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Bit off more than I can chew with a grain order and now trying to make a bit of space. All uncracked and kept with bag tied up in a plastic box (got them out for the photo). Will accept reasonable offers, pickup Randwick 2031. 25kg Voyager Compass malt, unopened. $50 "Voyager Compass Pale...

Hi all, I've been pretty quiet on here lately but just brewing away. I've just dug up my hops in preparation for the new season and have about 15 Cascade rhizomes and 15 Centennial rhizomes. All 10-15cm with at least 4 buds (most have many more) starting to swell or burst. $10 a pop, 3 for...

Hi all, I'm keen to do some titrations to test the acidity of my cider and cider vinegar. Can anyone point me in the right direction to a brew shop either in Sydney or online where I can get an acid titration kit? In these forums people have said "wine-maker and brewing shops sell them" but no...

Anybody made some nice sake? Or some bad stuff? I know there are some old threads about sake but I just thought I'd see if there are any fresh sake brewers, or if anyone has tried making Chinese rice wine before. I'm a bit of a chemistry nerd and the different fungi and bacteria involved in...

Saw heaps of free pretty clean bottles (lots with plastic over opening) outside 107 Petersham road, Marrickville, last night. It's bin night so maybe they were picked up this morning. Worth a look perhaps. Old crown seal CUB bottles, but the thin version. I'd hazard a guess that they were a...

Anybody else out there ever tried making a saison in ambient winter temperatures? Sydney winter, I should add. I know the Dupont strain (Wyeast 3726 I think) doesn't finish the job if you don't ramp it up to the high 20s/low 30 but I grew a starter from the French strain (Wyeast 3711) I had...

For a few of my latest brews I've split the wort, throwing a different yeast into each. I like reading about this kind of thing so maybe someone else will too. I'll put the recipes after the results. 1. Hopped Bitter a. WLP005 3.1% abv Malty, toasty, toffee as you'd expect from the...

I've been no chilling for the last couple of brews with great success and am a very happy no-chill convert... BUT, I want to know how you transfer from your kettle to your cube. I use standard cubes with plastic taps and a silicone pipe that fits over a barb on the ball valve on my kettle and...

Is it worth paying to have a pipe nipple or coupling welded onto my brewing pot or should I just go with the weldless setup? I recently bought a 3 piece stainless steel ball valve and a weldless compression fitting setup. I brew in a bag, and recently started no chilling, so having a tap and...

Anyone heard about The Hop and Grain on Enmore Road in Enmore/Newtown? There's no info on their website yet, "coming soon"... I have no affiliation with them, a friend pointed it out to me because we knew the old tenants of the shop they're in. It'd be great to cut down my trips from the LHBS...

Hi all. I'm living in Hong Kong for a few months, still managing to brew in a small apartment with a limited but decent set of ingredients here (Maris Otter SMaSHes, mainly, split with US-05 and S-04). I'm coming home in February, and I'll still have at least 6kg of grain or so by the time I...