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Hi all, Been a while since I both posted or brewed. Having lost a little faith in Fresh Wort kits, I decided to get back on the horse by trying to recreate the impressive Red IPA that All Inn Brewing recently put out. They sell a fresh wort kit for this now, which I was pleased to see...

Thanks LAGERFRENZY. I note you are from Brisbane too. Do you think doing this would be ok or a disaster? I should also mention that I was thinking about perhaps brewing up 25 litres rather than 23litres (seeing as I am using two kits. Any tips on volume of water to add (1 kit is usually...

Hi all, Been a long while since I posted (I have spent the last year or so brewing from fresh wort vats + dry hopping from Bacchus and All Inn Breweries- little art applied but quality outputs). Anyway, I wanted to have a particularly strong lager ready for the hot Queensland summer to enhance...

Thanks Back on Track, much appreciated. Would it be a crime to pitch the yeast that came with it and, if it fails, go in again with my own stuff? I can't remember what I have in the fridge but I think it is a Magrove Jacks Craft range High Flocculation and Attenuation yeast. Do you think that...

Hi all, Just after a bit of feedback having managed to get hold of a can of the above. I am going to put in 1.5kg of fermentables (DME) rather than just 1kg, so that it has a decent final abv. Do you think the yeast provided with the can will be able to handle this or should I use a different...

Thanks everyone for your help with this. Just checked out Vintners Cherry Puree- how does one get hold of this in the most economic way in Australia? Seems to be an American product that needs imporrting rater than being plucked off the shelf of a store...

Hi all, Can anyone advise of a method to make a DECENT Kriek from either a kit or some kind of adaptation from a kit/fresh liquid wort ingredients Thanks in advance for any feedback

Fair enough, but there's a few caveats to that for me, personally: 1) Imposition of cost for keg system setup 2) The reuirment to have a dedicated fridge for your keg 3) Only having one beer to choose from at a time.... unless you spend even more money on kegs and fridges I also doubt the...

Cheers guys- I wasn't going to crash chll but my 'Beer Geek' adviser suggested it might have a bit too much action in it without the chill. I am glad you have stopped me as I felt it might take away from the authenticity/rawness of it all. As for the alcohol content- assuming it tastes fine, I...

I like this concept for when I have one brew in secondary and primary also in use i.e. can't pour a batch into another vessel for bulk priming. Thanks.

Only having been brewig for approximately 6mths myself, I went through this same question when accumulating bottles. It is amazing how many friends and volunteering of bottles you find when they think some of them will come back full :D Here's my take and I am happy with it so far: PET...

How did this turn out in the end? I have a similar problem with a Heff that I have just brewed from a Fresh Wort kit. I added 1.5kg of liquid malt (fist time I have used liquid rather than dried) and my OG was 1.053 and the FG has been sitting at approximately 1.011 for the past 4 days. Been...

Does this mean literally popping the tops and recapping the beer? And this wont end in flat beer at point of intended consumption, some weeks or a month later??? Sounds logical but I can't help but think about bottles of opened coke which ultimately go flat, no matter how tight the cap is on...

People, I am impressed with both the pace of responses and the willingness to help others. I suppose we are all trying to get to the same thing: a world with better beer. Thanks for your time on this. One last question- can I continue to store all this bottled beer out of the fridge...

What impact (on quality or otherwise) would fluctuating temperature have?

That's a useful tip- I have actually predominantly bottled this batch in PET bottles so I will be using these as a good indicator of the potential nuclear war that is about to break out in the glas versions. However, having used PET before, if I keep opening to test carbonation (once bottle is...

I used a different yeast (11.5g pack of Safbrew T-58) so I am not sure if that is a potential differentiating factor. Also, I may simply be poor at using hydrometer approprately- I twisted bubbles out but maybe not enough. I was actually quite surprised at the inherent level of 'fizz' in the...

Thank you- FG at bottling was 1012. Thanks. Good things come to those who wait- I will just suck up the extra 'dry time' in future. Appreciate the other response too- good advice. I have both a child and pets so they will be kept well away!

I'm not sure I understand. I HAVE reported the hydrometer readings: SG on day 0 was 1.036, 'FG' on day 11 was 1.012. I should have added that FG on day 10 was also 1.012. Apologies if I have misintetpreted what info you are after.

Apologies if this is going over well trodden ground but looking to speen up the process of going from newbie to legitimate amateur brewer. I have done a couple of batches with fresh wort kits/hops (very happy with them) and wanted to do a test comparison for quality against a decent tin with...