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While I was composing a post I notice that Shawn has beat me to it. Volunteer organisations rely on people to put their hand up and do work. I want to express my appreciation to all the HUB team, Mort, Graheme, Kelly, Barry and to Dave in particular for their time & hard work over the...

http://www.craftbeer.com/pages/stories/cra...-craft-beer-bar I enjoyed this article which provides a brewers perspective about putting craft beer on tap.

I find wheat malt gives beer a lemony flavour. If you don't like it perhaps cut the wheat down in your recipe. K.

Rod, I think it's a great buy. My advice is don't underestimate the text that talks about how to brew the style; in the space of a couple of sentences the points that get mentioned are sopt on the money (imho). Keith

Pale chocolate will be fine, gives less coffee and more choc character, use it with some crystal. Yum, yum, yum.

Bonj, I think these are just lines in the sand. Why should all-grain brewers be allowed to use malt they have purchased rather than malted themselves; perhaps they should have grown their own barley and harvested it themselves. The yeast likewise shouldn't come from a packet - where's the...

Thanks for the kind words fellas. The renos in the brewery are done, well almost done, we have few kinks to sort out, but it is all coming together. If you do the facebook thing you can see some pics at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Hunte...168789896471092 Afraid the ESB all got drunk...

Chopdog, in the brewery we are on to the last keg of a tasty ESB and we also have some of our Little Hopmonster, a mid strength IPA brewed with hops grown on site and a funky malt bill. With our goal of sharing the love, we also have two guest beers. Murray's Nirvana, a very spritzy clean...

Crash chill. My prognosticating says all will be fine. K.

This advice is perhaps a little redundant in your situation, cause it seems very likely you have an infection issue, but... One thing you could try is collecting some of your wort in a sterile container, you can buy them pretty cheaply at your local chemist. Just put the lid on and let it sit...

Dan, you have already tried some of the stuff I would have suggested. Maybe your water is the source of the infection (or a tap or something in-line). Maybe try using packaged water from the supermarket. (Maybe also try brewing in a different location. Sometimes bugs get going in a location...

Rock & Roll, Jess & I are heading to sunny Wagga Wagga tomorrow to sample Craig's hospitality. Will share the love about the beers next week. Booh Yeah! Gotta love a road trip :beerbang: K.

Mr Muggus, Shouldn't you be too busy pickin' grapes and stuff? The friendly crew at the taphouse asked us to hold off serving the beer elsewhere for a couple of weeks. We will put it on tap Sun 27th Feb for drinks with the Brewer and leave it on tap till we run out. Cheers, Keith

Brend0, We have given it a crack ;) We used chilli oil made from smokin' hot chillis, Dorset Nagas. 6mls of oil to 600L of robust porter. The porter had a good whack of Chocolate malt, the goal was to give a dark bitter chocolate flavour to the beer. We were worried about killing the head...

The doors are opening today to the newest member of the craft beer fraternity - Thirsty Crow in Wagga. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Thirsty-Crow/147625811087 All the best! (ps I am looking forward to a road trip next week to sample Craig's wares.)

John, you might try a dry yeast called Muntons Gold. It is a fabulous yeast, kicks off strongly, works hard and accentuates the malt profile of a beer. It suits a rich, malty beer quite well. Cheers, Keith

Brando, my 2c mate. salt (non-iodised) changes the flavour of your beer. i add all my water chemistry directly to the mash. this is because if i am adjusting my water chemistry you can bet there is a calcium addition and i want the calcium benefit during the mash and calcium is not very...

Hi guys & gals, I just wanted to put a plug in for the Bitter & Twisted Beer festival. It is my favourite festival of the year; mostly because I love the atmosphere - tunes in the background while you're wandering around a high security prison - it rocks! But, there's also lots of great beer...

7. Scott's Schwarz Loved the aroma. Roast, a hint of butterscotch sweetness, an intimation of black malt to come. Initially I found the flavour to be a little restrained with a hint of oxidation and a bit of a bite from the dark malt. The magic came as this beer warmed. A lightly roasted coffee...