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Well done Tony, I Don''t brew much in the summer here, due to lack of water, and even washing bottles seems to use a hell of a lot of water. But I have learnt that I can run my still - with the use of a fish tank pump - I only use one tub of water and some ice to cool it down, (sorry...

AND OF COURSE YOU WILL MAKE SURE YOU USE SOME FRESH YEAST! cheers/beers Dairymaid

simple solution to stirring the stuff on the bottom of your fermenter is BUY an long handle plastic stirrer from the home brew shop cheers/beers dairymaid

well while Kingo goes off to sort out kegs, I am obviously going to sort out a couple more fermenters, to use as a secondary secondary, I like the idea of racking it for a 2nd time into a clean fermenter then adding the priming sugars, and to the homebrew store to buy some priming measures...

I am interested in this thread, was bottling two fermenters today I put one into 330 mls bottles and the other into 750 ml bottles But found myself putting a whole teaspoon of sugar into the smaller bottles, (only had one cup of sugar left in the house - shop 20k away) so left it in the bottle...

Of course I knew that! lol. I will have to think hard about this one! I at least have the Nelson Sauvin hops, grabbed a bag full when they were harvesting, it's good being a neighbour! cheers/beers dairymaid

Thanks guys, lol, you made that easy for me, not quite into AG brewing yet, but shall keep it in mind I am extra pleased to have a recipe for Nelson Sauvin, as we grow them in the hop gardens I work in over the summer, they are a really nice plant to work with, and they have been specially...

hi, I have a Lion Real Ale down, put into fermenter on 24/12/06, transfered into secondary on 4/01/07 It was very cloudy so when it has siphoned into new clean fermenter I added some gelatine to clear it, which it has done, it is obviously well sealed as it is bubbling away still- only noticed...

Hi guys and Maxie, Just curious with this yeast rehydrating, where is says - just rehydtrate with plain warm water (30 deg C) etc etc the instructions on the beer kits say do not let the temperture rise above 28 deg C when adding the yeast as the high temperature kills it? cheers/beers...

Hi guys, just wondering what's the temperature for the secondary? cheer/beers Dairymaid

Thanks guys, I am enjoying the links - thanks for that information - and have also ordered Beer Advocate it seems a reasonable deal at the special price cheers/beers dairymaid

I am interested in subscribing to a brewing magazine - what's the best one? there is ALL ABOUT BEER - BREW YOUR OWN - BEERS OF THE WORLD and ZYMURGY There does not seem to be any published in either Aussie or New Zealand any thoughts Cheer/beers Dairymaid

Good question Hashie! You are not the only one wondering what to do with these bags of grain that we buy and hide in the cupboard, thinking one day I will make these into beer. For that reason I am still making kit beers and enjoying them all Cheers/Beers Dairymaid

Hi guys, these barrels sound a lot of fun - What temperature do you control them at? and can you control the temperature? I have a reflux still, with two elements in,( they are electric jug type elements) but the temperature when distilling can go up to 90C. I am just considering it as a...

Thanks to you all for you help and good advice. Weizguy, you are quite right of course, I should have just bottled the brew and got on with the next one! PP> I love the cubes, what a great idea, we use them here mainly for carting water, but shall nowput them to better use. Is that fabulous...

thanks PP, yep the beer came straight out of the fermenter, ok so I now know not to worry about that one What I am not sure of is the racking, is this siphoned, or can I just open the tap! you also suggested using the cubes is this in preference to the round cylindar shape would like to...

The .50c a pint is a mistake! The price is $5

I wondered if you guys were using your hops green, or drying t hem This article is off RealbeerNZ but was also in our local paper Cascade also make a beer with green hops! The Brewjolais run is underway Mar 16, 2006 Author: Lion Plainly, some breweries are prepared to indulge in shameless...

hi Doc, Don't ya just love this country, the trouble is half it's people live in Oz! The country side is doing well here, the weather is great and the towns are growing, you would get lost in richmond now, it has grown so big, new motor way to nelson, along the coast missing Stoke completely...