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Want to do a Bo Pils. Darwin water profile I have is Ca 9 mg.L Mg 5 SO4 2 Na 3 Cl 1.3 HCO3 55 Do you think I need any acidulated malt in a recipe with this water profile which is basically all Pilsner malt and a bit of carapils and Vienna and Saaz hopped? Would it hurt to add the acidulated...

I can't source grain in town at the moment and am thinking about buying base malt in bulk 25kg bags and freight up to Darwin (only 1 or 2 bags) Does anyone know a good starting point for suppliers? There is probably not going to be much difference in freight cost from any point Adelaide through...

I'm making a red Ale using WLP004. First go with a liquid yeast. Made a big healthy starter and according to calcs should have pitched around 0.75 million cells per oPlato. You can see pic below. No chill wort 60L and the starters. Starters made on DME & yeast nutrient. I gave the wort a...

As described in the recipe for "Better Red than Dead" red ale. Can anyone confirm that's 140 EBC and a Medium Crystal? Cheers

Will there be much difference in a Red Ale if I were to substitute a JW Munich for a Weyerman Munich I?

I am trying to make an all grain porter but it refuses to start fermenting. This is my first all grain done BIAB. There was 42L into the fermentor at 1050. It was no chill. I let the cubes come to temp in the ferment fridge over 48 hours. I dry pitched 3x Danstar Nottingham (about 0.75g/L)...

Had a big brew day yesterday. Knocked out 45L, chilled conventionally and got it away in the fermenter. Thought I'd get ahead and run a second batch but try no chill it. I made another 46 Litres of wort and added to my 2 x 20L water jerries. The second jerry ended up only half full.. I think...

Never brewed with S04 and gave it a run this last batch. All LME plus steeped crystal for an English bitter ale fermented at 18C. Before pitching I did a quick search on people's views of S04 and found 2 camps. Those that love it and those that have stuck worts at around 1020. Yay- I fall into...

Stuffed up when I rehydrated my Nottingham ale year. I put it in to cold water and let it come up to room temp rather than at 30C. Brewing a pale ale at 18. Took two days to get airlock activity. After 2 weeks the gravity is still 1020, and the yeast has not fully flocculated. I don't think it...

I am extract brewing. Don't have the capacity for all grain brewing. If you were brewing using extracts as your base what would you do to best pimp up the depth of flavours in the beer? Going for mid strength pale ale style beers at the moment. I've only used kits to date. No boiling wort etc...

G'day I'm Moz and I want to learn about brewing in the tropics. Brewing because I'm over paying the 50 bucks a carton. Just want to make a consistent light Ale in a keg system. Currently brewing a commercial extraction kit with clean results but might be a bit estery. My brews ferment in the...