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    Reusing cider yeast cake

    Hey ho Ive started making cider with belle saison yeast after listening to a brulosophy podcast on cider and found it really good. It’s retaining lots of Apple character even before backsweetening. My local brew shop doesn’t carry it so I was going to store some cake from the fermenter and...
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    Coopers and other amber bottles

    I’ve just scored a bunch of grolsch bottles so I’m clearing out the last of my amber bottles. I haven’t counted them yet but there’s probably 30-40 500/pint/750 ml amber bottles from various places. Fullers, little creatures and coopers and all clean and ready to go. Located in Adelaide...
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    Water loss for double mash

    im working up an imperial stout recipe which is going to call for 11.5 kg of grain which is about 5 more than I’ve ever worked with in my 40 lt urn with BIAB. The spreadsheet pushes me over the top of my urn. I’m going to do a double mash, so is my liquid lost to grains going to be the same as...
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    Tower shank replacement

    ive finally replaced the beer lines in my 2nd hand keezer and I've noticed that the shanks are likely brass and are pretty manky inside. I've got perlick taps so are all the tower shanks suitable? Is there any significant difference between the kegland/KK versions and those sold by other...
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    Beer belly in adelaide

    im Not sure where else to post this, but I’ve just had the best experience with beerbelly based in Adelaide and wanted to pass on some praise. I put together a recipe last night and ordered through their website and it was done by probably 11:30pm. It was delivered by toll to my place in the...
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    2016 - what was your beer of the year

    I was having a few brews with my brother before Christmas and we were discussing our favourite beer of the year. UNTAPPD makes it a fairly easy process. Mine was a joint even honours between boat rocker Ramjet and dainton family Brewers ******* brother, rye Belgian IPA. Admittedly the year...
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    did I screw this up?

    I've done a couple of BIABs and struggled to maintain temp on the cold winter nights in the shed so thought I would keep the element active on the temp controller. I got the water up to 70°, chucked the grains in and everything was looking good. Water temp cooled to 67 so right where I wanted...
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    A day spent with yeast

    It's been a busy morning which wouldn't be possible without yeast For starters, I Put last nights brewed pale ale into a fermenter and tossed the US05 in it. Tested the golden ale in the fridge and it's done it's work after a week Harvested the ginger beer plant for the kids and bottled 5...
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    2 day BIAB?

    I'm thinking of getting into BIAB and have an odd question. My current extract brewing tends to be done in the kitchen around family life. Spec Grains get done in the thermomix in the afternoon for 30 mins or so, and I'll do the boil in the evening after the kids are in bed. The first part is...
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    Coopers IPA can

    Howdy I've got an coopers IPA can which is next into the fermenter. I'm thinking of a black IPA ala kooinda and wondering about the following recipe 300g crystal 500 ldme 25g of cascade @ 0 mins 25g Amarillo/simcoe at flame out at 20 mins Can coopers dark lme Coopers IPA can 23litres Dry hop...
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    Kopperberg bottles for beer?

    Does anyone know if 500ml cider bottles are strong enough to bottle beer in? They feel quite a bit lighter than most of my beer bottles
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    Storing steeped grain liquor

    I'm looking to put down a red ale on Saturday night but am looking after the kids by myself all weekend. I'm wondering if I can steep some caramunich on Friday night and then stick it in a container in the fridge to complete the job on Saturday night. I've got a couple of clean 2l glass bottle...
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    Cleaning out taps

    Do people pull the tap out of their fv, or just pull the central part out and leave the barrel screwed in? I've been unscrewing it and pulling it to pieces but now it faces about 9 o'clock when it's been reassembled. It leaked fairly consistently during my last brew so I'm wondering if there is...
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    Extract London pride recipe wanted

    I had my first London pride yesterday since I left England 11 years ago and really enjoyed it. A really rich smooth malty goodness that tasted a hell of a lot better than i remembered. Has anyone got an idea for a clone recipe for that one? I usually like my beers hoppy so was quite surprised...
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    Bottling work flow

    I've only bottled a few times so I'm looking for critique on my bottling work flow. So far it's been 1- bottles sanitised with starsan and draining on the bottle tree on the right hand side of the bench 2- FV set up on the kitchen bench with filling wand inserted 3- sit on a stool in front of...
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    Milling grains

    Hi, I'm about to embark on my first time steeping grains and I'm guessing I need to mill them somehow. The coopers website talks about putting them into a zip lock bag and bashing them with a rolling pin. How crushed up do they need to be? John palmer talks about the finer they are crushed, the...
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