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Im planning a few big beers in the coming months (IIPAs and barleywines) and have a stack of grolsch-type bottles around. Does anyone have any idea what the shelf life for beer in these bottles are? I imagine that the rubber seal would degrade eventually?

Anyone know whether the bottling yeast in Duckstein Alt is the brewing yeast or a different strain?

Finally! I did my first AG the other day. Trying to get out of it with the least amount of equipment and mucking about I went with a quasi-BIAB method. I had originally planned to do this as a straight BIAB, but thought that this would be easier logistically. The equipment that i had on hand...

Im building up to making the move to BIAB all-grain. My 60L pot arrived today from allquip today - I knew exactly how big the thing was before it got here, but I didnt realise how big it was :huh: I took the pot for a test run on the stovetop tonight - the pot straddles two burners and I...

We're moving to WA in a couple of weeks for work, and need to start looking for a place to live. Work is in Hilton, so Im looking for something around Fremantle. Any locals got any advice about where is a good/bad/cheap/interesting/convenient/etc place to live?

Im heading over to Perth for a job interview early next week. Where's a good place to get a drink? Ill be staying in East Freo.

Ive had a request from Mrs James for a batch of mango and chilli sausages. Has anyone got a tried and true recipe that they could share? So far Im thinking something along the lines of Len Poli's hot sausage with half a dozen mango cheeks, and possibly replacing the water with mango nectar.

I was in the local woolies liquor last night and saw that they had cartons of Murray's blonde on 'clearance' for $37. Im not sure if its just that shop, or if it is more widespread. Seems a great deal to me.

OK, a bit of an odd take on airlock questions. A couple of months back I started a 2can stout as a quick winter warmer before the cold weather set in. Long story, but I didnt beat the cold weather, and its still sitting in the fermenter. The problem is, the bloody thing wont stop bubbling...

I noticed a reference to this beer in one of my books the other night: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/birra-del-bor...er/68567/10185/ Keto RePorter, tobacco infused porter. Sounds interesting. Anyone tried it? Im guessing that it would just be a porter with some tobacco "dry hopped" in it?

Anyone know where I can get replacement seals for a grolsch magum?

Making a extract aussie ale at the moment. I just gave the airlock a sniff (yes, Im on of those sickos), it smells really sweet, almost like creamed corn. I havent noticed this with anything Ive made before. Any ideas what the cause is? Perhaps the white sugar? Recipe was: 2kg LDME 500g...

I got a little carried away last craftbrewer order and went nuts on spec malts. Im realising now that Ive got no hope of using them all before they go stale. All are cracked, but have been stored vacuum sealed in the freezer for the last couple of months - still taste OK for now. Rather than...

There was a rather anal thread here a couple of weeks ago about zinc deficits and Australian malts. There were some suggestions like adding a bit of zinc or zincalum to the boil. I just had a quick thought, what about adding few US pennies? These are 97% zinc, and will cost you, well, pennies.

OK, Ive got graduation coming up soon and my folks are coming up. My old man only really drinks the dreaded Vermin Brew, despite my best efforts (shit, its bitter, I dont drink dark beer, etc.) Rather than reward Fosters for making such a foul product, has anyone got an extract recipe I could...

Thinking about building a mash tun and coming over to the dark side soon. Ive got an esky here (34 litre) that I want to use. All the esky mash tuns Ive seen have one thing in common: they have a dirty big tap sticking out the side of them. Now, I dont want to go and buy a new esky, but I'd...

I got a tin of Morgans master blend wheat malt the other day for an extract brew the other day. Anyone got any idea what is actually in it? Is it pure wheat malt, wheat and barley, and does it contain any spec. malts like the others in the range?

An in-law of mine had a few bottles of Hunter Beer Co. Kolsch at new years. Have to say, it was a top drop, I really enjoyed it - first time Ive tried a Kolsch. Anyone else tried their brews? Any comments on the other beers they make? I'd consider getting a carton of the Kolsch mail-order if I...

Trying my hand at adding hops for the first time. I boiled some saaz hops up (30g for 5 mins) and added about a 1/4 of the liquid to the fermenter before I realised that I forgot to filter out the hops pellets. Is this going to cause a problem/will it affect the flavour? Im guessin that the...

I saw something the other day where the big brewers had announced that they were going to discontinue making premixed drinks. That got me thinking. There are going to be a lot of empty fridges in bottle shops around the country. Anyone think that it might translate into more beer?