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Hi All, I have recently made the move from Extract to All-Grain thanks to Nicks 19L stovetop thread. I have only ever used dry yeast since I started brewing again a year ago. Normally brewing Pilsner, Lager and an Ale here and there I am thinking perhaps it's time to move from the w34/70, S-23...

Hi All, Having moved to doing Extract beers with Specality grain over the past 6 months I want to start moving towards Partial Mash to introduce Grain on my way to AG. Having read that people use Eskies to mash in this is probably the best method for me at the moment. I did find a 10L esky at...

Hi All, Most of the time I will Cold Condition my Lagers & Ales in the Primary Fermenter for 7 days at 1C after the fermentation period is over and then I keg the brew and leave in the keg for 5-7 days while It carbonates up. In trying to speed up the time from fermenter to keg I have been...

Hi All, I was after some feedback on an Australian Premium Lager recipe that I was going to brew. I want this lager to be a session beer. I am looking at using the following ingredients for this recipe. This will be done with a 12L boil and then topped up to 21L in the fermenter. 2KG Briess...

Hi All, Having recently started steeping grains what is the ratio of water to grain that I should be using when steeping? Also what ratio of grain to water do I use for sparging the grain? If I was to use say 2L of water with 120g of Carapils and then sparge with 1L will this give me any...

Hi All, I am going to be putting down a Pilsner Extract brew this week (thanks to Blakie for his recipe suggestion in an old thread). This recipe calls for an addition of 15g of Saaz @ Flame out. I was thinking of skipping this step and just adding 20g on Day 3 as a Dry Hop. What would be the...

Hi, I have been purchasing the Hop/Grain bags from my LHBS (2 for $5.50) and every brew have just been throwing them out and buying new ones....yep understand this is a big waste of money. What do people do to clean their hop/grain bags after they use them? I do Extract Brewing so my main use...

Hi All, Firstly sorry if this topic has been posted several times before. I have done a quick search but nothing seemed to fit my question. I recently setup a new keg setup and am completely puzzled on trying to get the correct carbonation. I am after a carbonation volume of about...

Hi All, I am currently awaiting my kegs and parts to setup my first Keg Fridge. I have been given a Kelvinator N410F Fridge and was wondering if anybody else has convertered one of these to a keg fridge? I will be installing the taps on the front door and then the gas line on the side. I have...

Hi All, So I have been using 5L mini kegs for about 6 months and just secured myself a new Fridge. I am now looking at moving up to a full Keg setup and want to setup a beer fridge. I have never setup kegs before so am totally clueless as to what needs to be done. I will be going with a 2 Keg...

Hi All, I am looking at doing my first Extract Brew and am contemplating using either Liquid or Dry malt. Most recipes I have seen call for 2.4kg+ of LME. What is the difference between Liquid and Dry Malt? Can you use Dry in place of Liquid Malt when called for in a recipe? I am aware that...

Hi All, Having been doing K&K for the last few months I am ready to step up and try Extract. I have steeped grains and boiled malt/hops in previous Kit recipes to enhance them but never done a full Extract recipe. My main mis-understanding seems to be with the method and length of boil etc...

Hi All, Hopefully I have posted in the right area on the forum. I have just started to move away from doing the basic kit recipes into using grain to enhance my brews. I completed my first brew the other day using Carapils Malt (am also aware that you can also steep Carapils) and I found that...

Hi, I have only been back into home brewing for a couple of months and have learnt quite a fair bit from this forum. To date I have done a Golden Ale, Blue Mountain Lager, Bacchus & Barley and a few others. Most of them have been quite good, especially the Golden Ale. What I have found with...

Hi, I am hoping somebody may be able to help me. I have recently purchased a mini keg setup which uses the Party Star Deluxe Tap (http://minikeg.net.au/product.php?id_product=17) and I am finding that the tap is leaking gas when I tap my 5L minikegs. I have 12 x 5L minikegs and 12 different...

Hi, I have been looking at doing a brew with the use of the Thomas Coopers Draught can. I do enjoy Lagers that have relatively little hoppiness and slight aroma to them. I pulled this recipe from the Coopers website and was wondering if anybody could provide some feedback on it and what it's...

Hi All, I was given a can of Bacchus & Barley Blonde from my LHBS (Sunbury Home Brew) to try out as he had just got it in stock. On the can it has a suggestion of the LHBS Brew Enhancer #15, which I have yet to buy and thus do not know what is actually in it. I would imagine it has Corn Syrup...

Hi, I recently put down a Morgan's Blue Mountain Lager with 1KG Brew Enhancer 2 and some Hallertau Hops (18g). It has now been sitting in my fermentation fridge at a steady 17C for the past 11 Days. I did fill this to 23L as well and pitched the yeast at about 23C. I have noticed over the last...

Hi, 1. I am currently fermenting a Blue Mountain Lager with BE2 and Hallertau Hops. I believe this may turn out to be on the low side of alcohol % (SG 1038 and expect FG to be about 1010). I prefer Beers to be around the 4.5-5% mark and have been trying to adjust ingredients on my BML recipe...

I thought I would combine two questions as they both relate. Firstly, having only been back into home brewing for a few months I have to ask...is there anything special you have to do with the hydrometer to get a gravity reading from a brew? My understanding is you pour off a sample of your...