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OK the hops have been collected and taken to a new home. Cheerz Mark.

No problem, they haven't been spoken for as yet, I'm in no hurry, just want them to go to someone who will use them. I should be around most of the weekend, call or SMS me your name and to make a time, but I won't take them out of the soil till you are here. Once they have been taken I'll post...

Hi everyone, I've all but given up brewing, and have 2 hop plants which have just started their Spring growth. They are in large pots which I want to keep. One is a huge rhizome, the other quite big. I think they are Mt Hood and Cascade, but no idea which is which. I want someone to come and...

Hi folks, it has been a while since I was active here making cheese, but I think I may have a source of excellent untampered with milk in the near future, and want to get some new camembert/brie cultures - penicilium candidum I think - and maybe a roquefortie too. What places are selling the...

Bugger I missed it, turned to Channel 7 for Sydney Weekender just before 5.30pm and there is none other than yours truly, Mr Merc. Anyone know if it is due for a replay anytime soon? I've been enjoying the new series of Mercurio's Menu on Sundays, always good viewing that. Cheerz Wabster.

Agree it was a great show on Cobram, and like others I am looking forward to the rest of the series. Good work Paul. At least the sponsor, Lipton, has a reasonable reputation, it is part of Unilever now isn't it? I hope local and state tourism people embrace your work and make sure that foodie...

Looking forward to it Paul, and 5.30pm is a great time as I can watch that then flick over to the Hairy Bikers on SBS 2 at 6.35 :-) Cheerz Wabster.

My recollection is that prior to the Whitlam era changes, it was legal to make home brewed beer as long as it was under about 3% alcohol - the exact % I can't recall. I remember my Dad making home brew with a big boiler on the stove, and the wonderful smell emanating from it. I'm pretty sure he...

You can be making a rod for your own back if these guys blab to others about getting cheap beer, or even if they get used to accessing cheaper but quality beer. I found when I brewed back in the 80's that most mates couldn't give a toss about how much time, care and ingredients you used, just...

One of the worst I've ever had was a carton of Chang stubbies, the Thai beer, bought from the Woolies liquor outlet at Riverwood. I don't drink much beer any more and even though I have a huge collection of home brew under the house, I bought a carton of commercial beer for "guests", who often...

You might want to follow them on Twitter too, @TwoMetreTall, some interesting commentary there, cheerz Wabster.

Good book, I pre-ordered it from Amazon and it arrived promptly after it was released. As others have said it is a book that covers all levels, gawd the Krebs cycle I last covered in high school many many years back. Yes, well worth having.

If I recall correctly the Whitlam government actually made the brewing of beer over 3% legal for the first time at home. Previously it was legal but only if the beer was under 3%. I remember this as my Dad was a very straightlaced country lawyer and was fastidious in using the hydrometer to...

Recommend you try the O'Briens Gluten Free beer range available at Dan Murphy's. They have a Pale Ale which is great but their other beers are good too. The purpose of this is to see what can be done with Sorghum malt. I buy this beer occasionally for a neighbour who is very gluten intolerant...

I'm going past Murrays Brewery on Friday on my way back south, so a Saturday release won't do me much good. I might call them and see if I can buy a growler of the Sparticus on the way through, can only try. I was out at the brewery last Thursday, the Pale ale and 2IPA were standouts. The food...

Of course the Potters Pale Ale is wonderful too, and to my personal tastes this was the standout beer. Anyone know if they still do the brewery tours with tasting afterwards. That was interesting and great value :-) Cheerz Wabster

This is testing my (usually unreliable) memory quite a bit, but the major criticism I heard or read about the Tap a Draft system is that the bottles need to be replaced after a fairly low number of uses, or they can fail when pressurised. The exact details escape me but I suspect it is on...

Lucky buggers, couldn't get there again this year. I look forward to the stories and photos :-)

Hi Craigman just viewed your video and it is a good introduction to doing that style of cider. You'll see quite a lot of reference to the Aldi apple and apple and pear juice being used here together with varying amounts of lactose, cane sugar (we don't do corn or beet sugar here) and maybe...

Oddly I was thinking of getting some of my Chinese hops out of the freezer next week and setting up a brew or two. I haven't looked at them in my beer fridge freezer since they arrived here last year. Are there any success stories out there using these hops or have they mostly ended up tossed...