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I’m often fermenting ~45 litres in a 50L keg with the centre spear removed, using either a bung and airlock, or the Kegland commercial keg to ball lock adaptor. Works great, only problem is cleaning the krausen ring off afterwards. the Kegland bucket blaster looks great, anyone able to chime in...

Hey everyone, congratulations to all entrants in the competition, judging was good fun and in many circumstances it was tough to pick a winner. Here is a copy of the full results Hope to see you all back again next year

Hey everyone, I've currently got a craftbrewer bag which works great for my current needs, but i would like to include temperature automation which will utilise a pump to ensure a consistent temp (as much as practical) throughout the 1v system. Its a crown urn FYI. Anyhow, while the...

Hey Everyone I sent out earlier today to our mailing list, and posted a link on our facebook group to our latest club buy. We are looking to buy some hop rhizomes from Hopco. At this stage the actual varieties aren't set in stone. We are awaiting confirmation on what they have available for...

Hi everyone, as you may be aware, the next club meeting is out at Moo Brew, as the guys have been kind enough to give up some of their spare time to show us around the brewery. The meeting is at 6pm on the 20th of Jan, so get it in your calendars! One thing they have asked for is an indication...

Has anyone ordered one of these? http://www.honeyflow.com/ They aren't particularly new (early 2015 release i think), but still something i though would be worth of discussion. A couple of fellas form the Hunter region developed this system to remove honey from hives without the reed to remove...

For those of you who aren't on the facebook page or missed the emails, the club is doing another couple of barrel projects. We are reusing the same barrels that produced the barley wine and imperial stout. As the club paid for the barrels I think there is a $50 per barrel fee to be split up...

Hello I was given some hops my a friend of my mothers, unfortunately she has no idea what variety they are. They smell citrusy/passionfruity. I'd say australian/US heritage from my untrained nose. The leaves are strange as they are different shapes. Go easy on me if this this obvious, but its...

I made a Roggen beer a few weeks ago and its been in the FV for over two weeks. Should be finished by now right? - Maybe. I'll start at the beginning - but i wont bore you with how much of a pain in the arse this was to make. just turned to glue.. but thats another story. recipe is as follows...

Hello I'm keen to make up a German pils this weekend. I'm hoping to make a dry lager, preferably one around the 4-5%abv mark, great for summer. I brew in a bag-40l crown urn and can either nochill or use an immersion chiller. I usually nochill unless I really want some late hoppyness to shine...

I made up a marzen last weekend with a mate. It was a no chill batch. Whirlpooled the wort then left it for 10 minutes. Transferred it wort to the cube and shut the ball valve once a decent amount of sludge was escaping the cone in the centre of the kettle. I wanted to see how much of the...

Firstly I should preface this thread with a comment that this will certainly not give you the same pleasure of pulling a beer of a proper beer engine, but you may get slightly similar results for a fraction of the price. I certainly enjoyed making it and you may too. I've always loved a beer...

Just thought I would share my story. A week or so ago i made up my first batch of AG beer. I decided on a similar recipe to one i had made previously with kit can and liquid malt extract. It was somewhat based on boonies LCPA clone. featuring cascade and golden cluster in the boil and chinook...

Hey y'all. Just thought i would let you know that i've managed to get some hops after searching all over the web to find some in tassie. As you probably know its difficult/impossible to get live hops imported into tassie. i've picked up some rhizomes from hopco today, and got a couple of...

I'm working away from home over the next month or two so i figured it would be a good time to throw down a larger or two while im away so that it can lager in the ferm fridge. This allows me to keep brewing (lagering) whist working form the other side of the state. I made a terrible pilsner...

Hi. I was prowling around Kmart last night, and I spotted the brewing section. Thought I would try my first toucan. All they had wad coopers real ale and beer enhancer 1. All they had and it only cost 24 bucks. I've god some cascade, chinook and cluster hops I can use for dry additions, to give...

I've reused some 3068 recently and found that im not getting that big yeast flavour in subsequent brews (with identical recipes). to reuse the yeast i slosh the stuff around the bottom of the fermenter after bottling, and pour it into a sterilised glass jar. allow it to settle in the fridge...

hello I was going through some old photos and found this on my memory card. its a photo of when i was making something along the lines of bochet mead. I didnt go all the way to black and burnt honey, but i was getting close. Apparently, a true bochet requires you to cook the honey until you...

I've been brewing cider the easy way - Oz tops. While certainly not the most traditional method of brewing or the best, it works for me and is very easy. I've read that some people use tea in their 20L batches to add some tannin and therefore body into their cider. To adapt for Oztops, i was...

Hi, I've got a lager made to the following: 1.7kg can of Mangrove Jack Munich Lager 1.5kg light dry malt 200g of carahell steeped for around half an hour at 60 degrees 10 grams of hallertauer mittelfruh boiled for 10 min 10 grams of hallertauer mittelfruh boiled for 5 min 10 grams of...