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What I have found hard to get by is a TOP end beer drinker . Top end to me is your best home brewed. Maybe I'm wrong but had a mate around yesterday for a rye beer. Told me it was the most complex I had ever brewed. Then I will be happy We are looking at something to do worth a goat but...

Ok guys, by now you must have read the requirements for hops? A small 10 or 20litre pot will not grow them to their guesstimated grow height. It will grow them but at a shadow of their actual growth.it will give flowers, but not as many as garden grown. Keep feeding weekly at half strength...

I'm opposite to the above posters. A couple of schooners after work. A heavy like I'm on now 2 weeks and counting a mid like the last few a week a keg. But I could drink more without falling over. It's horses for coarses. A keg will serve a brewer a s much as he drinks.. Some drink more than...

The mulch being hard wood will cause nitrogen draw down during the growing period so feed with liquid of manure based ferts. Although a scattering of mulch looks good unless it is 2-4 inches deep it really accomplishes nothing, it will not hold water to the roots nor will it benefit in any way...

If your leaves are very dark with a hint of purple it is a sign of magnesium deficiency, mag is less likely to be utilised at lower temps. You will see this with ornamentals during cold winters especially if growing warmth loving plants. If they are just dark deep green this is good as they are...

I'm drinking a 5.5 ale malt 1.25rye malt 0.5 carapils 0.25 light crystal, magnum at 60 and 30, galaxy at 0 and dry. For 55 IBU. Nice drop. It needs some passion fruit so Amarillo or citra would be what I will add next time.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze0CduekWuE Not sure how to embed so cut and paste for the Blackbeard scene... Enjoy

Wasn't that a big old black beard, haven't seen one like that since 70's porn. Do you think she had hair extentions?

Speaking of pirates, anyone been watching Black Sails? It's terrible with all that full frontal nudity and all. Makes you wish pirates were more civilised at times.

This is what happened here, she, from the goodness of her heart helped bottle so it went quicker........ I showed her how to fill the first keg and got a head slap as it was much easier less time consuming and she only need watch... And I'll quote ' why didn't you get kegs from the start'.....

Mine is good, 2 packs pitched to 1.065 and a 4 litre krausen going on and farting non stop from the airlock, less than 12 hours from pitching.

Fishing line braid, great stuff in 100lb, can't breathe the stuff towing a car and Kmart had 300m spools on sale for 12 bucks. Some on the rods some on the hops pole. I'll have to get some pic cries up when they start to climb. I lost a few to rot but we have had 5 weeks of constant rain but I...

Have you cleaned your lines if they are new they will foam..alot. Found out the hard way with a full keg of foam before I cleaned them again and have had no problems.

It's a mild? (Mid strength) 500g won't give you a full strength brew. 500g of each will? With coopers kit and brew enhancer 2 you should get a starting gravity of around 1.042-46 from the various kits I have done a little more if you use crystal etc. I have finished as low as 1.008 from them...

The old saying goes, check 3 times bottle once.

No picky sorry guys but hawthorn IPA, not too shabby except on the hop schedule, an easy drinker. Just got it in at work and a carton down to the chefs for tasting purposes, I promise. It's not too expensive but will give bang for the buck, don't expect a big IPA on alco or hops but it seems to...

I used spices in a pumpkin ale last year and this year, although it tastes great at the boil the spice really shows through later. I dry spiced intomsecondartbthis year and am not happy with the resulting brew. Be gentle with them till you see what you can comfortably deal with. This years was a...

I have put a couple of miles down lately and am finding I quaff them down rather quickly so have to do more brewing. My normals around 4.5-5.5 I get a bit longer from the kegs. My problem being I want to put down a few big rye ipa's and a few more normal IPA's are you guys finding the bigger...

I believe this to be an open forum with minimal moderation from my time here, I like that concept and the non nazi approach it enables. Things have been said here by MHB that May have otherwise have gone unspoken as a retailer. Credibility of the opposition was attacked but what is a forum...

What IS the world coming to when we originated as a hunter and gathering society, hunting May as we'll be outlawed and is a continual thorn in the side for people who want to. Gathering will get you a big fine unless you are of native birth. With all the revenue raising on licensing, fishing...