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Hi Brewers, while most of you are working your way through Chrissie parties with nary a thought to what will happen to you beyond the end of this month, cast your mind forward to mid February next year when the Melbourne Brewers will yet again be hosting BEERFEST at the Grand Ridge Brewery in...

Beerfest 2012 Final call for Judges and Stewards This is an open request for Judges and Stewards for BEERFEST, which will be held at Grand Ridge Brewery, Mirboo North, from Friday 10th Feb to Saturday 11th Feb 2012. Full details of the competition can be found on the website: beerfest linky...

Beerfest 2010 Call for Judges and Stewards This is an open request for Judges and Stewards for Beerfest, which will be held at Grand Ridge Brewery, Mirboo North, from Friday 19th February to Saturday 20th February 2010 . Entry forms and full details of the competition...

Hi guys, been looking over some previous posts - seems a lot of people like using 1/2" polycarb tubing into standard plumbing compression fittings for sight glasses on a kettle. Just thought I'd poll the current thinking. Is this still the way to go or has anybody used pushin fittings? Does...

Just made a couple of beers with Wyeast 3787 (Westmalle yeast) and it's been a pretty interesting yeast. First, a low-ish gravity (1.042) pale ale, mainly for harvesting yeast. At completion the krausen sludge was at the top of the fermenter, so it had nearly climbed out. It attenuated...

At ANHC recently I saw a picture of a brew kettle - think it was one of the Wesgate Brewers -that was wearing a crude jacket of corrugated steel, with the ridges bent in at the top. The owner was saying it made a remarkable difference to the kettle's efficiency, and it certainly looked like a...

Sorry if this is a repeat - the search engine isn't working for me (links anybody?) After completing my first no-chill brew I noticed a distinct step up in bitterness from what I'd expected - I was aiming for 32IBU (25 @ 60min, 7 @ 30min) in a beer with an OG of 1.042, but it's fairly intense...

Beerfest 2009 Call for Judges and Stewards This is an open request for Judges and Stewards for Beerfest, which will be held at Grand Ridge Brewery, Mirboo North, from Friday 20th February to Saturday 21st February 2009. Entry forms and full details of the competition can be found on the...

Hi guys, does anybody have any empirical evidence of how much yeast lag time varies with pitching temp? I know; there's a pile of variables that will affect lag time, just an "all things being equal" question. I am curious because in the past I've used an immersion chiller, and only chilled to...

Hi all, a couple of questions about the finer points of gas-fired kettles: 1) Anybody else use those cast iron 3-ring burners you see all over camping stores? Can you get enough heat out of them? Do you need a medium or high pressure reg to make them work? 2) The "rolling" boil. I normally...

When I've posted in the past suggesting that SafWheat K-97 is a good ESTERY yeast for various wheat beers, I've had varying replies to suggest it's actually a clean german ale yeast, more suited to Kolsch or whatever. So I'm a bit confused, as I've now used it twice myself (and observed it used...