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Its with a heavy heart that I have to hand in my Tasmanian passport as I am moving to the mainland for work. I'm relocating to South Western Victoria so I should be well acclimatised to the weather. I am happy to see that Tas is finally getting more organised with brew clubs etc and brew comps...

I have decided it is time to change from Promash to Brewsmith. Promash hasn't had an update for near on 10 years and is missing a lot of grains, hops, yeast etc and I can't be bothered adding them in. So its time to change across. Entering the inventory is a painful process however what I am not...

Hi Ballarat Dudes, I am at Richy's squat sampling a few of you brews, great to taste some beers from some great brewers. Messa 99... choose orange amps...you lack tone.. Vienna lager nice drop strong malt profile. Wakkka lovely Vienna lager, crisp finish great balance Billy Goat..Loverly...

After being disgusted with my brewing gear in the Ghetto thread I decided to start a tidy up. In the back of the brewing freezer I found 6 packets of old hops 3 opened and 3 unopened. They all date back to 2005 and 2006. I could resist the temptation to open and sniff. Not good, cross between...

Its one of those slow days at work. I am trying to train a big South African on how to work an in house excel spreadsheet. He has hands the size of dinner plates and he has zero control of them. Watching the cursor wizz around the screen as he tries to make his cursor move from one cell to the...

Hi all, Just thought I would post a thanks to AHB after 6 years of relative silence. I decided to retire the old Pluto gun and upgrade to some decent taps. Did a search on AHB for taps and decided on Perlicks Did a search on AHB for Perlicks and came up with some ebay sites which lead to me...

Hi all, Just wondering if any of the IT guys could give me any clues on choosing an external drive and what sort of price range I would be looking at. Probably looking for 300-500GB. Any info would be appreciated. For some reason my lap top seems to be full of music and photos!! Cheers Chris

Hi all, I am hoping to brew a kolsch during the week and was wondering if anybody had a water profile for Cologne? I am aware that the water is soft but is hoping that I could get a break down of the minerals. Cheers Chris

Hi all, I am about to buy a set of electronic scales. I want something down to 0.1 of a gram or better to measure salts etc for water additions. Does anybody have any recommendations on what is good/bad to buy? I have seen the type on evilbay at abot $30 for the pocket size ones. Any thoughts...

Hi all, After moving house to a place with rain water tanks and no mains water I have noticed a change in the taste of my brews so I have begun investigation additions of various chemicals. I find my beers have become bland with little hop or malt flavour especially my ales However after...

Hi Guys, Just rang Brew By You, where I normally get my bulk grains from, and was told by them that they close in the next month and they have very little stock left on hand. If I lived in Hobart I would clean them out. Does anybody have any other ideas of where to source grains from? Freight...

Hi all, A mate received a Red Cross parcel of beers sent from the Netherlands, they include Augustijn Grand Cru 9% ABV  Brewed by Browerij Van Steenberge, Belgium Celis White 5% ABV  Brewed by Browerij Van Steenberge, Belgium Chimay White  Brewed by Chimay, Belgium Ename Tripel 8.5%...

Don't know how appropriate but gave me a chuckle Chris

Hi all, Sorry but this could be a long post!! After 4 AG brews I am concerned by the poor efficiency that I am getting, has varied from 58% to 63%, I believe it could be linked to my crush. The first batch was grain crushed by HBS but the last 3 have been crushed by me using a Barley Crusher. I...

Hi all, The thermostat in my fermenting fridge seems to have died. The freezer section still works but the fridge doesn't hit the temperatures it used to on the same setting on the thermostat. Even on the coldest setting it can only get to about 7deg. I have a mash master temp controller thingy...

Hi all, just a simple question on the selection of base malt for IPA,APA or Special Bitters. should I use just JWM Traditional Ale Malt or a mix of JWM Trad ale and JWM Export Pilsner Malt, ( was thinking 50:50 to keep colour and flavour a bit lighter). I have both these grains in supply. Any...

Hi all, completed my first AG brew on the week end and what a debacle that is still impacting on the family. Sequence of stuff ups (1)Underlet into mash tun wih out pre warming mashtun (2)Put too much water into mashtun 3.5 l/kg instead of 2.5 l/kg however this countered the very cold mash...

Hi all, I am getting ready to do my first AG brew and am trying to get my head around Promash at the same time with regard to batch size. My system has the following characteristics, I have done a grain free run, to calc these. Working backwards 23l in the fermenter 3l of loss to dead space in...

Hi all, Just a quick question to clear my mind. To calc % Alc using a refractometer and using promash to crunch the numbers is it correct that I need to get a brix reading and a hydrometer reading of the FG?? Chris

Just been looking at all the prefab gear that can be bought from US. Has anybody tried ordering some of the stuff from brewtree? When you are technically challenged like me its often cheaper to buy it first up, than try to make it, bugger it up, then have to buy it any way. Have been looking at...