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Thanks for the detailed response Jack. I like the idea of mashing lower to dry it out a bit. I will stick with the original recipe, following your suggested mash schedule, and see how it turns out.

Hi guys After nearly 20 years of brewing I've decided to have a crack at my first AG lager, a Munich Dunkel. I created a recipe based on others I found online, but on review I think I have gone way too heavy on the spec malts. I included the melanoidin as I'm not doing a decoction, but I...

Hi guys I was carbing up my one and only keg of Cairns-brewed beer, and the valve which adjusts regulator pressure seems to have busted. No gas comes out and turning the valve feels like the knob is free -spinning, I.e. not the normal resistance. My brief reading tells me these are generally...

Anyone? Be a shame to recycle them...

Hi guys Leaving Brissie shortly so it's time to get rid of all my excess brewing equipment. On offer are a range of bottles as follows: - 18 corona - 50 crownies - 30 mix of coopers and xxxx longnecks - 30 or so others (squires, matilda bay etc) All are crown seal in 6 pack holders or crates...

Yeah, kiwis see possums the way we see cane toads. I just got back from NZ and the number of flat possums on the roads is amazing.

Heh, the thought had crossed my mind. It's actually illegal to kill a possum, unless it's in your roof and you take it to a vet to be put down...

Yeah, from my frantic googling it seems that physical isolation is the only sure-fire method. Apparently there is no deterring a hungry possum. I think I'll try my luck with a sensor light and chilli/garlic spray before redecorating the balcony with chicken wire...

Nice harvest Tony! Do you or anyone else know of an effective way to ward off possums? I planted a couple of chillies and many other plants on the weekend but by this morning possums had stripped bare everything but the rocket! I tried spraying chilli juice all over everything last night, but...

Thanks for the tip, I'll have a crack at it. Is this something that I should be doing regularly? My searches turned up very little so I'm guessing most don't...

Evening guys. Thought I'd pull apart my pluto gun for cleaning but I'm struggling to disconnect the beer line from the handle. It appears that the line is attached by a compression fitting (was connected when I got the gun, so not exactly sure how it works), but I'm struggling to unscrew the...

I found it really easy on my bar fridge, but maybe I was just lucky... Just unscrewed it from the top and carefully unfolded and flattened against the walls. Mine's still hanging by the coolant line as I've not bothered to secure yet, but it works well. Only problem is I can only fit 1 keg -...

6 packs here are 10 kiwi bucks! I agree, top beer. And the bottles are awesome - "cross between a hand grenade and a marital aid"!

Drinking a sassy red right now and really enjoying it! Never seen Mac's beer in Australia though - can you get them?

This is either a horrible exaggeration or you mustn't have used a recent distro. I'm using Ubuntu 8.04 and I find it very logical and user friendly. You don't have to touch a command line for things an average user would want to do. What average user want to change some settings in their sound...

A couple of points: - You don't need to recompile the kernel ever, unless you have some exotic hardware that is unsupported. Linux allows you to recompile the kernel if you want to optimise the performance of your hardware, unlike certain other OSs. - Reactivating your OS each time you update...

Ok, so I went ahead with the irrigation pipe in place of the ball valve... and ended up with my first stuck sparge :( And it was really stuck. No amount of sucking or blowing would get it going. I ended up dipping my hand in and pulling off the SS braid, which worked ok except for the copious...

Sorry, should've been more clear. There is a ~ 1m 8mm PVC tube connected to the valve, feeding down into the boiler. I think the siphon effect of the liquid in the tube is causing air to be sucked in through the valve mechanism. But I'm open to other theories...

Hi guys Hope this isn't a duplicate as I tried to post earlier but it seems to have been lost in the ether. I'm having problems with the brass ball valve on my mash sucking in air as I drain out the wort. I'm pretty sure it's the valve itself, as I have experimented by replacing it with...

I've had the same acetone smell in a couple of brews. Not sure what the cause was but from memory it happened in successive brews. I bottled anyway and while unpalatable at first, the smell/flavour did dissipate and they ended up fine. I've also had this smell in my sourdough cultures, but...