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We tend to do a lot of things in home brewing for sound reasons but many are based on accepted wisdom that is often just accepted and then regurgitated over time as lore without challenging why. I rarely step outside the circle of home brew lore but decided to rebel and look behind the curtain...

Possibly a double barreled question. From your own experiences [not cut and paste from the net from someone else's cut and paste :) ] ---- Traditional chilling and no chilling what combination of hops play well together and what characteristics do you observe. Does the chilling method make any...

After a couple of very productive PM's with an experienced No Chiller I have purchased a cube and will set off over the hill to the wonderland of summer brewing. I posted this request on a local forum but would like as much input as possible. I've almost finished a reasonably comprehensive...

If you guys aren't aware Brad has posted a link http://www.beersmith.com/download-beersmith/ to a beta testing version of Beersmith2 for Linux. We have been testing this for quite awhile and it is very solid "but" it is still beta. I have not encountered anything that causes my machine to...

http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2011/01...-1831-1840.html

I enjoy historic beers but often they are only in grain bills of %. For those that are not familiar with Beersmith 2 there is a very simply way to enter the percentages into a recipe and with a couple of mouse clicks have a ready to roll recipe. Eg. If you look at this chart of grain bills for...

http://www.beersmith.com/forum/index.php/t...7.html#msg21417 Steve

I have never used a hop sock but there seems to be some popularity with American brewers and some Aussie brewers. I presume there is a loss of utilisation? Any idea if any and how much? What if any advantages/disadvantages have you found [based on actually using one yourself, not just cut and...

There are probably many utilities for taking grain weights for a particular recipe and converting them to percentages but I had time on my hands today so here is another one that may come in handy for someone. Just enter the original weights provided in the original recipe and you will be given...

Has anyone tried using a Wit yeast WLP 400 or the Wyeast equivalent in a more normal all barley based beer? Could you post your observations. :) Steve

Has anyone cultured from a Coopers bottle and used the same yeast over a number of brews. I've used it from a single starter but have never bothered to maintain it as a "farmed" yeast. Hence I've only bothered to use it for one brew then dumped it. How many times from the single original...

I have been fascinated by the BIAB style of brewing so although I brew with Aluminium pots I remembered a thread on this site I posted quite some time back. I had the basics correct but see now I was just for too "modern" in my approach. Below is the bulk of the original post with some comments...

I'm not certain why I have 750 gms of Pacific Gem but I face a problem in not really knowing much about the hop. Can anyone give me first hand feed back on it's character? I know it is high alpha :) not sure how high though as the number is not readable. Probably about 14% Anyway any...

As a diabetic I find that I often face a dilemma involving health and happiness. I love to brew but cannot drink all that I would like to brew. Here's a proposal for Adelaide brewers. Probably those looking at learning AG brewing or who are in the learning curve stage. Or even those having...

Many good ideas, and some not so good germinate with the spontaneity of a wild yeast in a fermentation assistants kitchen -- or as in this case over a glass or two of "The Knowledge" I have often toyed with the idea of where kit brewing needs to go in the future so about two years ago a couple...

Hi guys, It has been awhile since I have been around. The beer fridge blew up, got it fixed and decided to brew a 20 litre batch of starters for the next season of brewing and I discovered a leaking high pressure gas connection hose on my brew stand. Because of a few "issues :) " I have not...

I recently visited the US and noticed that the toilets over there whirlpool in a different direction to Australia. This promted some brain scratching as you would realise here in the southern Hemisphere our toilets whirlpool in a totally different direction. What flavour impact will different...

To me beer is far more than the megaswill the populace considers beer. It is a crafted food. We spend hours refining a recipe, selecting ingredients and finally brewing this wonderful nectar so ---------- What type of glassware do you prefer for your homebrewed beer. Do you have a particular...

Ok -- well a blind man inside a Porter vat could easily identify what was on the table for this year's Mash Paddle. The guidelines for this beer allow you scope for creativity so do some research as well as many trial brews. It is a "standard beer" in most Australian competitions and as such...