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Hi Folks, I've searched and i can only find limited articles on this... Recently I purchased a keg system, the instructions the hbs gave me were to chill the beer overnight, then apply 400kpa for about 20 seconds, turn off then rock the keg until the kpa on the dial stops moving.. if it stops...

Hiya, Normal brews would be about 23lts... Grumpys has a nice little table for you to work out how much sugar you need. When you rack into secondary you might loose a litre then you might loose a litre when you bulk prime (avoiding the yeast bed)... so therefore you've got 21-22lts. Is there a...

Hi all, I use bottle washing powder (alkaline salts -97.5%).. I wash out the bottles then rinse... Should I wait until they've dried before bottling or is it okay to bottle straight after, with water deposits still in the bottles. Thanks Jase

Hi All, After a couple nasty suprises and I think it was from not washing out the sterilzer properly.. but then i thought it was from fermenting lager at 26 then bottling and conditioning at the same or higher temp. So lately I have been going nuts, but i'm getting a sore back now (gee I sound...

Hi there, Just about to rack my first beer to secondary and was wondering if you are suppose to put the hop bag (little tea bag thing) into the secondary fermenter or not? It's Super Alpha. Cheers, Jase

I bought a 25l drum/fermenter from bunnings and was wondering if that's okay to use as my other one is a 30l (come in the kit). Most brews are 23l anyway so i figure it's alright, so long as it doesn't go ape and foam comes out of the top? Jase

Hi All, After making a few batches of lager I have just figured out by research they need to be cold femermented rather then 23degrees... :o Probably explains why it tastes funny. My question is, does anyone know generally what temp beer needs to be brewed at and any special considerations...