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Happy Australia Day guys! I've been off the brewing scene for a while and am making a return with a new plastic water drum from Bunnings and a few bits and pieces I've had stored away in the shed. In the past I've done BIAB style AG and extract but have kept the bulk of things simple with kits...

Hey all, just a quick message to say I'm back about the boards. I joined up in 2007 and brewed through 2010 heavily, then gradually tapered off after that as work, family and general life pressures took priority. At the height of it I was all-grain BIAB (brewing in a bag - do people still do...

As per title, one Blackwolf 'Stealth' bivy for sale. Used twice, selling due to having too much camping gear! I do not have a photo of it up (only used twice for overnighters) but it looks much the same as the stock photo, only all a darker, uniform shade of green. All original pegs, tiedowns...

Just wanting to know if an old Soda Stream CO2 bottle would be appropriate for a home kegging system running a single keg? Cheers guys - boingk

Hi guys, long time no post. Up for sale theres a bunch of longneck bottles - mostly rolltops but some are newer screwtops. All 750ml with no chips cracks etc, and except for the odd one or two (literally only one or two) they're all clean inside. So... 3 dozen longneck bottles for sale (may be...

Hey guys. I picked up a sixpack of Beez Neez after remembering it as a decent summer drop when I tried it on tap a year or two ago. All seemed good. On opening, it tasted foul! Immediate oxidised/lightstruck taste and aroma. Damn! I only had one swig of one bottle, the rest are still in the...

Damn, just tipped out 44L of beer - the porter and middie in my sig. Devastated. They looked alright until the last few days, only been down for 2 weeks. Probably a combination of the hot weather and me not running conventional airlocks. Well, next batch I put down will be sterilsed to all...

Hi guys just wondering if this has been done before. I weighed out my grain for some K&B's that are going down this afternoon, and divided each batch into a ziplock bag. I figured it'd be easy to steep them in the bag instead of two saucepans and filled each one with piping hot tap water. After...

Hey guys, just picked up a few Homebrand cans (Draught & a Lager) from the local Woolies and was wondering what people have done with them. I'm planning a relatively simple 'kits & bits' for each, and thought it'd be worth seeing what has worked for others. No toucans though, thats what the...

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Hi all. This afternoon I got back from a trek around the snowys and decided that with the house empty, and nothing on the 'to do' list, that my first AG would be on the cards. Recipe is here. My setup consists of a heavy duty 80L aluminium stockpot that I scored off eBay, a 3-ring burner, and...

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Righteo, I've got 6 cases of Coopers 750ml PET bottles up for grabs - enough for 3 batches of beer. And they're free. So whats the catch? You'll have to pick them up and probably give them a clean - although I'll probably have a shot at it so I don't feel massively slack. They're in the...

Hi there everyone, just making an ESB order for a few kilos of grain and some hops to bitter with now that I'm going AG. I've decided on a half-kilo of Pride of Ringwood seeing as I would like to make some Aussie ales and lagers, and a few kilos of malt to let me do some different styles. I am...

The draft Guidelines can be viewed here. Its a lengthy document, but pretty concise. Evidently we're significantly damaging our health by having in excess of 2 standard drinks a day. Thats one schooner, come on! I know the medical evidence is kinda irrefutable, but I'd rather live to 80 instead...

Hi all. Just putting up a 'Wanted' post in case anyone is thinking of upgrading and looking to sell older gear or what-have-you. I'm after a 50 to 80L kettle, a burner and a regulator to match. Nothing fancy required, just an aspiring AG-er looking for somethings to make BIAB possible. I'm...

Hello again everyone. This post is different for me, and its not a mundane question on hopping or extracts or yeasts. Its about the Dark Side. I can feel it calling me... *cue Darth Vader theme music* Anyway, from my point of view I reckon I'd like to have a shot at BIAB. I've got extremely...

The title says it all. I'm after a partial-mash recipe that'll get me near enough to Baron Lager. I had the stuff over the long weekend and can't get it out of my head, I've got to have a shot at brewing it. Cheers all - boingk

Having the opportunity to go around the harbour with my brother and a few others, I thought I'd better recall my Sunday. We got started with a foodcourt brekkie somewhere nondescript and then started off with a pint of Little Creatures Pale at the Watershed. Good stuff, we all said. Then it was...