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Hey guys, a mate of mine is having a party next weekend and asked if I could bring my keggerator along. I said yes but as I don't have much in the way of full kegs ATM were looking into either getting a couple of cornys filled up somewhere (don't know if anyone does this but thought I'd ask as...

I've recently started fermenting my beer in the same cube I no-chill in and am having some trouble with overflowing krausen. I'd like to drill holes in the cube lids to attach blow off tubes but this would make my cubes useless for no-chill. Does anyone know if lids for cubes can be purchased...

Hey guys, I've got a bunch of 1000ml polypropylene bottles on order from wiltronics and I plan to use them to store starter wort. The plan is to boil up a 15 litre batch of starter wort and pour straight into bottles, cap,let cool then store somewhere reasonably cool, same as no chilling cubes...

Hey guys, had a bit of a **** up and thought I'd report it here so that anyone who reads this won't make the same mistake. I had a cube of a white rabbit dark ale clone which I brewed on Saturday, cube was filled right to the brim, plan was to ferment in the cube so a couple of nights ago I...

Hey guys jus wondering if anyone has used 2011 cascade usa (7.9%aa from memory)yet? If so how was it? Cheers

Hey guys I'm currently in the process of converting a chest freezer into a keggerator. Was just wondering about what I will need. I know I'll need gas, kegs, beer/ gas line, and regulator. And I'm currently making up and order with http://www.farmhousebrewingsupply.com which includes 4 perlick...

Hey all, Im looking for a chest freezer to use as keggerator. Im on sunshine coast but will drive to Brisbane for the right freezer. I've been looking on gumtree and eBay but thought I'd post here too. Hoping for one that will fit 6 cornies. Cheers

Hey guys just started bottling my last brew using dextrose to prime, and the bottles keep foaming up and overflowing as soon as I tip the dex in or if I put the dex in first I end up with 3 inches of foam at the top of the bottle. Anyone know why this is happening or what I can do? Cheers

Hey guys I'm in the process of hinting towards a keg fridge for Christmas from my girlfriend, I mentioned the craftbrewer one to her and I think she picked up on it but I thought it came pretty much setup minus gas bottle and kegs, but would need a fount, lines, and everything else. Had a look...

Hey guys, pulled off my first ag (biab) on Saturday. Really enjoyed it, but didn't quite get the efficiency I was after. In my recipe I put in 70% but I worked it out afterwards at about 60%, so instead of og 1048 I've got 1040. Just wondering if I should try to bump this up with som dme or just...

Hi all just finished my first ag brew (biab 40l urn) and have filled one 20 litre cube, there is about 6-7 liters left in the urn but there's alot of what I think is hot or cold break (looks like cottage cheese). I can't really get this wort without sucking through a good bit of this stuff...

Hi, I was googling gluten free brewing today as I have a friend who is a celiac and I came across a white labs enzyme called clarity ferm. It's used to drop out proteins which cause chill haze but apparently some of the proteins it drops out are the ones that cause a reaction in people who are...

Hey guys, going from extract to all grain via biab, putting an order through on craft brewer now, just wanted to make sure I don't leave anything out that I'll need. 40l crown urn with concealed element Biab bag Hop sock Thermometer (not sure what to get, are the weld less ones on craft brewer...

Hi all, I've been kit/extract brewing for a couple of months now and have finally decided to take the step into ag via biab in an urn. I was wondering if anyone knows of anywhere to get good grain for a reasonable price in the sunshine coast area? craft brewer seems to be the way to go but it's...

Hi, I just brewed an extract pilsener all with ldme and I fucked up and forgot to put the remaining malt in before entirely filling the fermenter, so I stirred the malt in ( about 3kgs of very fine ldme) and it's all clumped together and won't dissolve at all. Does anyone know what I can do...

Hi, just wondering if anyone knows where you can get cheap spring water on the sunshine coast? I'm doing extract brewing At the moment with a 10 litre boil and were on tank water here and it's too much effort to boil and cool the rest of the wAter for a batch. Is there anywhere you can fill up...

Hey this may be a stupid question but I was just wondering if you could use preservative free lollies for priming sugar when bottle conditioning? Or maybe fruit juice concentrate? Anyone tried anything like this?

Has anyone here ordered from oztops.com.au? I want to get a couple of their kits I just wanted to make sure it's safe to order from. Cheers josh

Hey guys I'm thinking of doingan extract American ipa with all ten minute hop additions this is it so far. 4kg ldme 200g dextrose 280g light crystal or caramalt Nottingham yeAst 50g Amarillo 50g centennial 80g cascade All hops at ten minutes Worked out in beersmith with about 60 ibu, og 1060...

Hey blokes, chasing some longnecks, tallies, big botts or largies in the sunshine coast/hinterland/cabooltute areas, screw cap or crown seal. Will buy or accept as gift ;) Cheers Josh.