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Hi brewers, I enhanced a coopers canadian blonde kit that was given to me with 300g Carapils, 1kg LME and some home grown hops, and when i tasted it last night it had an overbitter falvour, following the initial sweet maltiness. I hope i haven't over hopped it in the boil, and if so can i add...

Nice work all. Comin along very nicely. Most of mine have sprouted - Fuggles took the ealry lead but Super Alpha and Saaz have reigned him in. The English can never hold on to a lead. Off to Northern Vic tomorrow for day 1 of building brand spankin new hopyard. Gunna be a good day. 13...

Any BBs of SP on the horizon lads?

Straight in the primary then across hey...definitely saves me a few minutes cleaning. I've heard the spent yeast and sediment can prevent the hops from releasing its good stuff but i imagine this would be fairly minor. In this case not too bothered as using fuggles and don't want to overpower...

Ok next question - I'll be dry hopping a Brit pale ale - want to do the 48hr method in to the secondary fermenter with 10-20g of Fuggles pellets. I'll be going in to bottles eventually though and figure I have to decide whether to whack the hop pellets staight in to the primary for 48 hrs...

Nice one, cheers :D

Heh. That's why i like beer, it's always wet.

Sounds like a good philosophy. Seems the real trick is culturing your own yeast from the diff style yeasts we have. That's another question altogether and def in the book of things to do. So probably the next good question to ask is if ppl have good links or tips on how to grow your own...

Hey all, I've come across some good articles lately like this one about using dry yeast except with a few high gravity styles - http://koehlerbeer.com/2008/05/23/dry-yeast-v-liquid-yeast/ What do the local experts reckon? I've had some strange experiences with Wyeast lately - fermentation of...

Hey Simian, yeah I'm in Brunswick mate. Would be able to give a new life to any homeless tallies you might have no probs...just gimmie a shout. Will message you my details...

Gday brewers, I'm after a stack of bottles - mainly 750 wanted but others welcome too. Keeping an eye on Gumtree and Ebay, and trying to find some time to get around to some bars to ask, but if anyone out there lives in the Melbourne area and has some decent bottles spare please do gimmie a...