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Hi all, thanks to Mike for hosting, and everybody else to make it really entertaining. To follow up on my strong Wit everybody found too sweet, the hydrometer says 1.012. Should be fully fermented I would guess. Maybe mashed on the high side of 65C. Cheers, Laurent

Hi All, actually, the 24th works for me too. Withdrawn. It doesn't work anymore for lunch. Or I could come for a quick hello middle afternoon. Laurent

Yes, I'm here! Laurent

Hi, sorry, wasn't reading all the topics lately. Here's my procedure, it's a bit overboard though with quantities because it's my first time designing. All the people sneering will go to bed without beer! :D ========= Belgian Dark Choco 1.5kg Golden Promise 400g Flaked Oats 3l water -->...

Actually, I'm just keeping a list of What's Where. My fridge is too small to keep all the samples. I'll send a reminder to everybody in a few weeks for an update of the list. Thanks all.

Hi All ISB members, thanks for this great afternoon. Good to see all the people enjoying themselves and proudly presenting their brews. Really informative and fun. Thanks also to Gav's wife to keep company to Melanie, she didn't feel lonely at all :) The food, and all, really great. Looking...

Hi, I would second this. 24C looks like on the high side. Around 20C is good to minimize off flavours. Cheers, Laurent

Hi, that's a good price for SS pots. All my extract recipes are formulated for a 7l boil and top up to 15l. So far, it's been really good. The bonus is faster cooling down since there's less liquid. The minus is slightly more hops to get the same bitterness. Everything else, I keep the same...

I agree the article on BYO is an excellent read. But it's possible to avoid being overly cautious. Most of commercial honeys are heated before going in the pot, so somehow the sanitary conditions are not that bad. Maybe I'll change my mind on my first infection... :)

Yep, I use honey regularly to prime directly in the bottle (PET). 1 tea spoon / 300ml. That's quite unconsistant but so far, I've got no infection, no disturbing honey flavour and I reckon it does carbonate faster compared to carb drops. I buy from my local health food shop from a bulk tank and...

Hi Doc, from some online Belgian stores on HB, it seems that the Stuff comes in 2 shapes: Rock and Liquid. See here: Brouwland Candi Sugar page Looking for more information on the sugar, the Belgian legal system states as follow: Inverted sugar: less than 50% inverted sugar in dry weight...

Yeah, right... <_<

Hi All, Not sure yet for me. How much beer are you guys bringing? Have a good recovery Ben. Laurent

Hi Ben, have a look at this malt conversion calculator I've posted on another thread: Malt Conversion Calculator You just enter the amount of grains and it gives the equivalent in LME or DME. On a side note, today your longneck count is over 350. That's about 260l of beer... I'm deeply...

Hola, yes indeed. Last batch, I used some bags of Chamomille/Orange/cloves/... herbal teas from Lipton. They were called 'Orange gardens' and 'Chamomille courts'. I've used 7 or 8 in a tea, then tipped in the fermenter (15 litres). Good balance, just a subtle aroma which is what I wanted. Don't...

Hi All, thanks Ben for organizing. It's certainly better to talk to other people face to face and get advices. I'll try to make it this Sat at Riverview. See you there, Laurent

Interesting. Could you give us a hint on what kind of recipe you're looking at? Cheers, Laurent

Hi All, great topic. We live in Sydney and used to drink tap water. Since we bought a counter top water filter, the water became really tasty and I noticed we drink more water and the beer tastes better, but this maybe a combination of things. We use it to wash vegetable and for cooking too...

Hi, In the attachement, there is a small web page doing the conversion automatically. Fill any field and press "tab" or "enter" to complete the rest. Enjoy, Laurent