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Hey all,I'm doing a bit of a shed clean out and I am looking to sell my corner unit bar.It is approx 1.3m x 1.3m and it has mirror backed shelves and a canopy with a light. There is a couple of little blemishes on it where the coating is peeling off but beyond that it's in pretty good nick. It...

Hey all, ive just bottled a Belgian Blonde, the recipe came from Brewing Classic Styles.In the book it says carbonate to 3-4 volumes. I have primed it to about so i get about 3.2 volumes and bottled it into 330ml bottles. Thinking about it now, do i need to be worried about bottle bombs at this...

Hey all, im heading over to melbourne for the V8's at sandown. I'll only be there for the weekend. Im staying in Ringwood North, which i think both are on the east side of Melbourne.... does anyone know of any beery type places to go? Pubs? Breweries? etc. Thinking i might need to de-tox from...

Hey all, I am going to be away for 5 days, Should i switch off the keg fridge as no one will be using it? The keg fridge is outside under the verandah. Ill turn off the gas, but im not sure about the power to the fridge. My yeast library lives in there as well, which i could transfer to the...

Hey all, I just bought a heap of Stella hops as i had never heard of them or used them before. Thought id try them out. Any ideas or recipes that have worked for you in the past? Do they work well blended/unblended? Any ideas? Cheers Richard

hey all, I've been brewing all grain now for about six months and have been making some really nice beers. Im at a loss though as to what sort of beers to make as i enjoy all styles or enjoy discovering new styles. I have never really planned my brewing in the past, just brewed what ive felt...

Hey guys, I've just started using liquid yeasts and have been building a yeast library now for a few months. I now want to use a yeast that I have in the bank. How long before pitching final amount of yeast should I start making a starter from the slant. How long should each step take? Would you...

Ive got a chinook rhizome thats been in the ground a few weeks now and i took ages to come up and now its about 20cm high. That was until i went out to water my hops and noticed that the top 2-3inches had been broken off. Not sure who it was. But its now broken. It was the only one one that had...

Hey guys, Ive got my 15th wedding anniversary coming up in febuary and i was thinking of brewing a beer for SWMBO. She is generally not interested in my brewing but will be happy to help out whenever asked, so i thought id brew her something that she will think is amazing for our anniversary...

Im brewing a belgian blond tomorrow using the biab method.The recipe im using has around 15% cane sugar which i want to add during fermentation not in the boil. I put all the numbers in the biab spreadsheet and it told me how much grain based on my efficency which i then took out the sugar...

I have recently switched to all-grain biab (ive only done 2 brews). With my first batch, after mashing i just lifted the bag and gave it a good ol squeeze and proceeded with the boil. On my second brew, i reserved 8L of water and heated it to 76C and then batch sparged into a big 25L bucket and...

Hey all, Just a quick question and i apologise if this has been covered before. Im a bit of a biab noob and i am trying to work the water needed. I am using the calculator from the biabrewer website and the pot that i will be using is a 40L pot which would put most "standard" brews only few...

Hey all, Im thinking of buying some more kegs and i was just wondering about these from mybeershop. http://www.mybeershop.com.au/index.php?mai...products_id=144 It says that they come with a generic lid & pressure relief valve, generic poppets etc. Has anyone had any experience with these...

hey all, I currently have a batch fermenting in my fridge. It has finished primary ferment. Would it be possible to take it out of the fridge and let it continue secondary at ambient temperature? I havent transferred it to a secondary vessel either. Would the ambient temp have any negative...

hey all, Im thinking about doing a couple of fruit beers and ive been looking in Brewing Classic Styles at a couple of the recipes. They mention fruit puree in the recipes, does anyone know where i would be able to get some different flavours? I cant seem to find it anywhere. Maybe im looking...

Hey all, Should you disconnect a keg when you are not using it? I am currently doing this but i am having trouble when i reconnect the keg back up i have trouble pouring the 2 or 3 pints from that little bit of air that sneaks in when you reconnect. Other than maybe sanitation reasons is...

Howdy all, Just a quick question, and i apologise if this has been covered before. What is maximum volume of wort recommended for a 30l fermenter? I want to up my batch size but i dont have the room for a 60l fermenter. I do have a blow off tube in the lid as well. Any help would be...

I was thinking of fermenting and dispensing from a keg in the same fridge. What is everyones thoughts? Would this have any adverse effects on my kegged beer? Warming it up for a week or so and then rechilling it to pour again? Any thoughts would be appreciated Cheers Richard

Hey everyone. Im just after your thoughts on breakfast beers. Which styles work best? What sort of food? etc. Cheers Richard

Does anyone know where i can buy some leffe glasses in adelaide? Im after some chalice type glasses for my belgians. Any help would be appreciated Cheers Richard