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  1. Aussie Mick

    New mangrove jack craft series kits

    I use this fella: mashout.com.au He's based in Perth, but happy to post. Great prices and great service.......
  2. Aussie Mick

    Coopers English Stout

    I did. I fermented it with the kit yeast and half a cup of US-05 slurry from a previous brew. Thanks Bribie. I'll try the regular stout. This one was the Irish stout with a tin of dark malt extract and 20 grams of steeped Fuggles. I mean......how easy is that? It's a great beer.
  3. Aussie Mick

    Coopers English Stout

    Good question Grott. I will make this a regular from now on, especially now the cooler months are with us. BUT....... I will still mash brew occasionally. I feel for paler beers mashing gives far superior results. It's all about balancing time and expectations. I have brewed some fantastic kit...
  4. Aussie Mick

    Coopers English Stout

    Alternating tonight between this stout and LCBA clone (all grain). I can't pick a winner. They are both so good.
  5. Aussie Mick

    Coopers English Stout

    wow, I think I've found my new favourite recipe and it couldn't be easier to make. http://store.coopers.com.au/recipes/index/view/id/44/ Brewed in about 5 days, racked off for a week, keg and force carded today, and I couldn't resist a sneaky sample. Tastes so good. I bottled up 4 longnecks...
  6. Aussie Mick

    RecipeDB - Little Creatures Bright Ale Clone

    I brewed 2 batches of this. One was brewed to the letter ( other than substituting the hops for Amarillo and Cascade) and the other I dry hopped with around 50 grams of Amarillo and Cascade. Both turned out fantastic, but the dry hopped one was superior. It had a distinct grapefruit/stone fruit...
  7. Aussie Mick

    Thomas Coopers Brew A IPA

    I brewed this: http://store.coopers.com.au/recipes/index/view/id/124/ I substituted the hops for Cascade and Amarillo. After kegging and force carbing it was very bitter, but very quickly transformed into a really nice beer
  8. Aussie Mick

    Chilling wort in swimming pool

    PMS. I'll stick a broom up me arse and sweep while I'm walking too.
  9. Aussie Mick

    Chilling wort in swimming pool

    I haven't got round to trying a Cube yet, but it sounds like a great option. Anthony, that sounds like a great way of doing things, one that I would never have even thought of. I have a couple of spare kegs, so I will give it a go.
  10. Aussie Mick

    Chilling wort in swimming pool

    Apologies if this has been covered before. I did a quick search and only found chilling cubes in pools. I just put on a BIAB 20 litre batch. Up until now I have chilled in the laundry trough with many changes of water and a ton of ice. Today I carried it up to the pool and placed it on the...
  11. Aussie Mick

    A Return to Kits

    Hi Laxation I just checked my notes and unfortunately, I didn't write down when I added the hops. I can only presume that I dry hopped them on about day 4 of fermentation...... but maybe I boiled some up with the LDM......sorry, not much help I know. I have actually just now racked off...
  12. Aussie Mick

    Most ridiculous price you have paid for a beer

    Never knew about that mate. Definitely would have taken advantage of that one if we had known
  13. Aussie Mick

    Most ridiculous price you have paid for a beer

    Sheet.....after reading some of these, my $24 pint at Raffles in Singapore was a bloody bargain.
  14. Aussie Mick

    First AG brew in almost 30 years.....looking for advice

    This fermented quite quickly, racked and gelatine fined, and cleared much quicker than kit/extract brews. I actually kegged this up on Tuesday (today is Thursday) so I have been extremely patient. It was force carbed, so I have just drawn off a 250ml sample. I am in beer nirvana. Thank you Dr...
  15. Aussie Mick

    First AG brew in almost 30 years.....looking for advice

    LOL, yeah that one worked. I was "allowed" to buy some kegs/taps/everything else a couple of months ago after taking every cupboard in the laundry and half the kitchen and dining room floor space with bottles :-)
  16. Aussie Mick

    First AG brew in almost 30 years.....looking for advice

    The Bruheat days were in UK S.E.
  17. Aussie Mick

    First AG brew in almost 30 years.....looking for advice

    It's the thought of putting 100'c of hard earned wort into plastic that isn't really making me want to do this "no chill" thing. I'm sure it's just fear of the unknown. Anyway, the wife just helped me pour the wort into the fermenter, and after a hard days graft, she said..... "why didn't you...
  18. Aussie Mick

    First AG brew in almost 30 years.....looking for advice

    Will do Jack, and thanks again for takng the time and trouble to respond fellas. And Manticle, I did have a tight fitting lid on the pot, I only removed it yo take the photo :-)
  19. Aussie Mick

    First AG brew in almost 30 years.....looking for advice

    Thanks fellas. About 1.5 hours in the trough and 2 bags of shop bought ice, and a good few water changes, I have about 18 litres of fermentable temperature AG wort. If it tastes 1% better than Smurto's extract version I will be a very happy Chappy. A lot of work, but hopefully well worth it :-)
  20. Aussie Mick

    First AG brew in almost 30 years.....looking for advice

    Well, after picking up my order, I just couldn't resist putting this on. That smell of the malt in the mash is something I have never forgotten. If I have to get a few bags of ice and chill it in the laundry trough, that is what I will do........with me luck for a fast ( and probably...
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