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my beers only ever last ~6months max, but i'd recken that 18 months would be as much as you could need for almost any beer, though i'm sure other ppl can tell you more specific time periods ;)

ohhhh yeah, when i was young and drank vb as a religion, i had no money and bought a tooheys red case on special for ~$20... big mistake, i'd rather drink on of my crap home brews than that stuff (and yes i've made some pretty bad HBs...)

:huh: wha'cha talkin' 'bout Lewis? well ok it doesn't directly :) amen, brother. ever make it to church on sunday? 10:00 the pub opens... :D

sounds a bit like "This is Spinal Tap" :lol:

a barmen who used to work at my local was shawn, so i called him sheep, got the idea from some cartoon or something- shawn the sheep :D actually come to think of it i'm pretty sure it was a 'wallace and grommit' episode... sorry about the pic :P my dad got a digital camera and brought it...

it's a wonder that one of you guys don't call yourselves 'sheep' :lol: hey guys, i'm ben. been brewing for about 3yrs or so, but i've still only done about 8-10 brews, due to my lack of bottles and knowledge of getting a good quality result :rolleyes: i'd like to get into kegging, but...

ahhh, simpson's memories.... i'd forgotten that one :lol:

well, this is because bubbles only form in the cracks and abnormalities, when there is some detergent still in the glass - it fills the cracks and smooths things out a bit. if you could possibly get a glass perfectly smooth, and beer with no particles floating in it, there would be no bubbles at...

yeah mate give us the details, [idiot voice] tell them the price son, tell them the price... [/idiot voice] also do you have a web page for craig decan? cancel the web page, just found it, tried searching yahoo but couldn't find it before... http://www.kegsystems.com/ keep us posted

:) good to hear (read...) got me stumped.... i guess yeast stuff, yeah :unsure:

do you think you could fit a jigsaw with a metal cutting blade close enough to the edge to be effective?

lol can you hook it up to the web for us? :lol:

for an OG reading: loosen the lid use a just sterilised hydro and tube take reading take the lid off completely pour contents back into barrel to ferment... for a FG reading: loosen the lid (or remove airlock) use a just sterilised hydro and tube take reading pour contents into either the...

hmmm, no not for me... not untill i can get a keg set-up going ;) could be a long time... :rolleyes:

perhaps if you get a much larger surface area'd filter it could still flow? or if you get a sieve (sp?) (you know, like a bowl-shaped strainer) upside down with your pipe stuck through the side of it (ie: -n) :blink:

i think if you put chalk (opposite of gypsum?) into it that will harden the water, this causes the hops to die down... :unsure: i'm sure i read that somewhere... :rolleyes:

i've had brown floaty bits before, (by not washing a couple of my bottles properly) are the floaty bits hard? soft? or what?

where've you got to drive too? somwhere in nsw? whats the guys name? telephone number? address? :D i might be able to get a free fridge (real old) that works, so i'm going to eventually get all the kegging gear... (eventually - as i don't have enough money yet or in the near future) ps...

hmmm,i wonder how they would go down over there, i hear that some homebrewers in NZ have strange tastes :wacko: but i guess that there must be some with good taste too... :)

i've got about 12 ltrs brewing atm, 1 can of brewiser larger and about 3-400g of sugar/light malt... :blink: :ph34r: it says it has its own hops in the can, so hopefully that will be ok, cause it's double strength not enough available ingredients/bottles etc should be drinkable :rolleyes...