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Hey I've got a couple unopened bags of hops that have been sitting in my fridge for about 18 months. I understand the alpha acid content will be substantially less, but will they still be good to use for late additions? I'm not sure if hops can go off. David.

Hey guys, brewed my first after a long lay off about a month ago and it has raised a few questions for me. For perspective it was an ale brewed with us05 and was left in my wardrobe. The brew stayed between 15 - 18 degrees the entire time but since I didn't bother using my fermentation fridge...

Hey people I've got a particular keg, which had an infected beer in it last. It's been 12 months since then and I'm planning on using it again. My plan it to clean it first then soak it in an Iodophor solution and while doing that, run a bit of the solution through the beer line and tap. Leave...

Hey everyone, putting a brew down for the first time in over a year for the gf's birthday party. I don't trust the my grain that has been sitting around for so long so I bought one of those Aussie Pale Ale FWK's. Does anyone know what to expect from these ones? I used two packets of...

Hey everyone I've been away from brewing for a bit over 12 months now. Been meaning to get back into it for awhile and have finally managed it. Brewed a Pale Ale a couple of days ago and am now planning a brown porter. My issue is this, I normally use base, medium crystal and chocolate in...

Hey everyone recently bought two books off ebay which arrived today. One of which I already have(naturally I wanted the other one :) ). So if anyone is prepared to pick it up I have an extra copy of "Brewing Beer at Home" by Keith Linden that I'm giving away. It's somewhat outdated but plenty...

I'm planning on brewing my first attempt at a kolsch once the fermenter frees up in a couple of weeks. I've gone ahead and ordered my yeast and hops through our delightful sponsors and have than preceded to order some appropiate glassware to drink it from. Problem is, I can't find anywhere that...

Common now brewers. Put your hand up if your guilty of being a beer snob. You know the type I mean, giggling at people who say they want to brew a vb or tooheys new. Throwing around the term "megaswill." ;) I for one will confess to enjoying the odd new or gold during the cricket (even now)...

Hey I'm putting together a recipe for my house warming party and just wanted peoples advice. 48% of JW Pils 48% of JW Pale 4% of JW crystal 60min addition of Pacific Gem to ~30IBU recultured coopers yeast Mates are your standard New, Draught, VB type drinkers and it needs to be kegged...

Hey people heard a joke while at a beer tasting do last night. Sorry in advance for everyone who has already heard this joke or a similar form of it. Also its been abbreviated into the written language as well. Theres an international beer conference which is being attended by all the...

Hey everyone I've put a recipe together based loosely on a porter styled drink. Interested in peoples thoughts on possible changes as its only the second dark coloured Ag I've brewed (3rd if I include the Munich Dunkel which got infected :( ) Recipe OG ~ 1.047 Colour ~ 40 IBU ~ 24.6 4.00kg JW...

Link to a nice article I found. 22L per week. That was the info I was after as I'm sure I read something about it ages ago but forgot what the actual allowable volume was. Does anyone know of any other laws in regard to homebrewing. Like age of brewer or alcohol content of brews. Not being...

Hey everyone, I've got a question in regard to how dextrose will affect the FG of a brew. I was always under the impression that dextrose fermented out completed and as such would only increase the initial gravity, not the final. However plugging in some dextrose into a recipe on beersmith...

Hey guys I understand that the difference between grains like your pilsner, crystal, chocolate and black are the amount of time and possibly the temperature they are roasted for, but am wondering where everything else fits in. In particular what is happening with munich and vienna or what...

Hey boys and girls I just bought a book titled "Making Mead" the other day and is proving to be an enjoyable read so far. Plus the method doesn't seem too bad to be honest. Just wondering if anyone with some experience at brewing meads can give me any advice. My only question I have so far is...

Sorry to be annoying M.A.L.E people but is there anyone who lives nearby who doesn't mind if I pop around to crack 8kg of grain. Got a 25kg bag of pilsner grain only to realise too late that it wouldn't be cracked like previously. Worst case scenario I'll mortar and pestle it, but heard bad...

Hey people just wondering what I can expect from the last brew I made. It spent the majority of the time mashing at 75*C. By the way it was a kit and 1.5kg of grain combo. Thanks for any advice.

Hey people my last two brews I used a kit and a 90min mash of approx. 1.5kg of grain (1.35kg of pale and 0.165kg of crystal). The quantity of grain was under the recommendation of HBS guy, but admitted to being slightly unsure since he only brews AG. I was wondering if this is the right amount...

Hey guys and girls, I'm making a pale ale with half a kilo of pale grain and a coopers pale ale kit. Just wondering what extras I should be adding to get full strength beer. As i'm not to sure how much malt I'm going to get from the grains. I've got heaps of dextrose, 1kg of light malt extract...

Hey guys and girls Just wondering what people more knowledgable than myself (thats most of you :rolleyes: ) thought about the advantages of extract brewing over kit brewing. I understand the advantage of being able to select your own hops and boil for your own desired time, but does it...