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I revived some bohemian lager yeast I've had in the fridge since January, made a small 1.5L starter from some frozen wort I had. Took 36h to get going but fermented ferociously, looks, tastes & smells really heathy. I've only got a 5L flask & I'm planning a 60L lager to be fermented @ 10c...

Hi All, In vacation in New York City at present, finding the selection of craft beers outstanding, almost every different pub, bar or eatery I go to has a different selection of craft beers from American brewers/breweries that I've never heard of. All really tasty! Hardly see corona, coors &...

Any one seen this grade of Joe white base? a mate gave me another 50kg sack, all ready got thru first 50kg. Seem to make better beer that JW pils or trad ale imo. [attachment=88405:ImageUploadedByAussie Home Brewer1462359484.392658.jpg

I've got your standard keg King style two tap kegorator, changing to a cobra 3 tap flooded font that will be bar mounted, built a little water chiller unit for the flooding. Issue is the way my setup will be the beer & water lines will need to enter/exit the side of the kegorator. Do any of...

Planning a American Amber this weekend. My concerns are chinook may add a harsh bitterness, if I'm going too heavy on the crystal, will it need a few more ibus to balance sweetness & if the simcoe is a good choice for this style? Just after any thoughts or input, or does it look good as it...

Lucky Bay Brewing - Farm House Saison (left) Rokos Brewery - Bohemian Pilsner (right) Both very tasty.

Up until recently I've always used rain water with good results, when I upgraded my brew house, bigger vessels & elements etc, I thought it a good idea to get an RO unit, with no rainwater tank it's a mission to lug 140l of rainwater from my grandparents house every time I want2 brew, so Ro unit...

Nothing shits me more than way undershooting ya forecast efficiency. Was banking on 90%, pulled a 89% on today's bohemian lager. Pretty happy today.

Got lazy and didn't make a starter before brewing so used us05, rehydrated & pitched 3 in date packs into well 60l of well oxygenated wort at 18c, has been fermenting @18c since 2nd of Jan. Over attenuated and tastes like leffe, full of esters and is ******* shit as far as I'm concerned! Was...

Hi All, For something a bit different I put down a honey wheat lager last weekend, 60% pale malt 20% local honey, 20% wheat. mashed @ 69c so it don't end up too dry. Dumped the honey in @ 0min to kill any nasties, and hopefully keep some honey flavor. Fermenting with danish lager, has been...

Since upgrading to my new system been getting a harsh bitterness in my brews. My processes & ingredients are all the same. Main dif is all my pots are now alloy and my kettle runs 2x 3300w elements as opposed to 1x 2400w element to boil a 70l volume. My old kettle had a pretty soft boil as...

Hi there, Any one got, or know of, a tried & tested all grain JS 150 lashes recepie or Beersmith file? Thanks in advance. Rocki

Hi all, in the process of upgrading my 50L setup to a 100L setup. Was toying with the idea of brewing 100L of a pale style wort suitable for pale ale or lager with a bittering addition upto about 20-25ibu. At end of boil before chilling draw off 50L of wort to a separate vessel and add about...

Hi all, Been playing around with a summer and galaxy doing a few blonde ale's using US-05 with some pretty good results. Thinking of doing the same kind of beer style but with a lager yeast, lets say Danish Lager. 55L Batch 82% BOH Pilsner (Weyermann) or Pale Malt (Barrett Burston) 15% JW...

Hi all, got a prob, just trying to come up with the best solution. Made a blonde ale 55L batch with 82%pilz, 15% wheat & 3% caramel pilz. About 30 Ibu, 15ibu coming from a boil addition the other 15ibu from a 30min hot stand comprised of 20g Galaxy & 35g summer, I figured 1g per litre would be...

Hi all, just wondering if anyone out there has used the cpa bottle yeast for a hop forward us pale & how it turned out. I have a stepped up 5L starter that will be ready by the weekend. I usually use Wy us ale 2 for us pales but don't have any at the moment. I have access to us05 but refuse...

Just thought I would share some pic of my diy flooded font project. Made out of pc water cooling gear and a few bits & pieces from Bunnings.

Hi all been brewing lagers with Jw pilz & I'm not overly happy with the flavour, there always seems to be this annoying sweetness in the background, which is ok for a heavily hopped lager, but for a malty beer the dodgy sweetness don't seem to fit. Any tips on what is the best grain for a nice...

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has come up with a bang on clone of JSAA? From research on google & AHB I have come up with this recipe.. Other clone recipes I've seen around use double the crystal/caramalt im using. Do you think i need more crystal? I don’t want the beer to turn out too...

Hi all, Not sure if it has been covered elsewhere, but has anyone been able to successfully re-culture James Squire bottle yeast? I was going to try to clone JSAA, my thinking is if I can use the same strain it will get me as close as possible.. Cheeers..