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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?

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...

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'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?

I happend to pick up a MSB Fermenter/Kit very cheap the other day (Had missing parts), and I whipped up the supplied two row lager, Wow I've never tasted anything like it, malty, deliciousionous *8) I have two questions, should it look like mud? It's been sitting in the fermenter 2 weeks, and...

Does the fridgmate sensor go into the wort? Or does it just control the air temp within the fridge. Als what's the difference between the old fridgemate and the new fridge controller Mashmaster are selling?

I love Boags St George. Any one tasted it and have any ideas on how to emulate it?

I've never made or drank a wheat beer before, so I bought a 2 can MSB wheat beer kit. Now at the same time, I've been experimenting with my fridge timer (please no fridgemate responses, I can't afford one yet). On the first day something bad happened, and the fridge stayed on all night, got...

Hi all, I have a Tooheys Draught (yeah yeah I know) that was sitting in the primary for 5 days at about 21C. I've moved it across to another fermenter to get it off the trub (is this called the secondary? :unsure: ), added some finnings and it's sitting around doing not much. Hydrometer...

I really need to get some stubbies. I'm making a brew for XMas and want to be able to drink them out the bottle. I've always used PET before now. Where in the South of Adelaide (Morphett Vale) can I get stubbie from? The recycling places say it's illegal to repurchace bottles off them, this...

Heyas, I'm a newb *8) So I used to read Hydrometers for a living, (petrochemicals) so I know in some cases temp can make a big difference to the reading. So as such we had a chart that converted the hydro reading at temprature to 15C. So here's my question. When I add cold water to my mix the...