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Hi Guys Is anybody familiar with the brewing courses that Costanzo Brewing Consultants offer? I am thinking about enrolling for one but would love to hear other peoples opinions on it. cheers, Dan

Hi Guys, I put down a wheat and rye ale last night, I BIAB and came across a problem I never experienced before, when it came the boil I noticed that it was cutting in and out where it will boil for a minute then stop and then restart etc. I was a bit worried about this affecting the final...

G'day Fellas, I know this question has been addressed somewhere before by Bribie G but cant remember where, what i would like to know is "What would be the maximum amount KG wise for my 40L crown urn? I start all my batches with 31L and am using approx 5-5.5kg of grain etc. Has anybody used 7kg...

G'day Fellas, I have just tasted my first beer done by All Grain BIAB and to tell you the truth i was rather dissapointed, it was just a basic recipe of 4.5kg Marris Otter and a simple bittering additon of fuggles for bittering and a bit of aroma etc and then cubed. It tastes seriously like my...

G'day Fellas, I put together a Black IPA on Sunday gone, pitched the yeast that night, yesterday morning there was no activity, when I got back from work yesterday afternoon the yeast was doing its thing a healthy looking krausen was alive and active. This morning I checked on it and the...

G'day fellow brewers I have a question regarding boil sizes, what is the main difference between partial boils, eg 6litre boil compared to a 15 litre boil or a full wort boil? Does it have anything to do with EBC? The reason i ask is that i messed up a an APA a few weeks back where i added...

Hey Fellas, Am Hoping to put down a batch this week of a Black IPA very similar to the "Karma Citra" from Feral Brewery. Now I have thrown a few things together and would love to hear your thoughts on the style Black Citra IPA batch size: 19L All Extract OG: 1055 FG: 1014 5.7%abv before...

G'day Fellas, Thought i would tell you of today's stuff up, I Was making an all extract clone of Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout a 19 Litre Batch with an OG of 1.092 everything was absolutely perfect i had finished a 15 litre boil and had cooled her down. I checked the level in the...

G'day Fellas I will be making a RIS on Monday and the recipe calls for a 3 litre starter I have an OG of 1091 and a FG of 1022 this will be a 19L batch. What I am not to sure on is that when it comes to pitching this starter am I adding this 3 litres on top of the 19Litres which will obviously...

Hey Fellas, I bottled an APA a few weeks ago and cracked a bottle last night to try out, now it is very drinkable but does have quite a sweet taste to it. My question is, can the steeped crystal I added in this recipe be responsible for this sweetness or do you think I have tried a little to...

G'day Fellas I have a question regarding pitching Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey, now the first thing i did wrong was not make a starter for this as i was short on time, but my main concern is that it has been 24 hours now since i have pitched it into my wort and there has been no reaction or any...

G'day Fellas I am planning to make this in the next few days it was a recipe I have copied and converted all the imperial measurements into metric, please give me your thoughts if you could, I am a big fan of the Leffe Blonde, OG: 1070 FG: 1020 ABV:6.47% 19.5 LITRES Fermentables: 3kg Light...

Howdy fellas, I put down an all extract APA yesterday, doing a 10L Boil for a 19L batch not thinking ahead about cooling it down, i made up to 19L with cold cold water and the bloody thing was sitting at 34c. What i am worried about was that this was my first attempt at using a rehydrated yeast...

Howdy Fellas, Sorry got another question, I am planning on doing an APA this weekend and have been using Ian's spreadsheet, i have entered in a Coopers Australian Pale Ale kit then added in my specialty grains and hops etc and married up the style and recipe. Now i have also done the exact same...

Howdy Fellas, Sorry got another question, I am planning on doing an APA this weekend and have been using Ian's spreadsheet, i have entered in a Coopers Australian Pale Ale kit then added in my specialty grains and hops etc and married up the style and recipe. Now i have also done the exact same...

G'day Fellas, I have brewed a total of 4 batches and after trying my first couple of brews i have noticed a very distinct "home brew twang" to it which i am sure most of you are familiar with. I believe a lot of it has to do with the LME and also Dextrose. I was wondering will a lot of this...

G'day Fellas I have put together a Hop Hog clone and will be attempting my first dry hop tonight (day 8). I am hoping to put them in one of my hop bags and weighting it with a few clean and sanitised marbles. Has anybody else tried it this way before and does it sound like it can be done...

Howdy Fellas, I currently have a chocolate and oatmeal stout on the go and was hoping to bottle her up last Sunday which would have been 14 days in the FV. From about the 10th day in i noticed she was stuck on 1.020 and needed to come down to at least 1.014. OG was was 1.050. so i kept checking...

Howdy Fellas, I was at the Feral Brewery last Friday arvo and tried this here, god damn i am rating this over the Hop Hog, very smooth wheaty aftertaste along with the hops and the bitterness from the hop hog! I dare say probably the best beer i have had!! :)

Hi Fellas, I have just put together a chocolate and oatmeal stout that is currently fermenting happily away on it's 3rd day. Is it possible to dry hop Coffee after the fermentation is complete, and how would i go about this? I do love a nice coffee note to my stouts. Would love to hear your...