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  1. TK1

    FS VIC: Complete Grainfather setup + extras

    Selling my grain father setup - pretty much everything you need to brew apart from ingredients! $1,000 for the lot as described here. Here's what you get: - Original Grainfather (Gen 1) homebrew system. Works perfectly, only ended up using it a few times before a move and other demands have...
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    Additional yeast a week after first pitching?

    Hi, Getting back into brewing after a long hiatus. Just put together a couple of kits - AHB's Sticks and Stones Specific Ale and Country Brewer's Passionfruit cider (don't judge, the wife likes it). Both kits were recent purposes, and yeast pitched when they were 25 degrees. Been in the...
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    Splitting rhizomes

    Hi, New to growing hops, and getting back into brewing after an enforced hiatus due to a house move. I've got a bit more land now, so keen to get a decent hop plantation going. One question I have is how much growth is typical of rhizomes each year? I see the sales and trades on here, and...
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    Pitched too hot - ruined or salvageable?

    Decided to do a brew this afternoon, and despite the heat all went well. NZ Pale Ale (Chur kit for the Grainfather), using American West Coast yeast.Yeast was hydrating at 30-35 degrees as per the packet instructions. All went well during the day, but long story short something went wrong...
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    Looking for a few beers to showcase different hops

    Hi, Hope this is OK to ask here... I have been asked to do a talk for a local gardening group on growing hops (including history and uses for beer and tea). I have some plants to show and will bring along some cones, and plan to make a hop tea. However, my interest is in using them in beer...
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    Fermenting a couple of beers at once - getting the temp right

    Hi, I currently use an old fridge to ferment in, and it has space for two fermenters. Usually with one going I mount the temperature probe on the side of the fermenter, covered by a piece of foam. So I seem to get a pretty accurate reading for the temp controller off the vessel. However, I...
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    Old Chico clone recipe help

    Hi all, I am new to all-grain but keen to experiment and try to make beers I like. Recently I was able to try a Sierra Nevada "Old Chico" Crystal Wheat and really liked it. A very light, drinkable wheat beer. So thought I'd see if I could make one (since I haven't seen it for sale here). I...
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    Cold-crashed pilsner flat?

    Hi, Tried my first cold-crashing on an all-grain Pilsner a few weeks ago. Single-temp fermentation, then after it was done I cold-crashed at 1-2 degrees for a week. Bottled in 345ml bottles, using carbonation drops (because I had some), then left 2 sit for 2 weeks at around 20 degrees, and so...
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    Consistently low alcohol content?

    Hi, Maybe a basic question, but hoping someone can assist before I put my next one on at the weekend. I've successfully made a few brews now (and unsuccessfully made a couple originally). Main thing is I'm learning and having fun. So far have just made kits - Fat Yak and Summer Wheat from...
  10. TK1

    Chest freezer setup for fermenting

    Hi all, After doing a few can kits in the dining room (on a sophisticated set-up of fermenter on dining chair wrapped in a rug), I've decided it's time to get a bit more serious and - in conjunction with a new shed build - get set up properly in my own space. baby steps towards AG brewing...
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    Is it dead?

    Hi, Just tried to brew my first batch of cider. Used Mangrove Jack pouch of Pear Cider. New fermenter, all clean/sterilised, followed instructions, right temp etc. Over 24 hours later, not so much as a bubble from the airlock. A pilsener I out on a few hours later is bubbling happily away. I...
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    Which water (in Melbourne)

    Hi all, I'm about to start my third brew, and a cider shortly after (to keep the wife happy/tolerant if brewing in the kitchen!). I'd be interested to know if others use tap water (unfiltered, in Melb east) or other sources and if it has a noticeable affect on flavour. It would take me a...
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    Safe to leave in the fermenter?

    Hi, Complete novice here. Stuffed up my first batch, second one seems to have gone fine (Brewcraft Little Critters Pale Ale). It stopped bubbling Sunday night, so today or tomorrow should be safe to bottle (assuming hydrometer reading is constant). But given I am flat out at work, not sure if...
  14. TK1

    Hi from Melbourne

    Hi all, Just found this forum, had a read, and thought I'd better do the right thing and register and say g'day. New to home brewing - wanted to get into it for ages, and got a kit for my birthday. Made my first batch, Cascade Tall Ships IPA, and it came out fairly terribly :(. pretty sure...
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