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Hi all. I have been brewing for the best part of a decade now but over the last couple of years I have brewed very few beers that I've enjoyed. The problem is a strong sweetness that comes on after kegging or bottling in almost all of my brews. The beer tastes great at the end of fermentation...

Hi guys. Ive had three pretty basic keg taps for about a year now and two of them have developed a pouring issue. When the tap is fully opened the flow seems to be slightly obstructed and I just get foam. There seems to be a sweet spot just short of fully open that pours normally. I'm pretty...

Hi, I've been kegging for a few months now with a single regulator connected to 3 kegs with 3 identical length beer lines all sitting at a middle of the road serving pressure. I'm now looking at upgrading a little by adding 3 secondary regulators so that I don't have to have my Stout just as...

Yesterday I put together a disconnect-picnic tap setup for filling bottles from a keg so that I can take a few to a mates place or whatever without the hassle of a counter-pressure filler. Seems to work well but now I have a dirty beer line and no empty kegs to push cleaner/steriliser through...

I put a Brown Ale down a little over three weeks ago and for the last 2 weeks it's been stuck at 1.022. The Target FG was 1.015. It was an attempt at Janet's Brown Ale and I had planned to mash at 66C for 45 mins then up to 73 for 15. Unfortunately I drank a few of the previous batch before...

Hey guys, I recently came across a couple of recipes in the DB that include a hop addition at whirlpool. Just wondering what exactly that means and when do people usually whirlpool? Do you wait for it to cool a bit? I no-chill but I've found that if I whirlpool straight after boiling it just...

Noob question...Is this a thing? Do people do this? I have always (for the last 6 months) used Dextrose but for my most recent brew i tried DME. I've just tried the beer and it's got a DME kinda taste to it. Admittedly it's only been 1 week in the bottle but it's got me wondering if saving some...

I recently finished my first full volume BIAB and then realised that I didn't have any way to chill it (great planning). So I decided to transfer it straight into a cube and put the cube in the bath for a few hours. The only hose I had was my 13mm clear PVC so I used that to syphon the near...

Hi Guys, I've done 4 BIAB's now and I've had the same problem every time. I always end up with a FG well below my target and as a result my beers, though perfectly drinkable, are turning out stronger, thinner and more bitter than I had intended. I just Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong...

Hey Guys, I did my second MaxiBIAB yesterday with mixed results. I seem to have an issue with efficiency because I was aiming to end up with 18L at an SG of 1.049 but before diluting (after the boil) I had 15.4L at 1.052. When diluted to an OG of 1.049 this only comes out at 16.3L total. I had...

Hey guys, I just made myself a grain mill out of a Pasta machine and I'm pretty chuffed with how it turned out so I thought I'd share it. I got the machine from Big W for $25. They come with smooth rollers so I took to it with a drill for 10 mins and it turned out great. Here it is before...

Hey guys (and girls maybe?), I've had a couple of brews lately that have produced a very persistent krausen. Usually they seem to drop down by the 4th or 5th day but on a couple of occasions they just didn't disappear, even once the SG is stable. They tend to be very thick and wet looking. The...

I've been brewing coopers kits and sugar for several years (while I was a student) and have recently decided to attempt something that tastes more like beer (now that I can afford it)! So I've done a couple of basic Ale extract brews so far. I've just been using 1.5kg LME and 1Kg DME with a...