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Sorry, forgot to mention after the boil I fill to the 22L mark :) So was expecting around the 5%... Checked the gravity with the new glass thermometer (which I checked against water = 1.000) FG comes out at 1.011, not 1.005 as the coopers plaster hydrometer was reading. I should have known...

Thanks for the advice everyone. I agree, 99% efficiency is not possible with my setup. I added the extract prior to boil, so that would have been mixed in properly. The ferment is now finished (1 week after pitching) and I tested the FG which came out to 1.005 @ 15 degrees. This seemed low so...

Hi All, I put a brew on of a golden ale in the weekend in my brew in a bag setup, this is the second time I have made this beer and made only minor tweaks to the grain bill to adjust the flavour. I usually mash in 10L, then drain, then sparge the bag in 7L in a separate pot, then drain. Last...

I just checked my thermometer - it is a clip-on steel probe with a round dial on the end, put it in the boiling jug and it was bang on 100 deg. I do brew in a bag, bring water in a 15L pot up to strike temp with bag, add grain, mash in a grain bag in a pot, quickly wrapped in about 5 large...

Hi All, Thanks for the feedback so far. Below is a copy of my brew notes for an American Brown ale I did about a month ago. See Final Gravity - at 1.007 (1.013 expected). The beer tastes good but doesn't have the mouthfeel I was hoping for and is slightly too dry. I have had a similar...

Hi All, I would like to increase final gravity of a couple of beers that I have made in the past. I was thinking of using one of the following grains/adjuncts to increase the final gravity. Is there any way in which I can calculate how much a certain weight (say 200g) of each will add to the...

Hi All, I have just ordered a couple of chinook Rhizomes, although wouldn't mind having another type of hop instead of two of the same. Is there anyone in Melbourne that has some sort of aroma hop that would be happy to swap for one of the chinook variety? I live in Abbotsford, although can...

Hi All, I have had some gushing problems with 3 or 4 of the 13 brews I have put down since I started. The brews have all been partial mash brews, and seem to be fine in the first month or two after bottling, however once the bottles are a few months old, when I open the cap of the bottle the...

I tried it now after a month or so in the bottle. The hop aroma and flavour is nice, not too overpowering but still good. I think it has lost some of the honey aroma/flavour, and could possibly have a little more sweetness (FG was around 1.007 I think). Also during the ferment the temperature...

Tasting at day 4: Yes, it definitely has the honey aroma and smell, perfect amount of hop aroma and flavour also. Now I'm thinking the recipe may be ok without the dry hop addition, but I'll try it again in a few days before making that call.

Thanks Jim, that was pretty useful! Although they seem to take a long time to get to the point... And I can't get over the cheesy American jingles :huh: Now I understand that Melanoidin malt does not impart honey flavour, but a toasty malty flavour. I took my recipe to Brendan at Grain and...

Thanks Jim, that was pretty useful! Although they seem to take a long time to get to the point... And I can't get over the cheesy American jingles :huh: Now I understand that Melanoidin malt does not impart honey flavour, but a toasty malty flavour. I took my recipe to Brendan at Grain and...

Thanks Tallie, That sounds like a good idea, I'll give the vienna a go. I also heard that Carahell (10 L crystal malt) imparts a honey like flavour according to John Palmer: http://www.howtobrew.com/section2/chapter12-1.html so now for the updated recipe: 1.2kg Bestmalz Vienna Malt 1.8kg...

http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/shop/details.asp?PID=4306 they also supply in volumes up to 1L, although you will need to pay for shipping

Thanks Phillip, No real reason for the higher mash temp, other than I'd like to get a bit more mouthfeel. Although in saying that this is the first time I have done this recipe and I understand that Golden Promise leaves a bit more residual sweetness than other malts, so as you say it may be...

Hi All, I would like to do a pale ale (similar to the Prickly Moses Pale I tried at the Fed Square Beer Expo last week). The brewer said that they use ale base malt with some melanoidin (5% I think he said) and I think he said crystal also. The beer had an amazing honey aroma and flavour -...

Hi All, I am planning on using coopers brew enhancer 2 to prime my brew, I'm trying to calculate the carbonation level for around 2.5 for a kolsch. Does anyone know the fermentability (%) of the brew enhancer? Cheers Ivo

I brewed this one recently and it came out very nice! Only change was I used medium crystal malt as they didn't have light crystal malt at the store. Highly popular with the flatmates and took out second prize in the Heathcote beer bubbles and snag festival homebrew competition. I plan on doing...