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Not sure if anyone else has posted about this, but i have been trying to get onto ratebeer for a few days now to no avail. ended up doing a quick google and found this: http://beerbeatsbites.wordpress.com/2008/1...-save-ratebeer/ What a terrible thing to hear. I know ratebeer have been...

Hi all, Had a go at culturing the yeast from a bottle of moo brew pale ale (1056) I know my method was a bit off (pitched the dregs of a stubby into a 1.5L wort instead of stepping up to it, oops!) did a boil of 100g malt extract and 1.5L water + a packet of coopers yeast as a nutriant (yes...

Gday all, Anyone else from tassie (or even elsewhere?!?!) going to the 3rd annual beerfest this weekend? http://www.tasmanianbeerfest.com.au/ Ive been the past 2 years, has been amazing days, so hopefully this year can live up to previous standards. will be a long day though, have to leave...

Hi all, Just about to do an order, and need to get some more nice high alpha bittering hops. normally i use pacific gem, but its out of stock atm, any good suggestions? cheers

Hi all, Me and a mate are heading to melbourne on monday (to see the gods of grind, carcass on monday night, and meshuggah on wednesday). will be staying at the Victoria Hotel on little collins st, so nice and central. just wondering if there are any good pubs that serve decent beer close by...

Hi all, I have a bottle of isinglass solution (i know now that its better to get it powdered, but oh well) says on the bottle for 25L to mix 30ml into 500ml of beer then stir in and leave a couple days, then bottle. does this sound right? does it have to be mixed with 500ml of beer first...

Hi all, just about to bottle a wheat beer, and thought i better check how much sugar to prime with. only bottling half the batch (11L or so), and using this priming calculator http://www.tastybrew.com/calculators/priming.html it says i should bottle with 136g of sugar! is this really...

Hi all, Have a very basic wheat beer brewing atm (coopers wheat kit, 1kg wheat malt and danstar bavarian wheat yeast). planning on bottling half of it in the next couple days, and racking the other half onto some cherries. bought myself 2.8kg of morello cherries. in jars, pitted and skinned...

hey guys, getting ready for a bit of a brew today, and just after a bit of advice regarding the hop schedule basis will be: 500g pale malt (all i have atm) 2kg light extract 1kg wheat extract 500g dex. if needed 200g carapils was thinking something along the lines of this for the hop...

Gday everyone, Got some T-58 yeast in the fridge, and thought i should get around to using it some time. Anyone got any decent extract recipe's for it? steeping grains or even a small mini-mash doesnt bother me at all, just want a decent recipe. expecting something belgian in nature. dark...

Hey guys, SWMBO works at a tavern (i know, its great :P) and they recently bought a heap of new glasses, as the old handles are pretty stained and not looking that nice in general. reason is they use bore water. Plus side of this is that i inherited a heap of their old ones. Guess the...

Gday everyone, got a stout brewing at the moment, pretty simple, 2x coopers stout 1kg dark dried malt 15ml liquorice extract safale s-04 @ 20C 23L and was thinking, i have 25g or so of willamette in the freezer, how do you think this would go dry hopped into the stout? Not really to style...

Hey all, got myself some pacific gem hops from craftbrewer not long ago, and me, in typical fashion, just grabbed them as they were high alpha and thought they would be good for bittering, and have an ok flavour profile as well. turns out they are pretty high colohume (sp?) and not that great...

Hey everyone, a quick question here regarding starsan... Got some in the post yesterday courtesy of craftbrewer (big thumbs up as usual). what im wondering is i mixed some up in a spray bottle with 500ml of reverse osmosis water. am i right in understanding that this should last...

Hey everyone, just a quick question regarding priming my current brew (extract ESB)... fermented @ 18C for 12 days, then crash cooled to 4C for 4 days. This is the first time I've crash cooled, hence the question. now im about to bottle the brew, but beersmith has me wondering. the brew is...

G'day everyone, My gf's parents decided that for christmas, knowing that I'm a pretty avid brewer, that they would get me a couple of cans of beer mix. Problem being that I'm an extract brewer and never use the things :P They are: Brewcraft Munich Lager Blackrock New Zealand Lager Anyone...

Hi everyone, I found out that my old man can get empty 20L and 25L HDPE cubes from work, but the only thing is that they have had hand detergent in them. I got a couple and have given them a good soak in bleach, then rinsed them well, and finally gave them a good soak in sodium percarbonate...

Hi all, Putting down a hopburst american IPA shortly, and was wondering if anybody has any suggestions for my recipe. reckon ill go with the following: 3kg light dried malt 500g dextrose 500g wheat dried malt 200g crystal malt (might change my mind at the last minute and just go with 4kg...

" Hopsters all, Next gathering includes premiere of Boags Wizard Smith Ale (on tap) many months in the making, brewing manager Tim Penton will be on hand to explain the English heritage of this significant new Boags release. Two Metre Tall Ashley will brush off a keg of his best-yet Foresters...

Right, quick question here: For my next brew i'm planning on pitching straight onto a US-05 yeast cake from my previous brew. The question I have is, do I need to scrub off the scum ring from the previous brews krausen, or is it ok to leave it exactly how it is after bottling and pitch...