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The "pawternity leave" scheme is available to staff at BrewDog's Brisbane brewery, which opened late November, company spokesman Calvin McDonald said. "Pawternity leave is a great benefit that BrewDog can offer its employees worldwide," he said. "Basically it's an extra paid week of leave that...

Big thumbs up to the Kurri (coal fields part of Newcastle) nostalgia festival. Took my grand kids for a look. Live rock and roll band, along with those that can doing the 50s dance thing (and those that can't Wife and granddaughter) Loads of car stuff from restored VWs to supercharged T bucket...

When is the best time to transfer from the primary fermenter to secondary?. Brewing lager beer by Noonan states to transfer with 30% attenuation remaining. Others say not to rack or to rack after a D rest , others after clearing. It is my understanding that some yeast is necessary in the...

All of my brews so far are malted grain, hops ,water, yeast and some minerals. What does flaked barley rolled oats ect bring to the table? Kev

Could anyone direct me to someone who supplies a complete seal kit for a Perlicks 650 flow control faucet?

Preparing my yeast starter as I have always done, I boil 2lt of 1030 for 15 min in a 3lt Erlenmeyer flask then turn it down to stop the boil and add the stir bar boil for another 10 min. This time when I added the stir bar about a liter of the starter instantly erupted out of the flask. Lesson...

Hi Anyone know how many cells in a stubby of coopers pale ale?

Hi Instructions for calibrating my meter call for solutions of 4.01 , 7 and 10.01. I have solutions of 4,7 and 10. how important are the .01s. thanks Kev

In all my brews so far, the lack of foam has not been a problem. When taking hydrometer samples ect there is always foam on top. On poring to much foam is usually the problem. This brew has no foam at all. Not even if i shake it up. it is like soft drink only worse. As if all foam building...

Hi Planing on reusing some of the yeast cake from a brew currently in the fermenter. Brew is an ale og 1045 yeast 1272 Wyeast. Brewed on 26/11 and has been under temp control at 16deg turned down to 1deg today. My question is, have i left it to long? Kev

Hi For a few brews i have had a slight clove taste. Pretty much ruled out infection as my sanitary practices are probably over the top, and its not medical or bandied. Ive only detected this taste with US 05 & 04, where i use wheat as greater than 15% of the grain bill. So would i be correct in...

Hi, I have read that cloudy starsan is past it's use by. My solution goes cloudy as soon as it's mixed, read that it's not a problem as long as ph is less than 3. Is it possible it's a water problem is distilled water an option worth the cost. kev

Was in Hardly Normal and they are selling a brew system.like a Grainfather sort of thing with a kegerator. Only does extract ( i think). At over $700for a extract system i can lots of sales. LOL.

Hi Can someone point me at a light colour, low to medium hoppy ale recipe? I have-- MALTS B&B pale Wheat Cara malt Cara Hell Cara pills Cyrstal medium HOPS Willamett 200g...

Hi I have decided to delve into the dark arts of water The thing is Beersmith asks for additions as small as .1 of a gram. The questions are, 1 do you disregard these small amounts, and 2 if not how do you measure such small amounts? Kev

Anyone else having thir AHB invaded by full screen adds for disney movies.

Hi I usually add all my grains into the mash for the full 60min. Is there any difference to flavour or fg by steeping separately and adding strait to the boil kettle.

Thinking of trying a cider. Woolies has chilled fresh apple juice for $3.?? for 2lt. Would this be suitable and do i need to add another typ of juice. Also have some 04 yeast,and some 34/70 would these yeasts work? cheers

Hi last brew was dry hoped with pellets in the fermenter just before droping to 1 deg to clear before keging. Great aroma but as usual gone after a week. Next brew tried disolve the hops in 300 ml of water at 50 deg and pore the slury before clearing at 1deg the aroma is crap, more like trube...

Hi I am thinking of using a hop back between the chiller and fermenter. Is there an advantage to using flowers over pellets, i am thinking they may not fall apart and form trube?