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thought i'd give maltodextrin a whirl as a substitute for carapils type malts, at $5kg, means i can squeeze a bit more real malt into the mash. surprised that i couldn't find this on here, but , does anybody use it?? how much in a 23L?? LHBS and even suppliers eg simpsons all say 'use...

just curious, maybe i've had a bad run of how lhbs handle dry yeast compared to liquid, so i've been getting liquid and farming it. first runs are always impressive on flavour eg wyeast yorkshire, ardennes, kolsch and they seem to fade on that punch after a few runs. dry yeast always seemed...

had a bad burn of mash malt on the bottom of my boiler and in the end, the only thing that was going to get it off was barkeepers friend. soft cloth, and worked a treat. active ingredient is Sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate, same as ajax, although ajax also lists sodium carbonate. jif has the...

this is for all you yeast and chemistry people- just regrew a 4 year old 1/4 pack of wyeast kolsch (unused) as an experiment. ready to go into brew (currently on boil), but has slight odour of the penicillin smell on an slightly blue orange (like the fruit). will probably toss it, but does that...

hi all, i've got a 3L erlenmeyer, and have problems with getting a stir rod to centre when spinning. can't see where anybody else seems to have a prob, but... the flask (bought from a brewshop) is slightly concave (well, it seems flat across 90% of the base, then goes down to a slight gutter...

mill master with renegade torque drill - permanent set-up. not much to see here, BUT bench table - $0 from the footpath furniture emporium. purpose built in the 1980s to squeeze a grain bucket under the mill after use as a wall cabinet. (cabinet makers had true vision in the 1980s). tossed out...

firstly - any searches i've done on this have produced an avalanche of kit extract q's. but,,, another of my bright ideas that is probably about to get shot down in flames. was thinking to make some 1.06 ish base malt unhopped 23l ish batch, and a 2nd 1.04 abv to store for 2 uses one is as a...

i were wondering, and can't find anything on forum about if this is a good or bad idea, but,,,, was thinking to boil the full term hops (eg 75mins) on the stove, followed by 2nd hops (eg 30mins) WHILE i'm doing my mash. this would mean that when my mash goes to boil, if i time it all right...

just curious, and will probably try at least a watered down version of this, but.... my favourite simple stout is the very simple but effective 4kg pale ale 1kg roast barley 1kg flaked barley and go for it. then leave for at least 4 mnths before even thinking about having a nudge. am thinking...

hypothetically, i've washed my yeast and got enough for my sample jars or vials. so there's still some left over. from there, i've read where you can throw old yeast into the boil @15mins or so and you get nutrients, but the posts i've read have all been talking about old dried yeast satchels...

anybody own one of these?? http://www.brewjacket.com it's supposed to chill your fermenter enough to do lager without refrigeration. at $300US, just curious.

i'm wondering.... if i sieve out the talcum powder level dust from after milling, do any of the following occur?? can i use this fine flour to make a fantastic pizza base, a base tinged with fine caramalt and roasted flavours?? i'm guessing on that side that i probably can. however - does the...

in the market for a mill - i keep coming back to minimash, but has anybody bought this?? http://www.ebay.com/itm/291519194401?rmvSB=true it comes up as ... New Stainless Steel Barley Crusher Malt Grain Mill W/ High Hopper Home Brew on ebay. any reviews ??

this being my 99th post suggests to me that my avatar is about to change once again, from 'great head' to something new. so i thought i should look back on what has been an enlightening experience as one who never considered oneself as particularly noteworthy in the art of great head, in one of...

just did my first gf wheat beer, so i combined wheat and barley mash regimes to see how it would go - so mash went... 67% wheat, 33% barley, and a cup or 2 rice hulls wheat and hulls only- 10 mins @45 10 mins @52 then i added barley and went 30mins @63 30 mins @68 20mins @72 no mash out...

bought a few erdingers recently, partly for the bottles, partly for brew inspiration. all 500ml, but then i noticed something odd. a couple of bottles were slightly taller (about 1cm, which is actually a fair lump). and they felt slightly heavier, glassier. these bottles have got a coat hanger...

i just loaded some hops into a kit for the first time - i'm a newbie, and i've been doing 3 of the same kit, then juggling this or that a little, to get a feel for what different malt, dextrose etc does to the brew. so now i've just tasted my first (3 week old) brew with a hop add. so.... i...