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Hi All, I am trying to work out how to determine where the colour of my brew sits. The recipe I used (not sure if it was off here) has it styled as an ‘American Pale Ale’. I used the brewbuilder program from my local HB store and it says that the colour should be 23, but when I put the same...

This is the first time I have attempted the ‘no chill’ process and from my readings of this topic on here, this is what I have done and will do, I am looking for confirmation/ advice: 1. Brewed as per normal and while still hot just after flame out transferred from boil vessel into a sanitised...

I know it works. My neighbour made a mexican can kit and kilo job with the juice of 6 limes in the secondary and kegged it. Pretty sweet, but not too bad. I am planning to do the same thing but tweak it a bit. Primary ferment kit and kilo coopers mexican (yes it's a can, but this is a trial...

I cannot turn my gas cylinder on or off. It goes a quarter turn only. The reg says the cylinder is still pretty full, and if I open up the valve on the reg, it will just fill the kegs. I have tried to loosen the nut, and when I do so all the CO2 escapes from the cylinder. Should I loosen nut...

I need to clean the part indicated in the photo. It is the screw where the tap joins. There is beer in it and I cannot get a rag in there to clean it out. Taking the font off the fridge is not an option. Thoughts/ Suggestions?

I know that my cylinder weighs 2.6kg empty. It currently weighs 3.0kg.. therefore 400g of CO2. Question is, will this be enough to push two kegs for the next week with fairly constant use. My thoughts are no and that I should err on the side of caution and get it filled up. Thoughts?

I am currently doing BIAB at 23L knockout. I want to experiment with brews. My first option is to make 23L and split it between x amount of vessels for fermentation with different yeasts and dry hopping profiles etc and then bottle. In this option how much yeast should I use for a smaller...

Hi All, I have found that when I dry hop into my racked beer (for me 'racking' means taking it from primary fermentation vessel with the yeast cake, into another vessel where it will sit for a week or two then it goes into the keg to chill to 4 deg before force carbing) the armoa does not last...

I just racked out an AG GOlden Ale clone that I intend to bottle. I forgot to add my sugar to bulk prime, will it be ok to rack it again into another fermenter a few hours before bottling next weekend with the sugar? Secondly, I have need ot dry hop it for armoa, should I do this now or once...

I am currently doing BIAB in a 40L Birko Urn. I have been guessing the amount of water to use thus far and have always managed to get it pretty good. So good that my OG has always been within 2 of the desired. Is there a calcualtor out there that will enable me to accuratly determine the...

Anywhere other than Marks Home Brew to get CO2 at such late notice for NYE celbrations? I just called Mark, but there was no answer.... If anyone knows if he is open today and or tomorrow (Sat 31st) please let me know. Cheers, ROWDY

Need to clean taps on my kegerator. Brumby style I think. Any tips/ suggestions advice on removal and how to clean. I treid searching for this topic, but did not find anything even remotly related. Cheers,

Are there any major issues with stopping a kit Coopers PA early. The Gravity has dropped from 1044 - 1018 over 4 days. It has been sitting in cool water. I used US-05 yeast. I have promised this beer to a freind visiting and need to put it into kegs this morning before I am away fro a few days...

I have just put down a coopers ginger beer from a tin. I have some packets of Safale US-05 yeast lying around in the fridge - would these be able to be substituted in instead of the supplied coopers yeast?

Genuine nube here!!! So last night we played around with setting up the kegs. Force carbed etc adn when it came to puring time, somehow there was air mixing with the beer. The beer line was not full of beer, and the tap just pushed out foam. We degassed the keg checked seals etc, re gassed same...

I currently have a kegerator set up, and at present have the gas bottle and reg in the fridge at 4 deg. Should i be moving them to the outside of the fridge for better performance? The kegerator does say it can sit inside. TIA

I am about to put my kegs back together after cleaning and removing old seals. I was told by one of the boys at work to get some lube from the homebrew store... would vaseline do the same job on the seals?

Hi All, I have had a good look and search on the forum but could not locate one, so, does anyone have a recipie for Big Helga. I use all grain, BIAB. Please also indicate which yeast you used and how much starter you made up. TIA

HI All, I have followed the instructions on culturing yeast from Coopers Pale ale as per a document on here. I made the wort, chilled it, added the yeast, I have kept it between 19-22deg since Thursday night and nothing has happened. No bubbling, no movement at all. Should I swirl it around...

I just recieved four 19L post mix kegs. I need to clean them. I will be using nappysan on advice of a mate who has never had a problem, I understand there are many other ways to skin a cat. are there any tricks/ tips for cleaning well, and drying? i tried a search of the forums, but was unable...