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Why was "Problems With Dried Yeasts. Us-56, So-5, American Ale, Etc " locked?? Cmon guys, I was just starting to have a good laugh...

Hey, i was bored yesterday and couldn't do much coz my back was killing me, so i made a stirplate. I used an old 0.12A pc fan and a 0.3A 12V power pack. I tested it with a stainless steel tablespoon (just snapped the spoon part of and used that) and it does whip up a small whirlpool. So, would...

I normally keg then bottle 4+ longnecks in glass, today i used the coopers pet bottles for a change and thought is there any reason i shouldn't squeeze all the air out when the bottle is filled? as the co2 is produced it will take up the space? Would you see any benefit in the long term, like...

Hey, Im gonna do this recipe and am trying to put it into promash. Grains - 3500gms German Pilsner Malt 1500gms German Melanoidin Malt 450gms German Cara Dunkel (Dark Crystal Malt) 400gms German Cara Helles (Light Crystal Malt) 150gms German Wheat Malt Adjuncts - 450gms Clear Belgian Candi...

My sister got me a bottle as a thankyou, i was stoked, such an awesome beer :excl: I kept the last 1-2cm of dregs which has some yeast in it in the fridge coz i wasn't sure if this can be cultured? So.. will it grow? and is it Wyeast 3463 Forbidden Fruit?

I was sick of my crappy,rusty,moldy,small keg fridge so i got my fermenting fridge from the garage and brought it in. Fits 6 kegs yay! Anyways its an upright with a freezer on top. Stoopid me drilled the hole for the door mounted tap too high and when i open the freezer door, it hits the tap and...

Hey, long story short i have a tin of brewcraft irish stout to brew. I have lots of thames valley cultures, or some 1028 or some dried s04. I want to use up some thames valley but am not sure if it will suit a stout? i was leaning more towards the s04. Whatcha rekon..

First 40l batch was an easy drinking APA that ended up tasting like vinegar due to little flies getting into the fermentor. Second batch was an american wheat, for the first week it seemed fine. I got back after a week away to find it covered in a white infection. Smelt disgusting. So by now i...

Just saw this on cbr250.com and thought some of you would like to see too. http://www.onmarijuana.com/2007/04/03/the-...marijuana-cave/ Cheers, Keith

Im going to make a sparge arm out of some soft copper tubing and wanted to know if theres anything i should know about it before i try it. It's for a rectangular esky and i was just going to make a smaller rectangle and attach it to the underside of the lid. It will be gravity fed, and i'll go...

I have 10ish litres of braggot that has been in the fridge for 4 months now and want to free the fermentor up for some mead. Should i bottle it into stubbies or longnecks? and volumes of co2 should they have ? 2? I havn't looked it up yet and will do now, would be good to hear from someone who...

Anyone want to trade some POR or tettnang cuttings/rhizome for anything else? My first years have 3 half decent bines then some smaller ones i'll make some cuttings off very soon. Or if anyone has some they want to swap but don't want mine, im sure we can come to an arrangement :) Cheers, Keith

On my last brew day, i left the element switched on while there was not enough water to completely cover it, about 1/3rd exposed to air for about 5 minutes. Today i half filled my HLT with water and white vinegar to clean the element and other bits n pieces. It ran fine at 90c for about 30...

First go at a poll! (hope it works) I didn't include the 50L variety cause of their legal status. I have 4 cornys and wish i had 4 more, then a few more taps too :)

Hey, Looking for some input for hops for my next brew. Will be 40 litres and the grain bill is: 5kg IMC Ale 0.5kg Aus Wheat 0.5kg Crystal 140 0.5kg JWM Amber Est OG 1036-1040 Going to use 1272 AM ale II starter. Hops i have: POR flowers Cluster flowers Amarillo pellets Pacific Hallertau NZ...

So i read in a wheat thread some ways of making it more bananary. One of the ways would be to underpitch the yeast, resulting in more banana flavour. What about ale yeasts, if you under pitch these how does it affect the taste? and by how much? Reason i ask is i made a batch the other day and...

I did a basic AG on the weekend and got a ph of 3.9, how will this affect my brew, palmer says a high alkalinity may extract tannins but does not say what a high acidity will do.. Here's what i used by the way: 0.25kg wheat malt 0.5kg pale crystal 5kg jw traditional ale normal tap water also i...

Hey, I got myself 5kg of decent honey and a 11.5 ltr glass fermenter and want to try some braggot, mainly because it doesn't take many years to mature. Here's the basic recipe: BRAGGOT This drink, much valued in the 14th century in England, is very easily made. It represents a link between...

So this is almost finished now, gonna get a locking device fitted to the ground and im gonna push it side-on against the steps and bolt them on to there when i use it as well. The HLT will be hard up against the steps for easy filling/measuring. 2 things i did wrong (apart from all my welds lol)...

I got a 2400w element from G&G but no lead. The element has a 'dimple' that prevent me using a standard jug cord (250v 10a). Can i just cut the jug cord plastic so they fit? or do i need a special cord to run the element off? Cheers, Keith