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Just wondering if anyone has any idea what hops they use in beechworth pale ale? This has become my favourite beer but I can't find anything on the web and my palate is very helpful in trying to work out what's in it. I'd like to try and clone this with an extract brew. If anyone has done one...

Just wondering if anyone has any idea what hops they use in beechworth pale ale? This has become my favourite beer but I can't find anything on the web and my palate is very helpful in trying to work out what's in it. I'd like to try and clone this with an extract brew. If anyone has done one...

Well I finally got a replacement fridge for fermenting. Ended up buying this one http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...=true&rt=nc Finally got it home today from Brisbane. To get my 30L fermenter in with a bit of headroom I need to get rid of the shelves in the door (the 2 top ones...

As my fermenting fridge died I'm after another. I have a STC1000 for temp control. Found this upright freezer on gumtree not too far from where I work http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/homeleigh/a...ight/1002182625 Spoken to the lady and all of the shelves come out. Size is perfect as I can fit 2...

We got a new fridge for the kitchen. The old one still worked so I set it up with a STC1000. Fermented 2 brews in at at once. Went perfectly. Thought I'd try the crash cooling procedure since they were finished fermenting. So down to 2 degrees. Has been good for 3 days at this temp. Checked temp...

I've got a mate who's a live linesman to wire up my STC 1000. He's going to wire it into a box as a separate unit. He wasn't sure what you do with the original thermostat in the fridge. So do you turn it right down or disable it somehow? Also he wasn't sure where to drill through the fridge to...

Hi All, I'm a bit late with this one. Heading to the magic millions on the gold coast tomorrow. Staying at Jupiters casino. Wondering if there are any bars you could recommend on the gold coast that have a good selections of craft beers on tap. TIA

Well probably done around 30 brews so far and just got my first infection. Not sure how it happened as I'm pretty meticulous in cleaning and sanitising. Worst thing is I was so looking forward to my 1st attempt at Dr Smurto's GA. I'm very disappointed. Anyway will have to put down another.

Ok, I have enough brown tall bottles for my brewing. I've got 26 nice 700ml tall green bottles I was given. I've heard all about green bottles skunking beer. I was going to throw them out but then though maybe ginger beer might be ok in them. What do you think? I read somewhere it's something...

Just had a patient in this morning. He wants to get rid of his 2 keg kegmate kegerator. For the kegerator, 4 morgans kegs and other bits and pieces he wants $500. Sounds ok, what do you think, is this a fair price? Never heard much about morgans kegs. He said he paid $120 each for them. Are...

Well we just ordered a new fridge for the kitchen. That means I will have a fridge to ferment in Woo Hooo!!!! Ok, so I need a temperature controller. I don't want to pay much, just needs to be basic but don't want something cheap that will fail either. So can anyone recommend where I should...

As the title suggests. Can you reculture the yeast out of little creatures pale ale as you can with the coopers pale ale? If so, how has it gone and what did you make with it?

Hi All, I'm going to put this one down for the first time. With a bit of research I have found the recipe online on several sites. Both recipes are the same except some mention steeping 250 grams of some caramalt or light crystal in the recipe, whilst the others don't have this step. I have...

Just bottling a few today. Was using 2 carbonation drops per tall bottle. Calculated Alc vol was 4.25% for this particular brew OG-FG/7.46 +0.5. I was wondering do the carbonation drops bump the Alc vol. up? If so by approximately how much? Thanks

Was just about to bottle 2 fermenters of extra strong vintage ale dry hopped with 50 grams of nelson sauvin. I had a taste and it was good but I wanted more aroma so I threw another 25 grams of NS in each fermenter. This beer is ready to bottle so what's the minimum time needed to get more...

Hi All, I'm going to buy a bottle tree. I've noticed they are pretty much the same however I noticed some you can add rows and others larger sections. Are certain trees better than others? Probably looking at a tree that hold 60 bottles but no essential. I tried the search function on the...

Hi, Just put down two brews. Today was the first time I've changed over to a metal spoon the help mix the wort instead of a plastic spoon. After I was done I noticed I scratched the white stuff inside on parts of all of the cans I was using when trying to get the last of the kit out of the can...

I have used the coopers commercial yeast twice so far. 1st time made an Extra strong vintage ale (ESVA) with no probs and the beer is the best I've ever brewed by far. Next time I used it in a coopers cerveza where it stalled (may not have used enough) in which I pitched some US-05 and finished...

I have just started using Nelson sauvin hop pellets and really like them. I've accidently ordered Nelson sauvin hop flowers instead of the pellets which turned up today. Just wondering will the flowers cause any difference in flavour or character to my brew when compared to the hops? Also do I...