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Francis, the brewer's den is my local too, and they're pretty helpful but they do have pretty definite ideas about what's right and wrong, like when they insisted that glass bottles are the only way to go because PET is porous and beer can't be stored in them long term but if you can store other...

I think it's time I added my contribution to this thread. I am an experienced drinker but new to homebrewing and learning very quickly. One thing I learned extremely fast is that cleaning bottles is tedious, and is going to drive me to kegging soon. My interests are mainly wine, beer and...

Let's not forget the basics of economics- the value of a product is what consumers are willing to pay. I think this is reflected in the prices of Dan Murphy's, and if the small retailers can't keep up, then they should give up and go get a job at Dan's. If, however, the service at the little...

Good stuff apd, that's what I wanted to hear. :) Thanks, I'll give it a try. Daz

Adamt has the right idea, I work at a bottlo and last summer the others at work and I collected enough barcodes to get over a dozen boonies, to sell on ebay. Get in quick though, last time the supplier ran out. And evanmit, I like your thinking, I'd be giving away free stuff to anyone who...

Is using the oven to sterilise bottles an effective way of doing it? It would be so much easier than messing around with sanitiser and water and would definitely work (that's how it's done when making jam), but does it weaken the bottles? Also, if the bottles are sanitised as they are emptied...

I do know something about pairing wine and food, and the general idea is to pick wine that matches the food i.e. full-bodied wine with heavy, rich food; fresh, light styles of wine with light food such as salad; sweet wines with dessert. I imagine that the same idea can be applied to beer...

I'm from the outer-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, at the bottom of the dandenong ranges.