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I put this down last weekend - ANZUS Pale Type: All Grain Batch Size (fermenter): 25.02 l Boil Size: 42.56 l Boil Time: 90 min End of Boil Volume 29.99 l Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 % Final Bottling Volume: 23.32 l Est Mash Efficiency 80.7 % Amt Name 2.34 kg Barrett Burston Pale (Pilsner...

Hi all, I have been breweing for about 4- 5 years, i currently sanatise with phosporic acid and central Australian sunlight - something there is a lot of out here, this combination hasnt let me down until now. I suspect that i know the orign of the infection is - most likely the cube or plate...

Just taken a reading as i am about to crash chill the brew for a week or so. The reading is 1010 - about 1 - 2 mins out of the fermenter. I was mucking around in the garden and left the hydrometre upright in the vice and came back about 20 - 30 mins later and its reading 1006 or there abouts...

Hi all, i pitched a sachet of 34 - 70 into a24 degrees - 1048 og Bohemian Pils 36hrs ago - no movement in the air lock - no sign of any Krausen. I pitched the same yeast into 35 degree - 1046 Bohemian Pils 3 weeks ago it was up bubbling within 24hrs. Both batches are 23 litre, methods are...

Hi all, i realise that the heating and cooling options discussions has most likley been done to death, anyway........... I have been scratching my head as to what is the best option to keep my ales bubbling away in the chilly winter months in Central Australia - heat lamp, heat belt, heat...

Hi all, i have abit of a dilema - i put down a brew on the weekend (late sunday arvo) - i get to work on Monday morning and get told that i am going to Darwin the following week. Not one to miss an opportunity i ring my mate in Northern capital and ask him what the tides and fish are doing and...

Gday, as i get further entrenched into the all consuming hobby that is homebrewing, i find myself wanting to know more about processes that i hadnt given any thought to when i was doing kit & kilo brews. Here we go.. A few weeks back i brewed (DME, Grains and Hops - full wort boil, no chill) a...

I have just started doing full wort boils (DME +Grains+ Hops) and was investigating the various methods of chilling - i have opted for the "no chill in a cube method" seems perfectly logical to me. As i have only chilled two brews this way i cant comment on how the beer is, as they are both...

Hi all, pretty new to all this, have been reading old and new forums for the past month or so and gained some valuable information, thanks for all who contribute to the great information on this site. I am currently CCing a Coopers Bavarian Lager, (I can goo, 1kg BE2, 500g LDM, yeast from kit)...