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    Looking for Juniper Boughs

    Okay, I'm thinking of making Gotlandsdrinka but I'm in Brisbane (sub-tropics). Where the hell do I find Juniper boughs up here??? Talking to garden nurseries and gardening groups has had no success...
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    Chinese Company Requires Female Staff To Kiss The Boss Each Day

    http://the-daily.buzz/female-staff-kiss-boss-china/ Apparently they sell homebrew equipment... I'm waiting for Craftbrewer to implement the same policy. I mean Ross is eminently kissable :P
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    Sour Beer using Just Acidulated Malt

    Is is possible to make a Sour Beer using Just Acidulated Malt (say at 20% grain bill) and forgoing the funky yeasts/bacteria?
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    Lady Claire's Ale (Historic Recipe)

    I started with a quote from Ale, Beer, and Brewsters in England, Women's Work in a Changing World, 1300-1600 by Judith M. Bennett "Our most direct evidence of domestic brewing comes from elite households. In 1333--34, the household of Elizabeth de Burgh, Lady of Clare, brewed about 8 quarters...
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    Experiment - Adding Oak to a Cube...

    Okay, trying something a bit different... I did an ale last night in the Braumeister. Old Ale Maris Otter & Medium Crystal, some Gladfields Shepard's promise with Progress Hops. Added 200g grams of Toasted French Oak chips to the cube, then poured the beer into the cube at 100degC, doing the...
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    Questions about Homebrew Legality in Queensland

    Okay... One for those amateur lawyers out there... I'm at an event (as part of the non-brewing club I belong too) where they've charged a ticket for the event. The ticket covers accomodation, entertainment, food, etc... All above board. How, if I decide to setup a tent and give away about 20...
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    Auto Brewery Syndrome

    http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/09/17/223345977/auto-brewery-syndrome-apparently-you-can-make-beer-in-your-gut I reackon I got this in the nineties for about 3 months... I got simpilar symptoms plus odd looking leg ulcers... Doctor diagnosed it as a 'yeast allergy'... Game up Home brewing...
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    How Do I Sanitise When Dry Hopping Into A Keg For 7 Days?

    How do I sanitise when Dry Hopping into a keg for 7 Days? I've got a love golden ale I want to dry hop... It's not a technique I'm familiar with, whats the best way to sanitise the hops (fresh flowers in a nylon hop bag) before adding to the keg???
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    Anyone Read German? Germany's Oldest Brewery Found In Bonn

    <H3 class=entry-header>Germany's Oldest Brewery Found in Bonn</H3>Article in the Bonn Rundschau about the discovery of a late second/early third century AD brewery in Bonn - at Adenauerallee 206. Around 200 amphorae pieces have been found. This makes it Germany's oldest brewery. Premiere in...
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    Am I Doing It Right?

    Bacheloring for most of the evening... GF's at a dinner party... This evenings entree: Sierra Nevada's 2012 Floral Ale Main Course: Timothy Taylor's Landlord Strong Pale Ale, St Peters Suffolk Smokey Peated Ale, Sierra Nevada Hoptimum IPA. Dessert : 750ml St Bernardus Prior 8, Abbey Ale...
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    Potential Daft Idea - Brewing Eisbock With Dryice...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelbock#Eisbock I had a weird idea If I started dumping dry ice into a batch of beer, and start scooping off the ice to make an Eisbock would that work? Or would it strip all the flavour out??? I'm kind of wondering if dry ice would quicken the process...
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    Turning A Dry Cider Sweet

    Okay - I'm having a party on sunday night - the kind that involves 5 corny kegs \o/ I've got a Scrumpy Style Cider (with Cinnamon) - problem is it that it's rather strong, acidic and dry. It's decent but a bit 'unbalanced' So I thought, if this was a sweet cider - things might taste a lot...
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    Obama's A Homebrwer

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Honey_Ale Very awesome...
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    Looking For A Wrzburg Water Quality Report...

    I'm looking for a Wrzburg water quality report... And my google-fu is failing me miserably... Anyone able to help? I'm trying to do a 14th century medieval recipe from Wrzburg, and want to balance the water properly... Das Buch von guter spise : The original manuscript was part of a...
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    Using Oats Gives Me A Stuck Mash

    Okay... I seem to getting stuck mashes, with even as low at 800g of Golden Oats... I'm using Rice Hulls (about 1L worth) and I'm still getting the issue. The first run wasn't too bad but the sparge glued up real tight... I'm doing a single 60mins at 66.7. Is there a 2 part mash or rest I can...
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    Quick Disconnect Barb Stuck Of Cornelius Keg

    I was doing a 'test run' and had a Quick Disconnect Barb on the Keg's beer out connected to a Bronco Faucet with Curly Hose - now I forgot to put a stepless clamp on the end, knocked off the tap and shot 10L of water in the keg straight out of the quick release... Now the sodding thing's stuck...
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    Kumiss - Would Appreciate Feedback

    As the document is rather complicated, I've put it here in .pdf form... I'd love some feedback... Once it's done, I'll put the final version here in forum format... But for now... Article
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    Brewtoad

    http://www.brewtoad.com/ Anyone had a play with this?
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    Looking For Teeny, Tiny Kegs To Pressure Filter Small Volumes...

    I've got a small kegging setup with 19L Cornelius Ball-lock Kegs... I've also acquired one of these babies http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/shop/details.asp?PID=720 which I've yet to use for beer (gimme a week until I'm home and I'll be there). I also do a lot of 'experimental' medieval brews...
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    Advice On A Barrel Kegging Setup

    I was wondering if anyone has had experience in mounting 1-3 taps into a 220L Oak Barrel, and if so, what did you learn and are they any pitfalls in doing it? I was planning on mounting the taps into the side of the barrel on one of the staves. The lines will emerge on the bottom of the barrel...
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