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The hop rhizome bulk buy is on. I am taking orders now and hope to have the final bulk purchase finalised by the end of this week. Estimated price per rhizome is around $45 which includes treatment for importation into WA plus delivery to your door. Varieties available include: Good supply...

Thank you all for your interest. I think we have enough interest in WA to do a bulk purchase. I am currently seeking further details so will keep you informed as I learn more. -- Gavin

WA Brewers I am looking for expressions of interest from WA brewers who are interested in purchasing hop rhizomes this season. I am looking to import a bulk order from NSW into WA. WA quarantine requires that all plant life be certified to come into the state, and this requires application of...

I have been researching beer and dieting, and often joke about coming up with a recipe for the perfect breakfast beer. But it is not as funny as it sounds. According to dietitians you should eat less carbs towards the end of the day, which means a good stout for breakfast is the perfect meal...

I have had a decent beer ready to drink in 1 week. The only way I know that you can do it is by making something like a brown ale or porter and fermenting with Fermentis SO4 yeast at about 24 degrees. 3 days primary, the remaining in secondary and straight to keg. You could try, but I think...

Pip, Not sure if you want to go to the extent of a cereal mash. It sounds more difficult than it is though. I did a rice brew just this last weekend. I wanted to try to emulate something like Budweiser. My recipe consisted of 60% Pilsner malt, 40% short grain rice (apparently best for...

Give it a few years and it will end up like Bud and Miller :) Not that I really care about VB, but this is further indication that the tax on beer needs to be overhauled as it has been in the wine industry. Should make an election issue out of who is going to make beer cheaper.

Thanks. I'll give it a go. Was also thinking about making an amber ale so will be interesting to see what happens.

Has anyone ever made an ale with pilsner malt? If so, how different is the resulting product to the same recipe brewed with pale malt? I thought that I'd seen somewhere that Malt Shovel does something like that in some of their ales, but I might be wrong. I'm trying to brew something similar to...

I can't say that I usually care about what happens to the two major mega-swills, but on this one I really have to side with Lion Nathan. The ad wouldn't make me buy Tooheys, but I think their advertising agency came up with a pretty interesting concept. Two complaints!!!

I don't see why not if you formulate the recipe yourself. It is just as valid a way of brewing as kits, extracts and AG, and they all qualify.

We have a number of brew-on-premises places in Perth and have had for a few years. They do use extract. I have asked at a couple of them if they would ever consider doing full mash and they reckon not because it takes too long, though a couple of them do use some specialty grains. I have done a...

I use S-04 for all my English style ales. I love its fermentation properties and it always drops clear. Used US-56 for my latest APA and it also finished a realy nice clear beer. I am currently using W34/70 in a Pilsner. If that is successful it will be my standard yeast for that style, and in...

Check out these guys in Perth: http://www.beertech.com.au/ I had a look at the fridge. Great design and very sturdy. Only trouble is that it is a single beer tap only. I have a two keg barfridge that does the job well. The fridge model is Heller FDH170. The top of the fridge is rather flimsy...

Thanks guys. I have plenty to think about now, but I think the flaked maize might be the best solution.

Thanks barfridge. I go to TWOC quite a lot so I'll ask Roy next time I'm there.

Hi, I found an American recipe that I want to try. It includes an ingredient called Corn Grits. Where can you get these in Australia, or what is a substitute for them? Regards Gavin

Recently I brewed an amber ale that was fairly heavily dry hopped with amarillo. When I cracked the keg the beer flavour was fantastic and just what I had hoped for with the dry hopping. However, when the keg got down to about 1/3 full the flavour changed and the dry hop flavour / aroma...

It is likely that the residual yeast that was in the brew when you bottled it has fermented out even further at the wamer temperatures making a dryer beer with a slightly different flavour. I always store my kegs warm after cold conditioning and find that it gives the beer a better flavour...

Hi all, I live in Perth. I have been a home brewer for almost 20 years - starting with kits, and then extract and started doing all grain last year. Have done about 12 AG brews so far, and love it. Nothing else compares with the results. My aim this year is to design and build a stainless...