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  1. Gigantorus

    Tilt Hydrometer - Who Uses Them?

    Last year I bought one of the Tilt Hydrometers in the belief that it will help me gain a better understanding of my brews. In the beginning it seemed to match my recipe specs. But of late I've had all manner of weird outputs. I've spoken to Marcus Owens, the creator of the device, about some...
  2. Gigantorus

    Elderberries Brew????

    My sister has given me 800grams of frozen Elderberries that she grew & harvested recently, which I'll boil-up and cook with some sugar. Been reading about their possible toxic properties (cyaniding glycosides and alkaloids) if not cooked first. I'm not sure what sort of brew I should use them...
  3. Gigantorus

    Brisbane North Water Profile - What Is It Telling Me?

    Have been able to obtain a water profile report from Urban Utilities for my region (attached). All my brewing life I've been fairly ignorant about water profiles and It's impact on beer - apart from knowing that certain elements are harmful to making good beer. So now I have my local water...
  4. Gigantorus

    Cascadian Dark/Black Ale (Extract Brew)

    Every now and then you create something that turns out to be some special. Recently did a black ale/Cascadian dark ale which turned out amazing. I wanted to use some up some small amounts of malts and decided to use this recipe to do it, as most were the darker varieties. I did put the...
  5. Gigantorus

    Fruit Beer

    Recently did my first Hibiscus Ale using Rosella fruit from our bushes. Rosella's are part of the Hibiscus family. We generally grow them to make jam. But this year I put some aside and pureed it and did up a real light ale using pilsner, vienna & a little carapils malts and threw 640grams...
  6. Gigantorus

    FV Fitting For Multiple Dry-Hopping

    Hi All, I want to get into some multiple dry-hopping with styles like New England IPA's etc. I generally use the old mesh tube for putting the hop pellets into with a knot at each end and slowly drop into the fermenter. But now I want to fix some sort of fitting to the inside/under-side of...
  7. Gigantorus

    Using Extract Article

    This is an interesting article about using extract. https://beerandbrewing.com/2wxZGpPZhCyKcyqCQWuEGi/article/brewing-light-beers-with-extract
  8. Gigantorus

    Brewing Recipe Books Out There

    As I'm heading into All Grain soon, I've been looking around to see what existing AG Recipes are out there that I can start out with. I've noticed there are quite a few published books on the market which have many great recipes in them. One book I bought last year was Modern Homebrew Recipes...
  9. Gigantorus

    Tincture/Steep - Coffee Beans in Bundy Rum

    I want to test-drive a thought. My test batch will be a simple Black Ale using 3.0kg of dry dark malt extract and some steeped grains and small amount of hops for slight bittering. And if it all goes well, then I'll use it in the next version of my Russian Imperial Stour (Putin On The Ritz)...
  10. Gigantorus

    Rye Malts - Who's Playing With Them Lately?

    Hi All, Have been really getting into a couple of different rye malts in he past few months. Mainly in concentrate and extract recipes. I have used both Caramel Rye and Chocolate Rye. Have used a bit of Caramel Rye in pale ales and Imperial IPAs. But have particularly enjoyed using choc rye...
  11. Gigantorus

    Can Hops Make Me Sleepy?

    Hi All, Thought I'd drop a post on this, as I wasn't originally aware of it until a fellow AHB member (Coldspace) brought it to my attention. I made an Imperial IPA (8.4%) and used 3 x 90grams of hops (2 x 90grams in the boil and 1 x 90grams as a dry-hop). I found that when I had drunk a...
  12. Gigantorus

    And Don't Forget......

    Thursday 4th August 2016 is International IPA Day - so make sure you drown a few IPA's. And then the day after, Friday 5th August 2016 is International Beer Day. I'll be doing my bit to celebrate these and I trust you will too. :beerbang: Cheers, Pete
  13. Gigantorus

    Recipes Aplenty

    Been seeing some excellent recipes of this site in the USA. https://beerrecipes.org/ Cheers, Pete
  14. Gigantorus

    My Next Brew - an Imperial IPA

    Been playing with the Brewer's Friend software and have decided to do an Imperial IPA next with my new favourite hops - Brooklyn (Moutere) and Azacca. Want to keep it as simple as I can. Attached is what the recipe is looking like. So throw your thoughts/comments/ideas at me before the...
  15. Gigantorus

    English (S-04) vs American (US-05)

    Hi All, Anyone ever pitch both US-05 and S-04 together in a brew? I've got a few packets of each of these that probably need to be used soon and am thinking of doing an amber ale and using 1 of each and fermenting at 18C. Any experiences, any do's or don'ts, any beliefs etc??? Would one...
  16. Gigantorus

    Basic Calculations For Partial-Mash Recipes

    Hi All, And before you start saying "every partial-mash recipe is different mate" slap yourself. I'm asking if there is a "general" calculation/percentage amounts used in 'most" partial-mash recipes? This would be for the common styles like pale ales, IPAs, amber ales etc. For example...
  17. Gigantorus

    Brooklyn (NZ) Hops - What's Your Experience?

    I've just ordered some of these and plan to use in a basic pale ale. Maybe something like a S&W Pacific Ale. Anyone used these? If so, whats been your experience? Cheers, Pete
  18. Gigantorus

    NEW TC BREW A IPA RECIPE - EL BRACKO IPA

    Was kindly supplied some of the new Coopers cans. Used the new Brew A IPA can in a recipe and it's been in the bottle a couple of weeks now and tasting quite good - better than I actually expected. The recipe went like this… El Bracko IPA Ingredients • 1.7kg Coopers Brew A IPA Can • 1.5kg...
  19. Gigantorus

    Coopers Tsar's Tar Baltic Porter Recipe

    I recently did the Tsar's Tar Baltic Porter recipe from Coopers. It's based on the Baltic style Porter - Zywiec Porter from Poland ($25 a 6-pack at Dans if you wanna try it). It used: • 1.7kg Coopers European Lager Brew Can • 2 x 1.5kg Thomas Coopers Amber Malt Extract •...
  20. Gigantorus

    Getting All Experimental

    Hi All, Been trying a range of new experimental hops (pellet form) that I’ve been getting from Craft Brewer in Brisbane. Been a fun journey so far and will continue to play with these to see what the results are. So far have used the following in a Golden Sunset Ale (pic attached) - I used a...
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