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Seems like we don't have a thread for this yet and it's nearly 3 months into the year... I'll kick it off Knocking out a quick easy cornflakes cream ale for a keg filler 3.7kg pale malt 400g Aldi Cornflakes 150g JW Light Crystal A couple of handfuls of rice hulls Mash @ 65C for 60 Mash out @...

New thread because there's a few extras this time My 3V rig has to go due to me needing to downsize to fit my home gym into my garage as well 50L keggle with ball valve, pickup tube & a lid to suit (I have used this as both a BIAB vessel and an HLT) 80L keggle with ball valve and pickup (been...

I'm tossing up changing the direction I'm going with my brewing setup, so I thought I'd throw my gear up as an EOI to see if there was much interest. I'll take more pics if there is sufficient interest, I'm just a little busy with a newborn right now. I've included 2 from a brew day yesterday...

Hi all, I'm looking at doing some kettle sours soon and will need a wort chiller, plus I'm getting back into IPAs so one may come in handy I'll probably still be cubing most of the time so I don't want to spend a mint Does anyone have anything laying around unused they are willing to let go of...

I've been watching a whole lot of Life of Boris on youtube and have been meaning to make some Kvass for a while now. My grandmother is Russian, so I've heard a lot about this magical elixir but I've never tried it The recipe I'm using is; 3L of tank water 130g sugar 500g pumpernickel rye bread...

G'day lads So a few weeks ago I brewed & cubed a IIPA with a target OG of 1.087 The malt bill was 3.6kg each of Maris Otter and BB Pale Malt, I'm using 1kg of sugar to get the rest of the way My question is, should I be inverting the sugar before adding and should I wait a day or 2 after active...

Hey y'all. I'm getting crankier and crankier lately at the amount of facebook and youtube "brewing pros" that offer blatantly wrong and horrible advice as fact, then arc up when they're challenged. So I'm starting to think I may start a facebook group & youtube channel dedicated to sound brewing...

I have a boiler (50L keg with 2 x KK elements, just has the spear removed) that's used for another hobby I'm wondering if since I already have it set up, and to save buying more elements, if I could just use it as my HLT Has anyone out there tried this? I know there can be left over funkiness in...

G'day gents, I'm looking at dropping into Brewman on Saturday morning to grab some grain and I'm thinking about getting some BB Wheat Malt I only really need half a sack, so just wondering if anyone was keen to meet there and split up a sack? If there's anyone between Scone and Raymond Terrace...

Hi chaps/chapettes, I'm looking at a few utes in Newcastle on the weekend and just looking for any potential issues Looking at a couple of B2600i Bravos, but I've found plenty of info on them. It's an '03 Space Cab LX TF Rodeo with the 3.2L V6 on dual fuel I've read a few issues with burnt...

Hi lads, I'm FINALLY getting round to getting the pieces to finish my 3V rig Just wondering if anyone who has converted a Outermark ice box from Bunnings (the blue ones) knows what the bung thread pitch is? I've tried screwing a normal 1/2" BSP threaded pipe in it, but the threaded pipe seems to...

Afternoon chaps, I'm planning on brewing a Choc Vanilla Milk Porter (an edited version of my very successful Choc Porter) this weekend, but only have about 200g of lactose sugar in stock My closest decent LHBS is around 1.5 hours away so I can't just duck over to grab some Would there any...

Just wondering if anyone has ever had any luck buying malt directly from a malting company? Now I'm living way out west of Newcastle, I don't really have any LHBS's that stock grain nearby Country Brewer and Brewman are around about 1.5 hours away towards the coast, but it looks like on our...

Hi guys, I'm getting rid of a few bits and pieces before we move, I'll progressively put them up here as I pull them out of the shed pull down bottle capper, $15 bottle drying tree, a few bottles of your finest Keg esky, made from foam core roofing and skinned in ply, it kept a corny cold for 3...

Hi All, I've finally dug up my Hallertauer and sadly there was a lot less there than I thought there would be, but still some nice viable pieces I'm pretty busy packing up my house getting ready to move down to Muswelbrook, so I'd prefer local pickups, but I might be able to squeeze in sending...

Hi gents, Life is finally calming down a little after the xmas rush so I thought I'd touch base I see there's a Belgian Shop free shipping offer on until the 16th of March If anyone's keen I'd love to grab a few things, but don't need $150 worth of beer Looking forward to the Grafton show...

I'm finally adding the last few pieces to my 3V setup (a year after I started cobbling it together) and I'm upto buying camlocks and silicone hose Just wondering how many transfer hoses other people are using, just so I know how many Type C camlocks to buy I'm thinking 3 hoses at the moment, 1...

G'day gents, it's that time again! Sorry I haven't organised this earlier, life is hectic as per usual I guess we better squeeze another meeting in before the end of the year As for the event, it's up to you guys what we do this time Would you like to do a brew day (Possibly at Mother's Milk if...

Hey y'all, I'm kind of over paying nearly $7 for 500g of DME for making yeast starters Also over having to make up a starter and cool it every time I want to do a starter Looking at buying a bunch of little 1 or 2L HDPE cubes/jerrys to no chill a 15-20L batch of unhopped wort This way I can...

Hi all, Mrs wants another cider and a friend has a big bloody passionfruit vine that I can pilfer any time I'd like My recipe so far is 20 Litres of Aldi apple juice 5 x black tea bags 500g frozen mixed berries (I'll be boiling these in 1L of water) 3 tsp of yeast nutrient Now just wondering...