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Anyone had experience with the white labs funky cider? Not one of cider maker as I've only made 4 or 5 but got given the yeast so thought I would have a play. Threw 16L of aldi apple juice, 500g of sugar into a fermentor this arvo and fermenting at 20C+-2. Not sure really what to expect, anyone...

With great sadness I'm offering up my keg fridge to a good home. Sadly during transport a couple months ago, the copper pipe between the radiator and compressor broke so all the gas was lost. The compressor itself requires an outdated gas (R12) so unless you have some good connections it will...

Anyone have know how to get these bottling bells off? By the looks off the triage bell I bought it should just screw off but the currently attached one just spins freely. Is there a trick to removing these things? The only other thing I can think off is the screw thread has rusted off and...

I set up my new keg fridge on the weekend with my previous 2 perlick 525ss and my two new perlick 650ss and balanced all the lines based on their carb level however one beer (Oktoberfest lager) is pouring all foam on the 650ss regardless of the flow rate. Its been sitting on 10-12psi for 1-2...

Hi guys, anyone had any troubling with 525ss leaking? Woke up two mornings in the last week to find my tap top off and my drip tray full of beer.. I took it out if the fridge and checked it was leaking for sure, turn out it drains pretty fast. Starting to thing this may of been the cause to my...

So I've done about 15-20 All grains beer now and for nearly all my attenuation/FG is as predicted based off the yeast and my mashing temp apart from 3 cases: 1 stalled Ringwood Yeast, English Mild (my fault for low temp) and 2 oatmeal stouts. I've used the same recipe for both however different...

Okay I've enjoyed quite a few double IPAs lately and with my 25th brew coming up I may as well make it my excuse to make a big hoppy ******* of an ale. So since I haven't done a double IPA lately I've just based the grain bill loosely on my APA & IPA base that I like - minus the crystal to...

Anyone locals know of a good sunshine coast bottle shops for good beer? Brought 2 kegs (not full though) and a whole heaps of different bottles up for christmas at the parents but it seems the family has helped me out a fair bit and now I only have 1/2 a keg left; which isn't bad but I prefer a...

Hey guys, I'm currently boiling my summer ale: 4.2kg Maris otter 350g flake wheat And the problem I have is that my pre-boil hydro reading came out as 1.052 at 29L. I originally put it in the fridge to cool it down and drop the grains and shit to the bottom (BIAB ) however that doesn't seem to...

So I did my first all grain biab on Saturday which went pretty well besides slow boil and stuck ball valve. I've been thinking about all the processes to avoid running into same problems and how to make it easier etc. and I realised the instead of squeezing the grain bag which fermentor lids...

Hey guys, Pre-word: Current setup is a 3 ring burner connected to a 3.5kg gas cylinder. Not sure what reg. is, will have to find out - probably low pressure though. Mash volume was 34L and boil volume was 36L I believe. Just did my first all-grain yesterday which overall went pretty well...

Hey guys, Just been playing with a few ideas lately in terms of a biab setup. My main concern for brewing would be lack of efficency and cloudy/dirty beer so have done a bit of reading about solutions and have come up with the following drawing (Apologies for the shitty drawing, drew it on my...

Hey guys, So I made some funky cider-type brew around two months ago in an 2L flagon (Used to house 'Old Rosie' cider). Anyways, one night I had lots of lemons in the fridge due to cold that had been going around that house, so I decided to use them to make a sour cider brew since we had no...

Hi guys, I've been researching a range of recipe to brew for my brother's upcoming wedding in September and one I have been having trouble with due to lack of experience is a lager? I have a brewing fridge so I'm capable at keeping the temperature at lager temperatures and cold crashing. So...

Background: Yesterday I brewed an Old Ale, with an OG of 1.098 (Overshot it a little), and have been thinking about the process of ageing and how to maintain cool temps throughout the year. Currently just going to leave them in a cool dark area underneath my house. So this may seem like a silly...

Hey guys, If all goes to plan and nothing pops up (Like the last few weeks - Silly Uni work), I shall be brewing an Old Ale on the weekend that I wish to store for Christmas for a little beer competition I'm having with some mates of mine. I posted around a month ago asking what type of yeast...

Hey guys, I'm planning to make an extract Old Ale for a Christmas brew comp (Range of types, not fixed to just Christmas beers) my mates and I are having in December. I was planning to brew it up in the next month or so in order to age it for at least 8 months (Hence the early planning) as it...

Hey guy, Since I've started brewing, I've found working with different sized bottles (Both height and width) to be quite annoying as the capper doesn't always line up correctly. Although when I was helping my dad brew a few back I noticed he had made a bottle positioner by welding a brace onto...

Hey guys, I'm relatively new to brewing, actually just made my sixth batch yesterday (A nice cascade/galaxy IPA which is currently bubbling away). For some background, my older brother is getting married in 7 months and being the best man, it's my duty to organise his bucks party. So I need...