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I know probably a little early but have decided to start my Oktoberfest party preps early this year. Have only done a couple AG brews and they have been with split boils as I only ever had a 15L pot in the past (8 hour brew day ftw :beerbang: ). I have recently ordered a 36L kettle and italian...

Hi guys, I have recently moved to the far northern reaches of this great country of ours and have a question regarding getting liquid yeast up here. Im up in Cooktown FNQ and getting stuff delivered up here takes on average a few days to over a week. If ordering liquid yeast is it going to...

Hi guys, Bought one of the specials of the month from the coopers store a while back "Marilyns Secret" and put it on yesterday. Did everything by the recipe though I added in 150g of steeped crystal. Recipe calls for topped up to 23L but as I keg I only filled it to 20L. Let it cool down to low...

Hey guys, been a while since I've been on this forum or even brewed a beer (bout 3 years now). But over Christmas holidays i scored myself a fridge for free. Missus thought it was another food storage device... How wrong she was! Straight away had the temp control hooked up to it and a week...

Hey guys quick heads up, there is a show on SBS right now about making and drinking beer.

Thought you guys might enjoy this :)

Well after several years of extract brewing and countless hours of reading and research i finally made the decision to get my act together and start doing AG. So a couple weeks ago bought my 55L esky and ordered a false bottom from beer belly. Just gotta work out what pot and burner im gonna...

Well this was to be my best brew ever. Everything went according to plan. I was making an extract golden ale beer. Steeped my grain, started the boil, did all my hop additions as well as downed a couple of liters of beer. Then succesfully whirlpooled for the first time ever (first time I tried...

I only just found the option in beer smith about adding the malt after the boil. Most of my beers i make between 20-40 IBU but that is accidently having all my extract in the boil according to Beersmith when infact im using about a third of it. Ive always heard people saying 'relatively low...

Slight problem. Myself and a few mates were going to get into all grain brewing together. Were gonna do 100L+ batches and split it between us. I stupidly bought a 200L esky to use for it. One moved away and the others have given up on the homebrew scene. I wouldnt be doing any more than a double...

Been looking around here a bit and can't find a definitave answer. What i want to do is store my kegs (full of beer) outside the fridge until ready to hook up to the taps. Now what I would like to know is whether it is better to bulk prime and leave em be after purging headspace of O2 or whether...

If anyone has foxtel there is a show on discovery channel right now. Its called dirty jobs, the fella is at a commercial hop factory, intersting stuff, check it out :)

Ok quick question here. Was reading through one of my recipe books at home and came across a lager that was apparently in primary fermentation for 10 weeks. It won first prize at a national comp over in America. I would of thought 10 weeks would be too long on the yeast cake bringing in unwanted...

Well was looking through the fridge last night and right up the back of it found a packet of unopened Wyeast vienna lager. I bought this way back in june last year. Would it still be ok to get a starter going from this yeast or has it been sitting in my fridge way too long? Been reading a bit...

Well its been quite a while since i dusted off the ole fermenters and brewed me some liquid gold. (almost a year!! damm moving and other distractions) But im getting back into the swing of things with a Saison. Recipe is: - 3kg pale dried malt extract - 200g of Vienna/Munich malt - 1 pumpkin...

Well just getting the last of my brewing equipment together and now it comes down to what will be my first brew Am thinking of making a Vienna style Lager. Here is what I have come up with. Any thoughts/criticism/improvements anyone can think of would be great. Type: All Grain Date...

Gday guys. My mate and myself are taking the step into all grain and doing it in a rather big way. Going for 100L brews. We have aquired a 200L esky to use as a mash tun and was just wondering as to the best method for draining. Whether to make a copper manifold, use braided hose, or to use a...

Hey guys a mate of mine has an old fridge still in working order that he wants to sell for $50. I was gonna take it but the missus thinks 3 fridges does me just fine at the moment :( im not sure as to how many litres it is but its all fridge and just under 6 feet tall. He lives in the st lucia...

Just wanted to let the people out here that are thinking about getting into AG brewing know about the basic brewing Stepping Into All Grain DVD. I purchased it last week from www.basicbrewing.com only $23 australian. It is set out awesome and takes you step by step through an all grain brew...

Was up at coles earlier and saw they had the coopers range on special only 9 dollars. Decided to give the stout a try so i purchased 2 cans and hurried home to brew it up :) I used the 2 cans, 500g DME and 500g Brown sugar along with 1 vanilla bean in the boil. Added a cup of rather strong...