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Brought a box of Coles homebrand Steamrail Pale Ale against all previous forum advice. Best I can say is refreshing on a hot day, but then again so is most megaswill if your thirsty and the beer is icy cold. To be honest it is a bit better than the average. Problem is two of the 330 ml bottles...

Hello and seasons greetings. In bittering a brew I could (for example only and all else malts etc being the same) boil 15g X hop @ 14% AA for 60 minutes to achieve IBU 19.6. I could also boil 19.5g of the same hop for 30 minutes and get the same IBU. I could also boil 25g of the same hop for...

Hi, I'm an extract and crystal malt brewer. My procedure is to steep 1/2 k crystal in bag at around 60o - 70 C for a half hour or so, remove and sparge, top up pot to about 8 L/ add 1/2 K dry malt extract (for hop iso ) and boil hops for recipe time (generally 60-90 min, 20 min and at flame...

Hi, I used to like little creatures until a few years ago when I thought the taste changed and the beer had a, what I describe as a, "perfume" after taste. I recently tried another craft brewery Pale ale from the tap and found the same taste. Is it just me or have others experienced this taste...

Hi, My brew day involves 1 Kg crystal in about 8 L water for about 40 mins @ around 60 C. This sweet water is transferred to two other pots to which 1 Kg dry malt has been added (for hops utilization) and pots topped to about 6 L each.. Hops are added for two brews in each pot on boiling, later...

Hi, I suppose this really should be in the recipe DB. I do however think anyone playing considering around with hops and not using the pre hopped goo might find it easier to find it here. I have been brewing for about a year now using combinations of Coopers cans, DME, LME hops and crystal...

Hi can anyone see a problem with me steeping some crystal or cara grain (200 g or so) then poring into sterilised 2 L glass containers then refridgerate for 3 or 4 days. Come brew day I would then boil this with my hops and a bit more dry malt. I can see this saving me a bit of time as I could...

Hi I want to try to brew with Nelson Sauvin hops. From what I understand you can overdo the hops and they are not to eveyones liking. So before I do brew and find out I dont like the hop flavour I want to try a craft or commercial brew dominated by Nelson Sauvin. Any suggestions ? I'm in WA...

Hi compliments of the season to all, hope you have a great brew ready to crack. I was wondering if anyone had some thoughts on this idea. My wife has been cleaning out the cupboard and found some old bread yeast sachets not too old (packaged in 2009) I reckon I could maybe boil up a sachet...

Hi, I love the flavour of elderflower, Has anyone tried using it in a brew ? I'm inclined think as in dry "hopping" some flowers would impart a flavour without sweetness. would I be right or maybe beer and elderflower don't go together I don't know. If anyone has tried it or has an opinion could...

Hi Quick quetion from a extract tryhard. After I have boiled my malt with appropriate hop additions and 1/2 whirlock five minutes from the end and after cooling the approx 7 litres word i can't decide wheather to strain the lot into the fermenter or strain untill the hops dregs start collecting...

Hi, Im in WA and I only started brewing since early winter, had a 100w light set up with a timer to keep the temp around 18 - 20 oC, ignorantly thinking summer will be great 30 + in the fermenter. Thanks to the the knowledge available on this site I have realised summer is the worry and winter...

Hi, Firstly my apologies if this has been answered before, I have looked around the site. Secondly I'm new to this and have made quite a few "practice beers" (somehow managed to get them down) and some good ones so please forgive if my enquiry is naive. I currently have 3...

Hi, My latest brew fermented for 3 weeks at around 20 0C (no SG's taken but healthy bubbling going on for most the time)) 1 tin Coopers Mex 500g DME 200 g corn syrup powder 600g dex about 4 g Sarz @ 30 min and 4 g @ 0 min 1 pk SE 40 This has been kegged and gassed but tastes too sweet for my...

Hi I enjoy playing around to get a great brew, sometimes things don't turn out (eg boiling grain, wont get mates around to taste that lot) but I am still keen to experiment. Question is do all hop varieties go together or are there certain varieties that clash and can really mess up a brew...

Hi I have been brewing with kits and the invaluable advice gleaned from these pages for quite a few months now and loving it. It appears the majority of us in this kit & extract forum start with a kit and work fom there pimping to various degrees with hops, grain corn syrup etc. I'm sort of at...

Hi Have been brewing with goo and playing around a bit with additions, enjoying both process and product. Recently I boiled up about 150g crystal malt and hops and put that in with goo, dry malt, dextrose and a cup of corn syrup. Its finished fermenting (14 days) and will try in week or so...

Hi Newbie here, have been brewing and having fun doing so for a few months with kits and starting to pimp them a bit with grain and HB shop hop pellets. Seriously thinking of growing the hops myself. Cost is not the driver, Im lead to beleive fresh hops cant be beaten for taste. Has any one had...