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Hey All, I just spent 3 weeks working in Prague and tasted this czech lager called Gambrinus and it was bloody brilliant!!! Was wondering if anyone's been fortunate enought to try it and if so anyone with a clone recipe? Cheers!

Hey all, after a few months inactivity due to travelling around europe and getting a new flat, im set up in my new joint and ready to brew.... Also im a full time postgrad student now so got time to do fun and interesting stuff... Anyone with any suggestions for born again virgin?

Hey All, Ive been out of action for a couple of months for a multitude of reasons. I have two fermenters which i want to start using to brew again but wondering if they were ok still. This is how i left them: Fermenter 1 - Left a brew in there from primary for about 4 months without touching...

hey peeps, I havnt done a brew in about 2 months coz of work and study commitments. Im feeling the withdrawl symptoms especially when browsing the forums. And i havent done an AG yet (slowly workig up the gear!) Are you also addicted? How long before u get withdrwal symptoms?

Hey all, im looking at purchasing a shiny new brew kettle and giving BIAB a go. Im thinking stainless steel is the way to go and am thinking of getting a pot with handles and a proper lid. Its a 50L pot thats 400mm in dia and 400mm tall. All up cost 35 (about AU$80) from ebay. What do you guys...

Hi All, A few people have suggeted u use 'wheat flour' in my kit beers to help with my head retention issues. Questions: 1. what wheat flour? Is it just the stuff you buy from the supermarket (ie to make dough etc)? 2. How much should i put in a 23L batch? 3. What is the method? I am thinking...

HI all, I have a lager being lagered at the moment. at the end of my diacetyl rest i took a sample and tasted the warm sample from the trial jar... it tasted crap, bitter and astringent. HOwever when u drink warm beer it always tastes like poo, what is your experience between the taste of...

Hi all, ok, i have MASSIVE head retention problems. Every brew i have done in london = no head retention. I can get the head but it fades to zero quite rapidly. So i did a search on this site and found the causes are and my reaction to them: 1. Using kits - so i steeped speciality malts...

hey team, well, yet another problem with my lager (my 1st lager mind u). recipe: 1.7kg coopers pilsner extract 500g Light DME 500g Glucose powder 1lb carapils steeped in 2L of water for 20 mins 20g +15g saaz hop pellets Boiled up 4L of water with the DME + Glucose and boiled 20g hop pellets...

Hey All, I have a lager in primary and i have raised the temp for the past 24 hours for the diacetyl rest. Question is now i want to lager, should i leave the beer in primary and lager or should i rack to secondary and lager? Edit: Also, i dont have a fridge to store my fermenter im relying...

Hey all, recently i've been reading about water quality and how many styles are representative of the chemistry of the local water supply. I live in london and the water here is SUPER hard.... i.e. the quantity of dissolved carbonates is greater than 270mg/L. The water is so rich in dissolved...

hey all, i have ruined one of my recent batches of beer... This is the first bad batch ive had and the worse thing it was meant to be a nice English style Pale Ale for my father inlaw who is coming all the way from Aus to visit us for xmas... I dont think it can be saved :( however i'd like...

Hey all, I've found that when i do a kit and kilo (this includes steeping speciality grains, hop additions and using DME in place of cane sugar) all the brews do taste different but tend to have a very similar smell and after-nose (if that makes sense). This smell is not 'off' or 'bad'...

Hey all, I have a czech lager in primary, has been for just over a week now. I kept the fermenter around 12-15deg C but when i took the OG reading i left the trial jar to ferment in about 20deg c. The trial jar has completely fermented and the FG is reading 1000. Lager is still fermenting in...

Hey all, Check out www.beermachine.com has anyone ever used this? I dont believe those vids for a second. Premium quality beer after 7-10days! <_< Cheers :party:

Bloody iodophor! I just realised that I may have tainted one of my beers with iodophor. I was bottling, had clean bottles on the left and filled bottles on the right. I think one of them was not inverted meaning it still had bout 2 inches of iodophor solution sitting in it and in my absent...

hey all, You may have seen my post regarding iodophor.... Well I OFFICALLY HATE BOTTLING DAY! Who else is with me? my regime consists of bulk priming then washing 40 bottles, sanitising 40 bottles and then rinsing 40 bottles then filling 40 bottles with beer, then capping 40 bottles then...

Hi All, I generally use a 'napisan' type steriliser, however from what i read on here i just switched to a no-rinse option - iodophor. Problem, i got a 250ml jar for 5 (about AU$12). It came in a plastic bag with a 'brupaks' label on it saying the recommended dose was 10ml/L. The HBS i got it...

Hi all, Im sick of paying 17 for a 5gal fermenter (rip off in my opinion). So i found another option.... Any food grade plastic container will do the job, so i was walking past my local curry house after having a few at the local and noticed these big black handled barrels, labeled 'Mango...

Hey all, I have had a bit of a think about the real risk of infection. I had a belgian wit in primary for 7 days, definately completed fermentation. I took a sample in the hydrometer jar and left the jar sitting on the table in my bedroom for i'd say 7days now. This afternoon i thought, hmmm...