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Woke up this morning to multiple emails/texts about this. No, Kegland haven't just whacked my name on their own recipes. Kee approached me and asked if I'd be interested in creating some recipes for KegLand. I agreed and these are my own recipes that I tweaked to use their ingredients. I've...

Worm farms. Basically a flower pot with the saucer used as a lid to keep birds out.

Currently on tap, a rye golden ale with homegrown Victoria hops. Went a bit lighter on the late additions, 1g/L at 20 and 0. Very tasty. Conserving the Victoria after the bines got smashed in a storm a few weeks ago so looking like a very small crop this season.

My first crack at a 3 sisters planting. Corn, climbing beans and pumpkin. 1 week between the pictures. Not too shabby.

Sorry mate, gave all my rhizomes to the SA brewing club to raise funds.

3 doses of glyphosate and 1 dose of triclopyr (tree killer) fixed it good. This is what I dug out.

I brew a hoppy mild at 3% abv max, quite a bit different to the GA recipe. It's in the recipeDB. I'll have a look for it later if you're interested.

300 tomato seeds planted and into the germination chamber at 24C with a 12/12h on/off cycle for the LED grow lights. I'll be selling them as advanced seedlings in spring as part of my business with part proceeds going to my local CFS crew. Getting up to 100% germination rates using this system...

Citation needed for the flow rates on chlorine and chloramine please.

Yes they do.

Yes. Received PM. Will respond by the end of the weekend.

Fairly confident the Victoria rhizomes I am selling are the original Victoria. I first planted them 2009/10 and others had been growing before me. As far as I am aware, no one is buying and selling Vic Secret rhizomes. Confusing though. That said if you want loquat/apricot in your beer then...

Tasted a few beers made using the cultured version of this yeast. Definitely had a Belgian character. The strain is in the culture collection at the AWRI.

I have Victoria rhizomes dug up and ready to go. I'm in SA so you already know you'll be paying Quarantine fees. I'm happy to do the paperwork and comply with the restrictions, I did it successfully last year. Also look up 'Hop Swap' on Facebook which is a WA group. I send them several shipments...

Down to the 1 variety now, Victoria (not Vic Secret). I describe it as adding a loquat type flavour to your beer, I have heard it described as apricot and drinking my latest batch of rye golden ale using Victoria hops I can see how that description works. $15 each plus $12 express postage for...

Are the drip trays stainless?

You need to have at least one set of nodes for the rhizomes to be viable. No roots is ok as the rhizomes will grow them. I personally prefer to supply larger rhizomes so aim for at least 15cm long, usually 20+cm and with at least 2 sets of nodes. Dig up late autumn, early winter once the...

Haved you grown other hop varieties? If so, how did they go? I love Victoria hops. So much so they are the last hop standing after 10 years of growing hops (although the Chinook is fighting back after 2 sprays of RoundUp and 1 spray with blackberry killer). I'm torn as to whether I get rid of...

Not sure what your water profile has do to with mash pH. Regardless of what water I have used for brewing, I've never measured a mash pH out of the desired range. I've even used an IPA as the water to brew with (beer, made from beer a la the Carlton Draught ad) and still got a mash pH bang on...

Yes. Measure pH. If it's out of whack then decide what to do about it. Assuming your mash pH is out of whack and attempting to adjust is arse about, particularly if you don't measure pH after any adjustments.