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Yeah not many people here would have fermenters on down time :P But on the rare occasion I do, I bleach it for 24 hours or so, then let it drip dry. Make sure it's absolutely dry then just put it the shed, cupboard whatever. Then re-sanitize the night before brew day. I think leaving meta in...

Recipes Quick Points. Don't use sugar. Beer fermented at 26C will still taste like beer. It just tastes better at 18C. Santise till your eyes bleed. Relax, have patience and drink more beer. :party:

When you buy Carapils, and asked for them to be cracked. How long will they last? Can I put them in the fridge to last longer?

18 is optimal for the kit yeast, but what's important is keeping the temperature steady. So if you can keep it at 18 well done, but if you can get it to 18 but it shoots up to 22 during the day, well you might as well try keep it at 22. Does that make sense? It does in my fuddled brain *8)

Ask 10 different home brewers, get 10 different answers. I will answer only from what I have found myself. Racking to secondary is meant to get the beer off the trub (yeast cake). There is speculation that the proteins on said trub effect the beer when left for a long time. Some heavy weight...

water has a density of 1, amazing that :P So 10 mls of water weighs 10gms as it should, 15 weighs 15, and 20 weighs 20. My scales at least work. I think I will mail order any hops from now on, using a reputable dealer.

So I buy a 50gm sachet of Hallerua (spelling) Hop pellets from my HBS. I've never used hops and wanted to experiment, so I boil 15gms for 20 minutes to add taste. Now my plan was to steep 15gms for 5 minutes after for aroma, store the remainder for later. So here's where my plan hit a wall, I...

Hats off mate, just awesome.

Especially since postal orders is what you do? I mean what's the point of it, no matter what you have to handle the equipment, add 50c to the cost of each item and stop trying to trick people. It's like me selling beer for $3.20 then saying oh there's a 50 cent pouring fee as well.

You know I've in a round about way asked that same question, and never had an answer. It's one of those questions someone should write a sticky for, because it's one of those questions that people just assume you know the answer to. From what I gather you obviously need a keg (der). From said...

Take a look at www.footytips.com.au We could set up a group in there.

I think you will find that search doesn't work. In fact I can't search for any tap-a-draft stuff at all. Search engine doesn't like it. I found this thread while looking for keg setup information.

In theory thats correct, but the only bottles I've ever cracked/exploded are crown lager bottles. They aren't as solid as they appear. I use twist tops over and over, no worries.

What if we put Valerian in the wort? I think I'm on to something here!!!

Can someone point me in the direction of setting up a cheap keg system?

Hello again, first time posting in this forum ( K&K here :P ) I want to steep some specialty malts to get ready for all grains later. Just have a few quick questions. Can you steep grains so you don't have to add any extra sugars or am I on the wrong track? I drink Coopers Draught a lot so I...

I don't know a great deal about it, but two cans will make it bitter. Not sure you really need to add hops other than aroma. Definately not POR. Maybe dry hop som saaz?

Yeah that's where I go, it's a BrewCraft, it doesn't stock any Coopers gear.

I'm down south of Adelaide, does anyone know if anyone sells the Thomas Cooper range down here? Are they sold at all outside of the coopers general store online?

Heya Thanks for the reply, problem with this is it's all been in the fermenter 2 weeks now. I've never had to leave a beer in the fermenter longer than two weeks. It doesn't bother me too much, because it tastes so yummy. Maybe the 11litre fermenters' tap is too low in the fermenter and I'm...