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I'm going to try my hand at a Belgian style brew next up and want to try and make a nice dubbel. The recipe I'm thinking is: 23L batch 75% efficiency 5.5kg Pilsner 250g Special B 250g Biscuit 250g Caramunich 3 100g acidulated Hallertau Hersbrucker at 60 min to about 20IBU and fermented with...

Hi all, I've bought the stout adapter for my taps and want to give it a go on an Irish Red ale that I have waiting in the keg fridge. I don't brew stouts or porters but I thought it might be good to try on some other irish and english styles. Question is, should I just leave the pressure at my...

Hey guys, can any of you central coast brewers give me a recommendation for a place to get a CO2 refill/swap on the coast. Preferably in the Gosford area, but I'm not against traveling a bit further to save some money. Fairly new to the area and I'm pretty sure my cylinder is close to empty.

So I've just about finished putting together my first keezer conversion and I thought I'd put together a bit of a build thread to show people what I've done. I got a lot of inspiration (aka stole a lot of ideas) from this forum and I think it's all come together surprisingly well considering my...

Hey guys, I'm setting up my first keg system and I'm in the process of plumbing up all the gas side lines. I've tested the connections with soapy water and found a leak on the regulators low pressure side, coming from the screw thread part. I've tried tightening it as much as I'm willing to for...

So now that I have a good stockpile of beers I've decided to give my first ever lager a go. After my trip to Oktoberfest last year I've decided on a Munich Dunkel. I'm looking to get some nice raisin and toffee flavours without any harsh roasted flavour coming through. This is the recipe I've...

I'm looking at getting a pH meter to be able to check my mash pH, can anyone tell me if the pen-type ones are any good? Something like this...

So I'm thinking of doing an ESB with the ingredients I have on hand and was hoping for some advice regarding the hop schedule. Recipe at the moment looks like this: 21L batch ~30IBU 1.5kg munich LME 1.25 LDME 0.25kg dextrose 0.2kg caraaroma 10g magnum at 60 min 20g fuggles at 30 min 20g EKG...

Hi guys, I recently got back from a Europe trip and when I was in Spain I went to a craft beer pub called Birra y Blues and tried their pineapple amber ale. It was fantastic and I would really like to have an attempt at my own version. They have a web page with a description of the beer and...

Hi guys, So I'm brewing tomorrow and originally I was planning on brewing a basic all amarillo golden ale recipe (pretty much a DrSmurto's Golden Ale): Amarillo Golden Ale ABV: 4.87% IBU: 27.34 1.5 kg - Dry Malt Extract - Wheat (50%) 1.25 kg - Dry Malt Extract - Light (41.7%) 0.25 kg -...

Hi guys, planning on brewing this in a few days and wanted to hear some other people's thoughts on the recipe. I'm calling it an Aussie Ale because I'm using Australian hops and yeast and I'm not real creative when it comes to names. Anyway, here's my recipe (extract): 20L batch 10L boil for...

Hey everyone, this is my first time posting and I was hoping for some advice about dry hopping my AIPA. This is only my third brew and I'm hoping for something with plenty of aroma and flavour from the hops but I'm also worried I'll overdo it. The brew I've got in the FV is: 1.5kg light LME...