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Just made a K &K batch of Old using Country Brewer stout mix. Left in initial fermenter for 10 days then racked and dry hopped with 12g of Willamette and 12G English Fuggles. In addition I added about 85g of Allens Chicos (chocolate jelly babies) melted down to a slurry. I was trying to add a...

So are you saying to add my 5 minute aroma hops into the cube? Not sure I read your post right, but then dont you say that 'extra isomerisation which occurs as the wort is cooling in the cube can kill off the aromatic oils'? Isnt that what I DONT want? I though the idea with a late addition...

I anm using IanH's Kit and Extract Spreadsheet from this forum..seems to have been OK so far.

Fellow Brewers, Ive been extract brewing and using a no-chill cube for some time and have found that occasionally the final brew is quite bitter. I have been putting it down to the fact that as the hop additions are essentially in hot fluid overnight, they are allowed to impart more bitterness...

.....Incoming!!!!...............Back in those early days it was safety glasses and welding gloves at 10 paces when moving some of my earlier creations...... :rolleyes:

I both keg and bottle and have stored my bottles in a series of folding crates stacked up in my garage. The crates, available at any place that retails storage solutions like Howards or maybe even some hardware stores, hold 24 king browns and I cover the bottles with two layers of old towels...

Hey Housecat, How much water did you start with? Maybe your SG was a bit low? I say this as I have recently made a two xmas swiller batches but put 23 litres in instead of the recommended 22 from the kit. Now I havent followed kit instructions for years but should have in this case as they...

+1 for levin_ae92. However, I tried to find a smaller good quality pot that would also fit into a sink for chilling down but alas after running around for nearly a whole day and looking at very cheap aluminium thin based ones I ended up in despair but out of desperation bought a 20L stainless...

bcp, +1 for all those who say more for you - you made it and you enjoy it. Dont stress it as you haven't wasted your best on those under - educated CUB drinking heathens and troglodytes with bad taste. If I go to a pub nowadays I just cannot face VB on tap anymore. (TIC of course !!!) I...

Hey GDAH (going down a hill), firstly +1 for the comments from kelbygreen. The morgans golden saaz in a really good drinker. WRT the yeast, I also doubt that its a true lager yeast. IIRC, it had lager yeast written on the sachet but most kit yeasts do but are not actually true lager yeasts...

Wiley, I rack mine into the fermenter from my no chill cube after 12 hours of cooling overnight and then pour my water in to make up the volume from a 5 litre jug while standing above the fermenter which is on the floor. This gives me heaps of foam and have found my lag is usually only 8 hours...

I reckon with those yeasts kept at the temps you quoted you will be OK. I manage these temps seasonally with just PET ice bottles around my fermenter. By that I use lager yeasts in winter in my garage and manage to maintain 10-15 deg C and do ales in summer and maintain 18-22 deg C in a...

I brewed a few batches with some mates over at U-Brew-it at Hume in Canberra. Their process for bottling is exactly as you have done. Straight off the tap and into the bottles. They recommend consuming them within a set period (cant remember how much exactly but it was a pretty short time...

Chookers, never used summer Saaz or galaxy, but have made many light 'blonde' style beers and added Cascade (got one in secondary as we speak). It adds a citrussy sweetness and is my second favourite behind amarillo as far as the lower IBU sweeter usage type hops go. Reckon Cascade would be...

Hey waggastew, I was planning a wiezen as a summer drinker too. I kinda cobbled together a few things I had left over and might give this a run before xmas. 1 x 1.7 kg TCB Wals Wheat Kit 1 x 1.3 kg LDME 28g Cascade @ 20mins 14g Cascade @ 10mins 7g Cascade @ Flameout Wheat yeast (WB-06) I...

Mate, Welcome to the HB community. Reckon you are way ahead of me when I first started. Could'nt spell microbiology back then! AG is my next move so I will be watching any of your posts with curiosity. Sounds like you're willing to have a go so best of Luck. Cheers and Beers.

I with JonnyAnchovy. My missus just says of the extract boil, 'ooh, that doesnt smell good'. Or of the finished product 'tastes OK'. Thats about it. I am living in no hassle, no interfernce utopia.

Hey Johnnyh_18, welcome to the forum. Longer, cooler and slower is the best approach. I have been brewing for a few years and almost stuffed up too early myself only a few days ago. All the good advice in the world + my experience and patience got the better of me. As Big Nath says, trust...

I went out tonight with safety glasses and towel at the ready. I cracked about 23 out of 30 long necks (as seven are the old very solid pry offs). Of the 20 odd, only about 6 foamed up to the point of some beer coming out of the cap. I quickly screwed the top back down and held it all in though...

Hey lecterfan thanks for the advice. I left it 7 days in primary and then racked for another 12 days all at 20deg C. I thought I was right on track but maybe not. Guess I can release the pressure and see what happens. In saying that there pressure is not very high yet but more than I would have...