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Hi First time contributor to the serious part of this forum. Have been brewing kits for a couple of years and have done some research but treat me as a first former. Anyway, just bought a small property in Harcourt Victoria of around 7 acres. Now I want to start with about 1/2 acre of...

G'Day I have just made a small brew of cider with mixed berries. Last time I made this it was too dry. I want to make it sweeter. Last brew had a final specific gravity of 1005 after fermentation stopped and it was really dry. How can and make it sweeter. If I stop fermentation at a...

Hi all Have done two Coopers kits thus far (just started home brewing). Carbonation did not really work on the first. The second has been bottled now fr 4 weeks or so in Pet bottles. I used two drops per 750ml bottle. Opened a bottle last night. It has a good head and taste was okay...

I made an experimental cider last week It consisted of: 6 litres of woolies apple juice ! kilo bag of frozen berries 0.5 kg of brown sugar I sachet of brewers yeast (5gm) It fermented out in about 5 days. FG was 1002. I did not take an OG as there was a lot of better mash in the container...

Just made a ginger beer (one week in the fermenter). Recipe as follows: Into the food processor and then into a large pot went the following 500 grams fresh ginger root (washed but not peeled) 250 grams honey One kilo of brown sugar and 250 grams of raw sugar 2 or birds eye chilli (small hot...

Hi people My first post. Forgive me but the first part of my message is about non beer brewing. Just started up home brewing. Did a ginger beer first at about 12 percent using bakers yeast and a lot of sugar (about 1 kg brown sugar per four litres). Tasted great. Happy to provide the...