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I have a cervasa kit with a coopers 1.5kg light malt and I threw in a saf33 from the freezer , it has failed to start, same gravity as og 4 days ago, ...can I just throw in another packet ?

Got a 50 ltr kettle and would really like a tap to eliminate the risk of pain involved with tipping bloody hot liquor out, and having just read Tony's thread on his kettle with a falsie, i would need to be able to screw one of them in later as well, some bloke with a brew shop in qld has a...

Just got a new PH meter today, has temp and salts and others readings so will come in very handy, been having trouble getting consistant brews and thought had better start at the beginning with my water, All my water is rainwater, have no choice, no town supply out here, out of the tap @23 C was...

I have racked 4 brews to secondary's , been in there for nearly a month, Time has just past me by, working sleeping eating, etc, th are stashed under the stairwell, nice and cool and dark, how long can i leave them there before i need to bottle, ????? joesph bejeckel B)

Before i go and do something silly and possibly bust my kids brand new soda stream, is it possible that it might work to force carb a beer, would be great when making a brew and trying it out before the final hops or such are done?, has anyone tried one?im fascinated and busting to ty joe :lol:

Does anyone use a tempmate probe and electric element to maintain a stable mash temp? My reservation would be the grain around the element would reach higher temps when the heat kicked in, and the unwanted issues along with it, any thoughts on this, joe

I hear of 30 minute boils 60 mins but if i just want to do @10 hop addition , cant i just boil for 10 minutes, what is the purpose of boiling for an hour? joe

Does white sugar and raw sugar produce a different taste when making a simple kit beer, like a tooheys lager or coopers draught? joe

Just racked a biab brew and found this "stuff" in my fermentor,.... can anyone tell me what it is, made a normal biab but at boil end threw in a bit of white sugar to dry it out a bit, andy ideas,

so it's my day off and been working like a ******* and it's only 10am, I'm going to wind the clock forward so i feel better about cracking a home brew, how far forward do i need to wind it to justify my actions, :lol:

Finally did it, made my 1st Ag Biab, credit must go to Nickjd for posting the $30 biab thread that inspired me, got my little setup in the shed, made a bench got a burner and bottle, rummaged through Dads shed and found 2 old sterilizers , got some grain from our sponsors and off i went...

would there be any advantage to purging my bottles with Co2 before filling and capping, I have heard coopers does this to increase shelf life ?

How do i determine how much grain to how much water, is there a formula?

is a cotton voile ok to use for a BIAB ?

I have some grain for steeping and i have grain needing a mash, am i able to add both of these grains to a BIAB, same bag same time, ?

Hi Brewers,, Joe here, X-mas is a time to give, and my turn to give back to a community that I have received so much from, Have bottles to give away,, 100's of 'em , big and small, stubs and tallies, , all good nick , all cleaned at 70 C , just need to sterilize, So if your in Brisbane...

Is there any benefit to adding more than one can to a kit brew, ie 2 cans of coopers draft to 23 litre brew, and if so, do i need to add extra malts yeast etc,,,, cheers.. Joe

Hi Brewers.. Joe here.. Is it possible or even desirable to use all these together polyclar, isinglass koperfloc etc .. joe

Hi. Joe here, What makes beer yeast , beer yeast? I mean , if i use my Saf S-04 in my light rye bread will it taste like beer? If I use my bread yeast in my fave lager will it taste like my fave bread rolls? I don't get out much and like it like that....... Joe...

Hi Brewers, Question is this, Does conditioning temp effect beer flavour and finish? is there an optimum temp to condition beer,? I'm doing stubbies and long necks and have a small room portioned off with a small column heater inside running on a low setting, thermometer reckons it's about...