid malt and dry malt and the last one i used 500g dextrose 300g dry malt 200g corn syrup I will be comparing these...

junior you are right on the money at least with the way i do things I get a couple of 60 to 120L plastic tubs put 2L to 3L of bleach in fill with water and fill with bottles let sit for a week or so and the bottles come out sterile just need a good rinse with water (i actually use a product...

one of my fermenters doesn't seal that well, so far there is no problems with the beer. last time i had a problem i replaced both seals which fixedthe problem for a while cheers Dirk

they sound like great ideas at the moment I freeze 2L milk containers with water and place 3 around the sides and one on top of each fermenter in a cuboard under the bar and that seams to work very well so far. the next thing to do is insulate the cuboard. I do want to make a special insulated...

I have just entered where i am from. It is Cranbourne Victoria. Thanks for the comments Weizguy, I am intending to learn quite a bit aswell as sharing some of my techneques with who ever will listen. Bottoms up Dirk

g'day i'm another new person to the club this my first time in a chat room but as for the brew I am up to my 40th brew and the grand plan is to have between 600 -800 full longnecks full so they can mature properly as i generaly won't even taste it until it has spent at least 6 weeks in the...