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Howdy beer people, I brewed up an oatmeal stout a few weeks ago. Knocked up a 2L started with 2 packs of Wyeast 1099 Whitbread ale. One of the packs was about 2 months old and the other 3 months (since manufacture date), they had both swelled Ok over night, one better than the other. I planned...

Can anyone tell me where I might find some crap apples, or crap apple juice? I have tried looking on the net but have found nothing. Thanks Pip

G'day, I have a few taps on a fridge in my garage with kegs connected. I have installed about 1.5m of 8mm LDPE tubing from the outpost to the tap of each keg to assist slow pouring to get the right head. I have noticed that if I pour a beer from one of the taps, the longer I leave it until the...

I have recently brewed a Little Creatures Bright Ale clone. I live in Melbourne and carbon filter my water, so my base water is fairly clean. I have been adjusting my water according to an article I found online...

Hey guys, I have read a little about pilsener and am unsure of where a czech pils fits in. Firstly what is a czech pils and how does it differ from a bohemian pils and a german pils or american pils? The other questions I have is about Saflager S-23. At this stage I plan to brew a 50L batch of...

G'day Guys, I wondering if anyone can tell me about restuarants in Melbourne that do beer and food matching? Thanks Pip

G'day, I have been narrowing down a bad taste that is coming from my brewery somewhere and I have found that is always and only present when I use a specific kettle. I have a system that does about 150L in a batch, and the kettle I built for that system is a stainless steel 44 gallon drum. I...

G'day, I made a batch of pale ale on Saturday. One big mash and then three kettle loads of about 50L each. I made two stronger, putting the first 25L of run-off into kettle 1, then the next 50L into kettle 2, then the next 25L into kettle 1, then the rest into kettle 3. I had lost the little...

G'day, I have been making some pale ales with various hop strains, mainly cascade, amarillo and nelson sauvin. Recently I have been having trouble getting the same bold fruity, floral hop flavour out of the hops. Instead I seem to be getting a more grassy kind of flavour which, for me, is much...

Refer to subject...I have the little rubber seal and the post. How do you open up the post and drop in the seal? Hope you guys can help! Thanks Pip

G'day, I have used some sucrose in some beers. I have notiuced that both times I used it, the gravity got to about 5 to 10 points above what I expected in the normal times frame, then b oth went really slowly to the final gravity I expected. I have heard people saying that this is becuase of...

I have brewed a belgian using the following recipe... 11kg of Bohemian Pils 2.7kg Cane Sugar (I used ordinary table sugar) 110gm Saaz @ 4.5% 55min 25gm Saaz @ 4.5% 10mins - Total 32IBU (thats according to beer smith, but probably more like 40 I think) 1 Whirfloc Tablet Efficiency 52% 35L...

Hi, I have just begun chekcing the pH of the mash and water to try and eradicate a problem I have been having using some pH 4.0-7.0 strips. I have found that it tells me that my tap water is about pH 5.2 or so, which is also roughly what I read for my mash. I would have expected that the water...

Gday guys, I have been brewing for about 2 years. I would regard myself as a fairly competent brewer and I feel I understand a lot of the stuff going on fairly well, which in part could be due to a background in chemistry. This problem I have, however, has me completely stumped!! About 6...

In the past I have been fairly slack about when I clean stuff up in brewery. Because of this, there has often been saucepans and tubs with gruesome liquid in there, just sitting for a day or two after a brew before I get to cleaning it up. Recently I have noticed these little bugs that look like...

Howdy, I want to buy some rice hulls. I am going to need quite a few for various recipes and hoping to find a source of them where I can buy big sacks of them. Can anyone suggest anywhere in Melbourne, particularly close to Ivanhoe, where you can get them in bulk. Or what industry generally...

I have just brewed a witbier with wyeast 3944. The beer tastes good, I am happy with the flavours. But it lacks something, not quite sure what. I took it to a party yesterday and got a really good response early on. But after everyone had drunk 3 or 4, they seemed to go of it, as did I - I...

My taps I just installed tend to foam up the first beer that I pour out of it a bit, then any subsequent beers I pour right away dont get nearly as much head. The foamin up isnt excessive, I probably get about 30mm on the first beer then 5 to 10 on subsequent beers. There arent bubbles forming...

I was once told that you should store your grain in sealed containers becuase oxygen can harm the grain over a lengthy time period. I am wondering what people think/know/have experienced with old grain and whether it is necessary to store it in sealed containers or not.

G'day, I was chatting to some fellow brewers recently, and someone, who is a professional brewer, was saying that the hop world is changing and certain varieties of hops will not be available soon, and other varieties are coming. He then started explain to me about hop sex, and how you can...