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Hi All, My GrainFather arrived on Wednesday and I've been itching to get my first brew done on it, today was the day! I went for a Dr Smurto's golden ale as I've brewed that many times using extract and I really enjoy it. Here's a few pics from today, it all went very smoothly but then I've...

Hi Wort! A northern suburbs arm sounds good to me, do you any the NOR guys ever do brew days together?

Thanks donske I'll leave it well alone! I've got it fermenting in the front room which is pretty cool at the moment so that would explain it.

Hi all, I've done lots of extract brews in the past and I'm familiar with steeping spec grains so I'm thinking of trying out BIAB. I'm happy with producing 20 - 23 litres of beer per batch so based on that what would you guys recommend for the size of brew pot that will make it nice and easy...

Thanks indica, That looks good, did you boil the tin of malt or just the hops with the stepped crystal water?

Hi guys, I've just finished off a batch of coopers pale ale made exactly as they recommended on the tin, BE2 and the tin itself. I must say I was expecting a lot worse than what it produced but I wanted to have a go at pimping it up a bit. I've got some crystal malt which I can steep, I've...

Hi all, Does anyone have any good recipes for a pale ale / IPA style that use warrior hops? I've been given 250g of warrior and I've got no idea what to use them in?

Hi Guys, I got given a mangrove jacks golden lager kit that I brewed today and was thinking about dry hopping it with 25g of centennial that I have in the freezer that need using up. Has anyone tried the kit without any additions and if so is it any good? Would it be worth dry hopping with...

Thanks for the replies everyone, i left the gelatine for 3 days before bottling it today, that's good to know the smell is usual, it was mentioned that it takes longer to condition in the bottle when using finings, how long should I wait before cracking the first bottle?

Hey guys, Well I bottled the raspberry beer today and it smelt a bit winey, I think as everyone suggested it was the fruit fermenting and the sugar being eaten up, it had a great pink hue to the beer but it'll be interesting to see the flavour after carbonation, ill report back in a few weeks...

Hi guys, It was TWOC like you all mentioned at I saw the product advertised, they have light, amber, dark and wheat in stock, just curious as to whether anyone had tried it yet?

Hi guys, Has anyone used the Deliverance malt extract tins at all? Just wondering if they are any good and comparable to coopers and breiss etc?

Ok so I've put the frozen berries in the fermenter in a hop sock, the blonde has taken on a lot of the berries colour, I'm hoping that 1kg of fruit will be enough to impart a bit of flavour into the beer too. I was wondering how long I should leave the fruit in the fermenter for? I'm a bit...

This sounds awesome, the mrs would be dead impressed if I could make a white chocolate tasting beer! Millions of brownie points from that one :-)

Thanks guys, They are frozen from the supermarket barls, in sterile, vacuum packed bags so I was going to defrost them, mash them up in the pack before opening it and then pour the fruit straight into the hop sock and any juices straight into the fermenter.

Thanks chopdog that recipe sounds amazing! I've just put this one down as the mrs doesn't like hoppy beers or anything too dark. 1 x coopers Canadian blonde tin 500g light dry malt 500g dextrose OG 1.040 I'm going to put 1kg of mixed berries into a hop sock on day 2 or 3 of fermentation...

Thanks for all the help guys, I think it's time I made the switch over to starsan!

Thanks I would love the recipe for the raspberry porter! I do AG BIAB too so I should be fine with the kit version of the beer. I reckon raspberries in a porter sounds awesome!

Hi guys, Has anyone had any luck brewing a raspberry beer, I was thinking of keeping it simple and brewing a coopers Canadian blonde and then about 2-3 days into fermentation adding a load of crushed, frozen raspberries in a hop sock. Any thoughts or comments on this method?

It could be I suppose but I didn't smell all of the bottles, just the first few to make sure I was rinsing them properly. I tried another bottle of this last night and the taste was still there, albeit not as strongly as before, the beer is definitely still drinkable but ill give it some more...