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Hey all just moved to 'the rat' wondering about what water additions you all make for all grain brewing? I know there are two possible reservoirs that supply the town? I am in Mt Helen Cheers in advance for your help

Have 50 Stella stubbie bottles in 2x milk crates to give away! Pick up in Mornington (half labels removed half not done) wife says have to go! A bottle of your finest would be appreciated but not essential

Hi All, Was at my local masters today and spied these going for $147 each! What a bargain! Unfortunately the ministry of finance had tagged along and decided that I had to finish my other projects (there are lots) before the keg system is allowed, Bargain price and no pesky freezer section...

Hi all, I am looking to build a malt pipe out of a 19lt big w pot to use for a 1v system, would appreciate advise and even better any photos of people who have done the same. Thanks in advance!

Hi Was making a summer euro ale today, due to reading on here when using pils malt I made sure I did a 90min boil as the base malt was pilsner, just wondering why it needs a longer boil? Thanks

Hi, Just started all grain, wondering how much whirfloc per L of water, only doing 18Lt batchs atm as I am using a BIG W pot for now. Used 1/2 a tab last time but read somewhere that 1 tab can be used for 1000lt or something like that so thinking 1/4 for my next batch?

As the title suggests I have just made the plunge into AG BIAB, thanks to the generosity of a few people on this site I have managed to step up for a cost of about $50. I am sure the many on here have much better systems and any advice is appreciated as always however for ages I was thinking...

Hi All, Does anybody use one of these for their grain? I was thinking that if you added a piece of PVC pipe to the top you could expand it to hold 1.5-2ish Kg? I am starting out with mini BIAB using a 19lt pot so wont have a huge amount of grain anyway...

Wanted some advice on this, brewing an extract IPA with US-05 atm. I have my ferm chamber set on 19C as a small experiment, normally I use this yeast at 18 but wanted to see if there was a differance, after a bit of reading about diactyl rest I wanted to checek with people on here shold I raise...

Hi, is this the cheapest available? http://www.bunnings.com.au/venture-bmw-25l-blue-tint-wide-mouth-water-storage-drum-with-bung_p3240533 I already have some spare taps, want to move to bulk primining as soon as my current batch of carb drops are gone

Hi All, I have a can of Wheat but want to make an American Brown, this is what I am thinking, thoughts appreciated: 1.5kg Coopers Wheat Malt 1 kg LDME 1 kg DDME 0.2 kg Choclate Malt 0.2 Carra Malt US-05 15 g Cascade & 15 g Centennial @ 45min 15 g Cascade & 15 g Centennial @ 10min 15 g Cascade...

I am constantly on the look out for ways to reduce my waste that goes to land fill, see here for a simple tip to recycle unwanted bottle caps http://recyclingweek.planetark.org/recycling-info/bottle-tops.cfm

Hi All, With the season change upon us next week in Melbourne I have decided to try and make something that is simiar in style (not a clone) to Love Tap, I like the description of this at the local taphouse "basically an IPA with a Lager Yeast" I am temp controlled so can help it keep cool...

Hi All, I am new to the forum (first post) but have read many over the past 12 months. I bottled my first batch of beer about a year ago and since then have learnt a lot from various sources about brewing etc. Nothing that I really felt the need to share up until this point. I have recently...