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Depends if you are brewing to the style guidelines or making something to your tastes. Red IPAs are also a category which obviously have a higher hopping rate again. I agree with your comments earlier about the early hops but I still maintain to go a bit harder on late hops than a typical pale...

I've had no issues with the one I have. Major gripe is the physical size, it won't fit in my fermenting fridge so I have to be selective with what I'm brewing and how I control temp. My others are the O.G. Coopers fermenters, albeit the airlock does not bubble like it once did. The major...

Maybe a short-sighted comment on my behalf but I have a vested interest in hatred of the energy system, be it private or government. I worked for a company that is now shut down which was primarily driven be increasing energy costs. This isn't speculation, at over $3m a month with discount...

You forgot one thing: HOPS. Assuming a red ale and amber ale aren't far removed, for a 6% US beer you are lacking in late hops. You haven't posted your brew length but assuming a 13l brew I'd be looking at 40g at the end of the boil at least and then some dry hopping. I'd move the 10 min...

Welcome. You'd be hard pressed to find whitegoods not made in China in the past...yonks. Yes some of us still use forums, plenty of info about.

This forum is a treasure trove of information and recipes. There is so much good info and old hilarious threads that it's almost like there is too much. When I began, BIAB in an urn was the done thing. Some went HERMS with active sponsors. Otherwise you wanted a Braumeister if you could afford...

I can feel the passion that's going to go into this thread already. I'm one of the [probably] few brewers that regularly buy the macro lager if I'm either going camping or have run out of home brew. Which happens, especially over hockey season. Whilst internationally owned, it is brewed by...

What are your concerns about the cylinders? Carbon dioxide and nitrogen are harmless unless they become an asphyxiant.

thanks. I think you need a beer DJ. Swap hefe?

I don't know if this has been asked but is there a way to know when a certain PC will come out? Say 2042 Danish Lager? The website doesn't give much away.

That may be the way you see it but that it is not as simple as that. Maybe he did think he could make a better forum but I won't allege that. But I am confident that was not why he set up *** (hopefully that won't get censored). Some of the behaviour of members at that time deserved a ban, some...

That is pretty funny: Online forums are competing with other forms of media, namely YouTube and Facebook it seems. forums used to be the leader in online knowledge sharing, and took over - in part - other forms of media (i.e. newspapers and magazines). I don't like it because I'm old and...

Is that a PVC HERMS? And Chugger pump? Must be a LOT of dust you had to remove.

I have a wood fired oven and it's one of the best purchases I've ever made. I fire it up at least once a fortnight and the family is getting used to pizza Fridays. Here's a progress photo and the finished product: I bought a P85 precast kit from Melbourne Fire Bricks: Precast wood fired...

Extruded aluminum is standard on steel roofs, the aluminum slots the mounts for the panels perfectly. They are designed for it. As long as they are insulated and sealed effectively (like grommets on a tek screw) there is nothing to worry about. There are a thousand ways you might want to...

At some stage when the 'exodus' began there were some interesting decisions around shadow banning. Remember when banned members had a banned status? When Austin (I think?) took over there were some conflicts and when people got salty they went on a short hiatus. Then there were conditions...

You're responding to a 14 year old post to a member who last signed in 3 years ago saying he was selling his brew gear. Low chance of a response. Yes always use CO2. Carbonated non-alcoholic beverages require a much higher pressure, around 170 kPa (vs. ~60 for beer).

With the right amount of digging this forum is an absolute gold mine of information. If it weren't for it I would have given up years ago (truly). I was making sub-par kits with inadequate cleaning and fermenting, and tuned in here for the wealth of knowledge and support from Thirsty Boy, MHB...

What a time to sign back in. Glad to see it in fruition, if I ever head down to Melbourne this will be on the itinerary.

Sorry can't help but feel I need to address a few points here. Where is the general consensus to dry hop before fermentation was finished to address oxygen? I've dry hopped before and after, and the general consensus I've read is to dry hop after it's finished so that fermentation doesn't take...