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G'day. Does light dry malt need to be boiled to sanitize it or just putting it in the fv with some boiling water and stirring enough? Cheers.

Gday. Cjasing some ideas for a kit and bits or basic extract recipe for a kilkenny style brew. Cheers.

G'day, I would like to try bulk priming as I have had indifferent(usually overcarbonated) results from the drops. I don't want to rack to secondary so can I just boil the dextrose in a small amount of water and add it to the fermenter without stirring to avoid clouding up the beer? Should I give...

G'day, just wondering if all the dry malt that goes into the fermenter has to be boiled first to sterilise it or is it good to go.

G'day, gonna try an extract. I've got a few recipes picked out but most state LME but having to mailorder ingrediants I've only got plenty of DME, what is the amount of dry malt to match 1kg of liquid malt? From what I've read of many posts should I add about 500g DME to about 6 or so litres of...

G'day, just used some crystal grain that were vacume packed and was wondering what wouold be the best way to store the remainder to keep them fresh, am thinking fridge or freezer or just clipsealed in the cupboard. Cheers .Kingo.

Has anyone else had this, I just went and invested in a third fermenter(the missus wasn't quite annoyed enough with me doing 2 brews at a time). This fermenter had a white tap and with the fermenter now on its second brew I saw that there were a couple of drops of brew stuck in the tap outlet. I...

G'day, whilst cleaning out the carport I found a few old Morgans teabag hops still in the foil packets, these would be at least 2 years old and probably subjected to a couple of summers. Would they stilll be usable or just turf them?( the foil packets are still sealed)Cheers Kingo.

G'day, doing a toucan stout (coopers stout & dark ale, maybe 250g brown sugar) and was going to reculture a couple of coopers pale ale stubbies. Am wondering if coopers use the same yeast in their best extra stout as they do in the pale ale? am I better off tracking down a best extra stout...

G'day guys, I've gotta cascade choc porter on the go and next is a toucan stout, I don't want these beers to be too fizzy and am after a creamy head, should i prime the bottles with only a half measure of dextrose or just one carbo drop? or does the make up of these beers sort themselves out...

G'day, I make pretty simple ale brews, I dont worry about checking the gravity before or after I just leave to ferment and bottle after a week, this time I made more effort to keep the temperature at 22 degrees(Its a morgans queenslander gold with 500g of be2) After 9 days there is still a thin...

G'day about to put down a Cascade choc mah porter and a Morgans amber oak ale, I picked up two sachets of Brew Cellar english ale yeast, Should i rehydrate them first(if so what is the best method for doing this) or can I just pitch them in dry? Cheers Kingo

G'day guys, I live in Biloela in central queensland, until now my brewing experience has been whatever I've been able to get from the local woolworths although I have mail ordered some stuff but pretty basic. Today the handbrake had to go to Rockhampton for an eye test, so I said I'd come along...

G'day guys, just put a brew in the fermenter and after I topped up to 23 litres the temp was showing 28 degrees(next time I'll check the temp before its full so I can adjust with chilled water), my question is can I put on the lid and airlock and wait a day or so untill the the temp comes down...

hows it goin guys, after a bit of advice, My last two brews were going along well untill I came time to bottle,I added the teaspoon of dextrose to each bottle but when filling they just erupted in froth and bubble. So I changed and filled the bottles first then added the dextrose which made...

Hows it goin guys,got another question for you. I tried a couple of tallies from two brews that I bottled two and a half weeks a go, they didn't taste too bad but were very hazy , I used be1 in one and be2 in the other,it was all mixed with boiling water in the fermenter with the kit.Should...

Hows it goin guys, I am a newbie just on to my sixth brew in 4 weeks(2 fermenters).4 days ago I bottled a castlemaine lager kit with 500g be2 and finsished with cluster hops to mimick a xxxx gold. Today i pick up a bottle and find there is a thin milky ring on top of the beer in the bottle, most...