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I almost forgot and so only just grabbed a few SN Torpedos on the way Home. Hope everyone has a good one! :beer:

Hi there. I was kindly given a load of Belgian Yeast right from the tank at a local brewpub. I doubt I will be able to make a 5ltr starter that it now requires but I am bottling a big IPA today (7%) and was wondering if I added some to the bottle of a few would it do anything or just be a waste...

The local BrewPub is very generous to Homebrewers and give away the yeast on a Friday arvo after they have made a batch. They have Wyeast 1388 (Duvel) and 3787 (Westmalle) blended this week as they are doing a barrel aged series called the "Waikato Belgian Project" where they will barrel age...

Hi all, I have just turned another year older and have a baby on the way so wont be able to spend as much cash on the equipment side of things. I have scored a 45 ltr chilly bin off the olds and have some vouchers to spend. I already have one 30 litre fermenter and a sweet burner and the usual...

Hi all, I have a Fridge Freezer I have been using as a fermentation chamber (stc styles) since picking it up on the cheep due to the Freezer not working. This is a fridge up top and Freezer down the bottom type set up. How does one know if they can cut through the middle and turn it into a...

Hi all, Still fairly new at the AG game but it seems to be coming along nicely. I am a fan of Stone Brewing and mainly the Black IPA of Sublimely Self Righteous Strong Ale. I am wanting to dial this up a bit and make a BW version. I have read a fair bit about barleywines lately and am keen...

Hi guys, Not sure if this is the right place to link this but an NZ online beer store is up and running for testing to sell fine beers in OZ. It is open for business for the next few days before proper launch in Jan I believe. http://www.beercellar.com.au/ if this is the wrong place to put...

Hi all, I made a smash with GP, Centennial, US05. Was meant to be 18.5 ltrs but I may have over boiled the wort so it came out at only 15 ltrs and was way stronger (would have been 6.5% instead of the 4.5% target ABV) so watered down and added yeast. It dropped from 1.050 to 1.010 and so all...

Hi all, I am going to LA in March next year with the wife. She is jamming in all the usuals over there for activities. I was quite keen to do a brewery tour. I am wondering between a trip to Ballast Point or to Stone Brewing? Has anyone been on tours to either? What was the better if you have...

Hi there, I am still a fairly new beginner in terms of the AG game but with Nationals coming up shortly I am keen to get some feedback from some high up judges (eg Kelly Ryan formerly of Epic fame). Now I have been jumping the gun and making some over complicated recipes rather than going for...

Hi all, I am keen on finding an appropriate malt bill for Red IPAs. I have had a few lately and my Favourite (so far) is the Double D RIPA from Croucher in Rotorua. I have seen plenty of Irish Red malt bills out there but would love to get help on Malts as some suggest two shades Crystal with...

Good evening all, happy day one fellow dry julyers and all that. I have put down an oatmeal stout (first time stout maker) and have temp control at last. My question that I come to you with tonight is: I have my stout fermenting away at 18 deg c. I just want to know at the end of fermentation...

Hi all, I hope this is the right place for the topic. I am drying off for a month and found this also coincides with Dry July. I have registered for the event and as of the first will not put a glass of alcohol to my lips for the whole month. The best part is there is a bloody good cause to...

Hi all, I have amassed quite the haul of hops since picking up the hobby around sept last year I believe. I haven't brewed as much as hoped (spent mucho di niro on buying up hardware to get into AG) and so some of these hops have been left unopened and unused of course to this very date. I am...

So I made a partial and used two cans Blackrock Extract 400g wheat 300 caramalt and 200g carapils. I am guessing I screwed the pooch on this one and it wont settle down in sweetness? Mashed at 67 and fermented at 22 odd deg mostly. Odd night dropped to 14 but fixed that with electric blanket...

Hi all, Put down 15 litres of a US IPA yesterday arvo and pitched at 24 (as we have had pretty cold nights of late) I thought it would drop down to 20 overnight. Instead I woke up this morning and it was sitting at 26 degC. I know the early parts of fermentation are most important. I am cooling...

Hey all I am looking to enter a local competition under BJCP style guidelines and it is USIPA beers. We have our seasons worth of US Hops and I picked up some Cascade and Zythos. I also had a failed other brew when I tried grain and so held onto some Riwaka from that that I had intended to DH...

Who have you guys met and learned awesome stuff from? I met Former Epic Brewer Kelly Ryan, as he has moved to my part of NZ, and he had some good stuff to say for beer fans and HBer's alike at any level. He had some great info that was a bit above me on Sanitisation. I think anyone on Starsan...

1 x Macs Pale Kit 25g Cystal 30 25g Cystal 90 50g Pale Chocolate 50g Chocolate 16g NZ Cascade at FO Just looking to take out the "Pale kit" and make this recipe with Light Extract but not too sure as to what other grains I will need to make up what will be missing from the kit... Any sort of...

So I have my first BIAB in the fermenter. Was done a week exactly this Friday just gone. It started off at 1.054 and it reached 1.040 (or the orange line) and I am meant to be waiting for it to hit 1.020 to start dry hopping however when I told people that after one week it had only dropped that...