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Hi Fellow brewers. I have come up with some killer recipe's and reccon I could flog em off to my mates (& strangers) for a tidy profit. It would be a win-win. Making around 50% profit per bottle. It will be a much cheaper alternative for people to purchase from me than the local liquor shop...

I am beer brewer & drinker by trade, but I always have either a cider or a ginger beer on tap as a refreshing alternative. Here is my very nice & simple Apple & Rasberry cider recipe for anyone who is interested. I make it up to 25 ltrs INGREDIENTS 1. 1 X Black Rock Cider Kit for your base...

Quick question I just forced carbonated my lager brew after filtering it and sypnoning it back into the keg (no spare kegs). I replaced the lid, plugged in my co2 line then force carbonated. After turning the gas on, I just cranked it up to 300kpa and carbonated it. After shaking the crap out...

I am currently trying to filter an AG porter and I have had to back flush my filter 3 times already! This is not the first time I have had this problem. It seems that all my dark beers slow down my filter dramatically. It filters aprox 2 -3 litrs then blocks up!. Is my filter stuffed? or...

After drinking all sorts of German brews, not just lagers. I have noticed in almost every one of them there is a very distinctive flavour (or Aroma??) to them. Unlike any other beers that I have tried. I cannot give an accurate description on the flavour/aroma but anyone who has drank a german...

I am currently drinking my 1st attempt at a James Squire Golden Ale Clone, But I wanted to create a bit of a hibrid (strong ale) cross So here's what I made: 4 kgs marris otter pale malt 2 kgs JW wheat malt 300gms crystal malt 300gms of carapils 1 kg white sugar Fermentis US-05 American Ale...

Gday guys Last Sunday I put down a JS amber ale clone (1st attempt). I used a few different grains (6kg in total) i.e JW pale ale as a base malt, some dark crystal, light crystal, some amber and some carapils. Mashed at 65 deg C My pitching OG came in at 1.060 I pitch a Safale S04 dried...

I am currently drinking one of the Muntons export pilsners, made from the kit. This is the first time I have tried this kit. I have noticed an unusual toffee, caramel kind of after taste while drinking this brew. It is not a bad taste, just not a flavour that I would expect in a pilsener. I...

Hey guys. I am a big fan of the James Squire Porter and have been trying to clone this one for a while. My recent attempts have been unsuccessful so i was wondering if there is anyone out there who can give me a reasonably accurate recipe to clone this brew? cheers Grinder

G'day guys. I put down an AG Pilsener last weekend and pitch a WLP802 yeast. I have never used this yeast before, but I am concerned about the stink coming from my fermenter. I have used the Wyeast pilsener urquell yeast and I got alot of sulpher aroma from that one but this one different. I...

I don't know how to work out efficiency so I would like someone to tell me. Just put down an AG pilsener using 5 kgs of pilsener malt and 1 kilo of carapils. Total of 6kgs grain. Total wort volume of 24 ltrs. My starting gravity is 1.060 What is my efficiency? Cheers

Have made a couple of pilseners in the past but they have all been substandard in my opinion. I am now on a quest to get the best pilsener recipe. I am thinking Urquell, JS pils, bohemian Pils etc Please give me some recommendations on the best malts, hops, quantities etc I want my next pilsener...

G'day brewers Just put down a dunkelweizen AG yesterday and when I went to chuck my wort chiller in I accendently poured about 100mls of my pink sterilizing solution (premixed with H2O) into the fresh wort. What possible problems may this cause? It tastes fine and it's fermenting nicely now but...

G'day guys. Am putting down an AG Weissenbock this weekend but want to also grab a nice kit pilsner for the other fermenter. Just interested in getting suggestions on the best Kit. I am thinking an E.S.B Czeck 3kg kit. Anyone tried this one? Any other good ones or better ones out there? Give me...

Hi Guys I am putting down an AG wheat tomorrow and have cultered up a Schofferhofer yeast from the bottle. I was reading somewhere that some bottle conditioned weissens use a different yeast in the bottle to the primary yeast. Has anyone made a wheat using this yeast? I am just a bit concerned...

Just been reading some info about treating water from town supply to provide best brew conditions. I am thinking about filtering my water with carbon block filter prior to mashing. Aparently this will get rid of all clorine out of the water. Does anyone filter their water for brewing purposes...

Just wanted to brag about the successful completion of my first AG. Did jayses skunk fart XLCR ale. Used some cascade hops at flame out though. I don't know how to calculate efficiency (maybe someone can help me out) but based on the recipe figures I think I got 75-80%. Pitching OG 1.048. Good...

G'day fellow beer nuts. I have just aquired all the gear necessary to put down my first AG brew. I have a dilemma though, I can't decide on what style of brew I want to make. I want to keep it simple in case I completely buggar it up, To keep my losses down but I also want to make it a good...

Just keggd a nice pilsener made from malt extract, some pilsener & wheat grain and hop pellets and fermented with wyeast 2001. I am carbonating at the moment but had a little taste of the uncarbonated beer and found that it lacked bitterness. I boiled around 80gms of saaz hop pellets with an...

Just bought a cascade porter kit with 200gms of chocolate malt a safale yeast, 24gms of goldings hop pellets and a kilo of amber DME. I have never brewed a porter before and was wondering if anyone has tried this kit before? And what was the result? Cheers Grinder