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Ok I need to get this clear first I’m asking on behalf of my wife, I don’t “brew” kombucha I merely assist whilst drink my home brew. But.... other half made kombucha, after reading the “add a bunch of fruit pulp and a spoon of sugar to each bottle and stick in fridge after 3 days” method of...

First brew in two years and muppet here forgot to hot rinse the bowl I use for squeezing and sparging my grain bag and managed to tip the sparge water complete with trace elements of detergent from the bowl into my kettle. This resulted in some soapy bubbles on the surface which I've skimmed off...

Hi All, To save me from sifting through the hundreds of pages of kegging set ups thread if you were starting from scratch on a kegerator what taps and regulator would you recommend? Cheers Zarniwoop

My search for cheap CO2 continues... What should I be aware of if I look at a second hand CO2 tank? I believe there's an in-test period (10 years?) but beyond that? Cheers Zarniwoop

Anyone know a good source of cheap CO2 fire extinguishers and/or where they will fill them in Melbourne? Cheers Zarniwoop

Hi All, I'm looking for an easy drinking summer beer that uses galaxy (I really enjoyed the passion fruit flavor in one I had recently). Any recipe suggestions welcome? (BIAB with plate chiller) Cheers Zarniwoop

I never really thought about this before I saw it mentioned on another thread but should I be removing my hop socks (with hops in obviously) from the wort at the end of the boil before I whirlpool? I plate chill hence the use of hop socks but the 15 minute (ish) whirlpool adds a lot of time...

Hi All, A bit of an open question I know but I've been struggling recently to bring my FG level down, regardless of the recipe it seems to be sitting at 1.016-1.020. I re calibrated my thermometer and found that I'd been using the wrong adjustments and most of my recent brews have been about 3C...

One of my dreams has come true, my other half has decided that she'll get into brewing and take over the cider production (I've only done one batch so far but apparently it's a hit). She wants to know what will happen if she uses the local apple juice that also contains 5% lemon (bl**dy nice in...

Hi All I need a new thermometer, something accurate with a probe on a wire and good resolution, preferably with a max/min alarm. Any suggestions? Cheers Zarniwoop

Hi All, I've been on a sprong induced hiatus from brewing for 6 months now and am getting back into it, after reading through a few threads on AHB and noting the emergence of new systems such as the grainfather etc I'm starting to wonder if I'm too low tech or if it doesn't really matter? I'm...

Afternoon All, After a 6 month brewing break owing to the birth of sprog number 3 I'm back to brewing again, just about to put down an English PA and a porter but I'm now thinking about having a crack at cider. A local orchard sells bottles of preservative free granny smith and pink lady juice...

Hi All, I'm looking to plant about 20 pinot noir vines next year, anyone have any suggestions where I can source them in Victoria (preferably Melbourne area)? Cheers Zarniwoop

Hi All, Whilst gazing in awe at my new cooling system today when transferring the hot wort to the fermenter I didn't notice that I was sucking the 'orrible bits out of the bottom of the kettle into the fermenter. I now have trub above my tap line. Other than syphoning from the top does anyone...

Hi All, I'm looking for a good recipe for that particularly delicious English pub snack pork scratchings. I've tried a couple online but they were fairly horrible, has anyone got a good one? For those of you not familiar with this sophisticated delicacy it's basically pork rind baked with oil...

OK we'll skip past the bit about me being a muppet and cc too early, I'm at 1.020 and need to drop further, it's been at 2C for about 4 days, I'm raising back up to 19C, it's wyeast 1084. What are my chances?

Just vaguely watching a series on ABC2 called Hard Time (National Geographic program on a prison in Georgia), they mention in passing the use of onions for making illicit alcohol. So if you were in jail and in between attempts to avoid romantic liaisons in the shower how would you make alcohol...

Ok so this is a bit of a back to basics question but I know the theory and I wanted some experiences from AHB members. My BIAB setup is a large aluminium pot with a valve which I heat using an over the side element supplemented by the electric stove, it works well and is simple to use and...

Hi All, I usually source my ingredients from the Grain and Grape, they have an excellent selection of grain, hops and yeast. But it's a long way from home (and frankly whilst I really like the place I don't really have enough life remaining to me to wait for them to run everything through their...

Hi All, I just calculated my pre boil efficiency (got the title wrong should be pre boil) for BIAB and I seem to be getting ~88%, which I'm pretty happy with but I just want to confirm this is correct. I recently did a Irish Red Ale (better red than dead) and ended up with 37.33L at 1.050 pre...