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Thanks everyone, all that info has given me heaps to think about (and then act on). I'll let you know my final recipe and how it turns out (which won't be for a year cos of conditioning time... heh heh who am I kidding, I always crack one early) Cheers :beer:

Coffee plunger is a great idea if it's big enough. Otherwise you can put the cracked grain into a muslin bag. Just purchase some muslin from a craft store / place that sells cloth stuff, sew it up / just tie it up in a knot, put in a saucepan with about 2 maybe 3 litres of water and slowly...

Hi guys, I want to do a barleywine at about 8 or 9% alcohol as my next challenge in homebrewing. My mash tun can't hold enough grain to do it ag, so am planning part grain / part extract. My proposed grainbill works something like this: 4kg base malt (preferably pilsener cos it's lying...

After heaps of ales, I just made my first lager, what a pain in the neck. Plus, when I'm out, I always drink ales anyway. So I can't think wtf I was doing. Sigh. Palmer suggests largering after the diacetyl rest for about 5 weeks at 5 degrees. Lager yeasts apparently need long periods at...

When the yeast is really active it gives off lots of CO2. That means that air is leaving the fermenter making it much less likely for infection to get in. Don't worry about it. Spray the outside of your airlock with sterilizer but leave it in!! Wipe it down with sterilizer if you want and...

My worst ever effeciency was 50%. My first time in an esky. I am fairly sure this is because (a) my manifold was dodgy but mostly because ( b ) I used a massive esky, way too big for 6-7kgs of grain - i.e. too shallow a grain bed. But the irony - and most important thing - is, this brew was...