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Hi everyone, Can anyone share some experience or advice on using vanilla bean extract in their brews. I've used beans soaked in vodka before. However, the missus used the last in cooking and I found this stuff in its place. Basically can I use it? If yes how much in a 23L dark ale?

Hey Everyone, I've not been brewing this year, but looking to change that this week. Going to put down 3 brews at once to break the dry spell. Here are the ingredients on hand 5kg Light Dry Malt 1kg Dark Dry Malt 500g Medium Crystal Malt 200g Choclate Malt 1 Coopers Pale Ale Kit 1 US05 yeast...

Hey fellow brewers, So I thought it was time to get a dark ale ready for winter. Haven't had much experience with darks and would appreciate any advice. Coopers Dark Ale Kit Dark DME 1kg Chocolate Malt 250g (have 500g) Dark Crystal 200g Yeast US-05 I do have some hops in the freezer Cascade...

Hi, First time trying to grow hops, I've done a bit of reading. Short version, stuck the root in the pot with some soil and it started growing. I've been watering once a day here in melbourne if it hasn't rained. Sunshine for at least half the day. Took off, then stopped and now it looks like...

Hi Guys, Just after some thoughts on this recipe, as I'm looking to put it down tomorrow and haven't tried it before. Aiming for a nice refreshing session beer and would appreciate any advise. 1.5kg Briess Wheat LME 1.5kg Briess Light LME 200g Light Crystal Yeast - US 05 Steep Grain in 3L of...

Hey everyone, I've never bulk primed a batch before having used carb drops or measuring scoop dex. So I have a couple of questions on the process after doing a couple of searches. 1. My FV is a conical design, as with all FV the trub, hop pellets, etc collect on the bottom. Really it's...

Hi Everyone, So I bought some Azacca in my last hop order and keen to see how it goes, as I've never used it before. Batch 23L 1.7kg Coopers Lager Kit 1.5kg Briess Munich Liquid Malt 300g Light Crystal US-05 50g Azacca Steep Grain for 30mins in 3L of water at 67 degrees Remove grain, top up...

So I've got some odds and ends to make a pale ale with 1.5kg Briess Golden Light LME 1.5kg Briess Munich LME 1kg Dextrose 300g Light Crystal US-05 25g Centennial 25g Chinook 38g Cascade 30g Citra 48g Amarillo So I was thinking something along the lines of the following, but happy to get some...

Hi Team, Looking to put down an Amber Ale this weekend, with the intention of getting to know the hop citra. Any advice welcome. Batch Size 23L Boil 5L Liquid AME 1.5kg Liquid LME 1.5kg Dry LME 500g Light Crystal 200g Citra 85g US-05 Steep crystal for 30mins at 67 degrees in 3litre of water...

Hey all, I bought this kit approx 14months ago when I got all my brewing gear, but never got round to it. So it's been sitting in the cupboard, I've got a spare FV so figured why not do it. However I've just thought that the yeast be to far gone seeing as the sachet has 04-2014 I do have a...

I had a cube from a fresh wort I bought a year ago in the garage. I went to clean it and added in some what I thought was unscented napisan....turns out it was eucalyptus. How best to remove the smell? Plan was just to use the cube for chilled water after a 5 litre boil.

That awesome time of the month to brew some more beers!!!! Looking to put down a Golden and a Amber, current stock at home crystal Light & Dark Galaxy Cascade Amarillo Mosiac Citra Amber Malt (liquid) Wheat Malt (liquid) Light Malt (liquid) GOLDEN ALE Batch size 23 litre 1.5kg Liquid WME...

Hey everyone, planning on putting this on today. Let me know if there's anything I should tweak Batch size 21 litre Coopers Lager Kit 1.5kg Liquid LME 500g Light DME 200g Light Crystal (40-60) US-05 Steep grain for 30mins at 65-70 5litre boil 10mins - 15g Citra & 15g Cascade 0min - 10g...

I scored a SS fermenter for Xmas to replace one of my plastic FV. Now it's time to setup a fridge for temp control. Ive got a heat pad, stc and plan on getting 2 small fans to place one in the bottom pointing up and the other in the top pointing down. I'm concerned that the plastic FV will...

Hey everyone, As the title suggests I'm after a capper, bottle tree and sanitizer pump/squirter for a friend who is fed up with plastic bottles. I'm in Melbourne's south east (Camberwell - Ferntree Gully)

Hi everyone, Used my hop sock for the first time recently, and was curious of how people clean them after use. I rinsed it out, but still had some hop matter left no matter hard I tried. I was thinking of putting it through the washing machine and rinsing the hell out of it afterwards to...

Need a heat pad to go in my fermenting Fridge. I'm located in Ferntree Gully (Outer SE Melbourne)

After all the talk regarding saisons and the warm weather that we will surely arrive with this time of the year, I thought I would try my hand at two whilst I wait for my fridge setup to be built. I've got an immersion heater for each FV so keeping the temp up shouldn't be an issue. I've been...

Hey everyone, Long story short I picked up one of the Cascade Golden Harvest Lager kits earlier this year and figured its about time I used. 1 x Cascade Golden Harvest Kit 1.5kg Light DME 35g Citra 25g Galaxy US-05 Boil schedule 5litre of water with 500g of DME 20 min - Citra 20gr 5 min -...

So in my first attempt at a choc vanilla porter and all extract that I purchased a while ago. Anyways, I forgot to add the caramalt when steeping my chocolate malt. So the brew went into the fermenter today. Can I steep the caramalt, bring to the boil and then add it to the fermenter tomorrow?