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Hi people. Im brewing a Dortmunder on the weekend and i was wondering if anyone had any advice as to the water treatment required for this beer. BJCP and other forums decribe the beer as 'minerally" Does anyone have experience in brewing this style and any suggestions re water treatment. PS im...

Hi mate, what's the go with the polenta. What characters does it give ? Do you mash it?

Changing the glad wrap wont hurt mate! It wont have any affect on the final beer. Think of all those "open" fermentation vessels. Change it and enjoy watching the yeasties go crazy! :D

Hi all, I have decided to go with a triple decoction, ive done some readind and it suggests substantially longer rests during the mash, compared to the default triple decoction mash schedule provided from Beersmith. How long should i hold each rest? The text i have suggests the following as...

Great looking beer, im starting to lean towards doing a couple of decoctions are there some good links/threads at to how to do it accurately. Im a little confused as to how much grain and mash to boil and how to do it. I have a bout 11.5kg of grain in the mash. Do i just scoop some out and boil...

Thanks for the feedback mate. How many litres of beer do you make at a time. 10 Lt starter woh!! but ill do what i have to do? How many billion cells is that?

Cheers mate, will def buiild up a starter. Mr Malty Calc suggests 842 Billion cells and a 4.86lt starter on the stirplate. Does that sound about right for 55 litres? Would be great to get you around for the brew mate and we can have a beer and do the decoctions. Then you can grab your hops. Let...

[b][size=4][size=2]Hi there, below is my first draft of my PU clone. I am not sure whether or not i need to do the decoctions or if being able to step mash via my HERMS will be sufficient. From the reading ive done on the net and the forum im still not convinced its worth the trouble. Any...

Hi mate, i have made a few of these, let it ferment out and rack it onto 500gms of frozen berries from the supermarket. Leave for a week or so and keg or rack again and CC. You can always add more next time. You could use as much as 1kg as a starting point. Have fun!

Hi all. Thanks for an awesome day! Loved it... Bloody cold in Canberra for camp. Bring on the Xmas swap. Will I host again. My oath! If people are keen and I haven't been evicted. Got ya pot Yob, no probs grab it whenever it's safe here. Ps leave my smoked marzen a month ot two to let it carb...

Well not long now boys, if people wanna drop beers/kegs off tonight that is no problem after 5.30-10pm. I will also be at my place from 4-6 tomoz night for drop offs. Cheers Trip

I will have beer smith on the lappy in the bar so we can muck around a bit with AA%. I already have a recipe entered for my system and hopefully ill have Fents as well. He's a bit slack!!! :P If anyone wants to chuck a bit of firewood in the car it wont go astray. We have some, but ya never do...

Ya dont wanna know what i did with my mash paddle on Band Camp :lol:

Cheers mate. Camp next week! I wish it was over......

Yeah mate, Friday is fine between 4 and 5. We have to go get all the food aftwerwards fro the Preston market, but just leave at front door if you like and i will put away when i get back. Alternativley come a bit later in the evening Trip

There is one positive "Its good temps for fermenting my Dussledorf :D

Cheers Buddy much appreciated!

BUGGER!!!! 5 Days out lets hope they got it wrong. Fingers Crossed... Although ill have plenty of cover

Hi Brewday swappers If people wish to do any drop offs the best time for me is Thursday from 4 onwards. Or alternatively leave at front door whenever and ill wack em inside......my belly :P Cheers Trippers