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Dr.S., I'll take your advice and leave out the amber malt, which will make it even simpler, and then tweak it with a little more malt, or hops or a bit of steeped crystal next time around -- if I think it is needed after tasting the basic version. Dave, Thanks for the link. When the first...

Thanks Doc S. I wasn't able to get to the HBS over the weekend, so I have not yet started either version of the brew, but when I do, I will probably make one of them similar to your recipe above. It keeps everything simple and easy, which I think is best for for my first attempt at this...

Flamebird - You might want to take a look at the thread " Yet another is it ready to bottle yet" started by Brendon about a week ago. It is a similar query. His brew had been going a lot longer, but was also stuck at about 1020.

OM39A - I'm looking for both flavour and aroma here - but not too much of either. What if I used about 15gm for 15 mins, and another 15gm for 5 mins ??. If I did that, what would you suggest re dry hopping - either in the primary or when racking ??. Or should I just do the 15 min boil and the...

Thanks Gecko, thats the kind of info I was looking for - to get some idea of how much hops & how much honey to use, so that you can taste both of them, and one doesn't overpower the other. As soon as I have a regular "Amarillo Ale" racked, I will try the Honey variation. Something simple...

One of the main reasons I started this thread, was that a friend who liked my "Honey Blonde" said, after trying a JSGA, that she would love to try - quote: "a cross between the two". So I was looking for a recipe that combined Amarillo hops with some Honey. Now I like the original JSGA, and...

Thanks for all that info guys, now all I've got to do is decide which one of these recipes to try first. I don't have any of the above kits in stock, so I will probably go with your advice Enerjex, and do one of the extract versions. I have two 25L fermenters, and one 15L so I will probably...

Yes I see what you mean - If they are added late, or dry you dont get any bittering - just a bit of flavour and some aroma.

Rod - thanks for that. A couple of questions though. I have fairly limited facilites for boiling, (see above) . Could I boil that much in a 12 L pot, or would I have to split it into two batches ??. If I split, could I boil all the hops with say half the malt, then just give the rest of...

Hi Enerjex, I was looking for recipes & suggestions before I decided which way to go. I have mostly used Kits in the past but I'm up to the point where they are just the base for adding more malts, hops etc.. I have done a few all-malt extract brews and they came out OK so either way would be...

Thanks guys for your prompt and helpful replies. You may well be right to blame the teabags, at least for part of the problem. I think that some of them came from Big W where they were not in a fridge at all. They are in an airtight foil sachet, but they have no "best by" date on them, so who...

I know this subject has been covered before, but I still have a couple of questions I have not yet seen answers for. First, does the distinctive flavour of JS GA come just from the Amarillo Hops, or does it result from the combination of the wheat and the Amarillo ???. A friend of mine likes...

G'day All, Recently I've been using some extra finishing hops in my K & K brews, trying to get some real hop aroma into them, but with little success. I've been using Morgans 12 gram "teabags". Tried boiling them for 5 minutes, then only two minutes, & recently I just poured boiling water...

Brendon, I'm a bit surprised that you haven't had a t least a couple more replies to your post, and from gurus who know more about this than I do. But since you have had so few ....... here's my two cents worth. 1020 seems to be a rather high FG for a can and a kilo of BE, so I'd be wary of...

Enerjex, I'm sure it would be safe, but whether it is as effective as Brewshield, I dont know. I used the Fauldings brand once when I was brewing on a Sunday. I was out of sanitizer and my local HBS was closed, but the supermarket was open, so I bought some, and used it by diluting it at...

Thanks for the replies folks, and for the invitation Hoges. At this stage it's about 50/50 whether I drive or fly. The main reason for driving is to stop off for a few days with one of my daughters in Newcastle, then call in on some other relatives in northen Victoria. However my daughter...

I followed the thread a few months ago about Scharers George V Inn with interest, because many years ago I used to get a couple of cases brought up to Qld by someone who went through there every few months. Back then there were no boutique brewers in Brisbane, and Scharers was one of the very...

Thanks for the prompt replies, and the reassurng advice guys. I had hoped that might be the case, but I also thought that maybe I was just being optomistic rather than realistic. I have always noticed the brown ring around the top of the fermenter, and I seem to remember reading somewhere that...

G'day All. I just racked my latest brew, a "half-toucan" Bavarian Lager. One can Coopers B L , 500gm of LDME and a teabag of Hallertau for aroma. ( made up to about 12 litres ) I noticed a few small patches of pale tan/fawn coloured stuff floating on the surface. When I skimmed some of it...

Griffo, I just re-read the Saflager quote I posted, and I should have realised that it gave good info, but some of it could have been misleading too. It is really aimed at commercial boutique breweries, brewing on a larger scale than we do. I put it on there mainly for the temperatures...