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Hi all, I'm wanting to use an inside filtered rainwater tap to brew outside, by running a hose out the window and save getting another filter. The rainwater tap has an aerator (see below) on the spout, wondering about unscrewing that and adapting to hose barb. I can't seem to establish what the...

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Hi everyone, I've got access to a supply of 15l cubes which have had NaOH in them - actually have about 700ml still in the bottom. It's a commercial dishwashing machine detergent/dedicated with a couple of other low concentration ingredients - Disodium metasilcate and tetradosium EDTA. The NaOH...

Hi everyone, I've been extract brewing for a couple of years, but am going to have a crack at a small batch of all grain by the BIAB method. I'm leaning to a 'session' IPA type thing with more complex hop bill as I've got a number of single hop pales in bottles already, but am wondering if...

Posted this the other day, perhaps in the wrong place. Keen for some input into what I could do with splitting my Porter... I've got a coopers Devils Half ruby porter nearly finished fermenting. Thinking about splitting it in secondary as I don't drink heaps of dark beer but would like to try...

Hi guys I bottled (330-375ml stubbies) an extract pale ale mid sept, and this week I've had 3 blow the bottom out. Two I found on Sunday and one today. The ambient temp where they are sitting outside is approaching 30c in the daytime, but it is fully shaded and I've got no other options of...

Hey guys, I'm thinking of making up timber "pots" to plant some hops in which are on the way to me soon. I've read a bit about where to position in terms of light, and pot size of 500mm minimum has been recommended, My question is - would a rectangular planter be any advantage? I ask because...

Hi guys. I have a pale ale kind of beer that is about 6 weeks in the bottle. Recipe was a coopers lager can, 100g of steeped crystal, 1kg of ldme, Galaxy hops late in a boil. Fermented at 18c, Cold crashed for 5 days before bottling. It's tasted good from the first samples, but I tried it...

Hi guys, I have a brew on which has been going 6 days now, us05 yeast 1.037 OG. Temp set at 19deg in a fridge in the garage. This morning the ambient temp out there was 3deg. Temp probe in the fv reads 16.5. Should I be adding a heat source to kick in when it swings too low (I have a dual...

Hi guys, Just wondering if there is any difference in the rate beer in glass bottles carbs up compared to pet bottles? I opened one pet bottle on Wednesday, which was only 3 days after bottling, eager I know - but the bottles were really hard so I wanted to see what it was like. It tasted...

Hi All, My first post for me on here. I've just acquired a fair bit of kit from someone, and wondering what to start with (and what to toss out) as some is old and some newer. I like to drink amber / pale ales, clean euro lagers, and have a growing interest in hoppy/IPA style beers eg Little...