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White IPA is now being sponsored by Clever Brewing with a $100 gift voucher on the line! Cheers Clever Brewing! This also means that Cryer's awesome prize is only being split 2 ways, making the prize for Brown and Red IPA worth $175!! Get your beers entered into compmaster before Saturday...

Great stuff! I am also a huge fan of the Amalgamation brett blend if this order goes well! I'll be by for the saison brett mix soon!

Looking to start bottling sours into champagne bottles and I am in need of a bench capper with or without the larger bell and champagne bottles. Thornbury, VIC area. Cheers!

How do we pay our entry fee? Just strap some cash on the bottle's side with the entry form?

Nice giveaway!

The black rubber seal for the outside is rubbish. Only need the silicone one for the inside. Ignore the curvature of the outside and just tighten. No leaking issues here. Very happy with my 5 star element and will likely buy another. Wanted to get a pre-wired version that's cheaper for my...

I've read before that you can add "Beano" or similar to a beer and it's enzymes further break down carbs and long chain sugars, making your beer drier and low carb. Never tried it.

Congrats Yob! Makes sense the highest points takes it. Great job!

Or a single 2nd place for me. I dunno how it works. A novice may have gotten a first as well. Fingers crossed either way.

I think you got it Dan. "Awarded to the highest placed brewer who has not previously received a placing at a Vicbrew compeition." is what I found on the MM IPA brew comp results.

How is best novice brewer chosen? What's the criteria?

I've found Ella to be extremely resinous and leave a harsh bitterness, even added @ whirlpool. Haven't actually used it yet @ 60. I love it for dry hopping though. I get a lot of tropical / pineapple from it.

Belgian strains can be finicky with bottle conditioning. I've had that experience with wlp530 in a Dubbel. Went for 3.0 volumes but probably never got about 2.0. I've just tried dosing using champagne yeast in a bit Baltic porter and it worked great. If the beer fermented properly before...

Evaporation in a sealed container? That doesn't sound right. Maybe you checked volume when still hot then cooling shrinkage accounts for lower volume..?

I began seeing some facebook avatars showing the another1 logo and read that the host of the youtube channel Time4another1 has passed away. Another1 was an early adopter or founder of (?) homebrew wednesday, the practice of posting a video each Wednesday regarding homebrew happenings. It's too...

If you're only souring to between 3.8-4.2 (not too sour), then I think just about any yeast should be ok. Never had a BW with a hefe strain before. Should make for an interesting beer!

Yup. The capsules pull apart pretty easily. Try not to spill it too much when they pop open :)

Awwwwww yisssss. Nearly ordered from Sydney for those critters! I love TYB :)

Make sure to gently rouse the pills contents in the starter a couple of times over the first 24 hours when making the starter. I twist the flask. The pill's contents can just sink to the bottom and be slow to start unless mixed in a bit.

That'll do a 23 litre batch. Just did it again but this time with a slightly larger pitch (4 pills plus a splash of Brevis) and kept at 40c and at 3.35pH after 24 hours. I usually reach about 3.2 though I'll boil soon I reckon. Think I got a bit of yeast in there because there's more airlock...