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Hi all, Just slaped together a pilsener with W34/70 dry lager yeast, first time i have used this particular yeast strain and was wondering if anyone may have any advice. I am maintaining 15'C in the fermentor on day 2. I did'nt bother with a yeast starter for this one just pitched 1 pack dry...

Hi felow brewers, I have an all grain BIAB ale in my fermentor at the moment (Day 3 US 05) and am concerned about the amount of Trub/Crud sitting in the bottom. My outlet valve is totaly covered up by the excess Trub/Crud about 1/2 inch above the valve. I have not had this problem with...

Hi fellow brewers, I have just kegged my first BIAB all grain ale last weekend and after 1 week in primary I reached FG 1.015 constant gravity using the US 05 yeast strain. I started out with an OG reading of 1.050 and my SRM colour was around 13.0. I am now close to 1 week in the keg at 2.5...

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This beer is awsome! I need info on how to make a half decent clone. Has anyone got any new recipes as search info is out dated. Type of hops used for bittering and aroma. Malts to use would be great. Cheers :icon_cheers:

Found a new favourite kit, its called bacchus and barley bitter just tryed this one after 2 weeks in the bottle and i must say its a nice drop. Bacchus and barley bitter can 600 g BE2 500 g LLME US-05 yeast Fermented at 18'C for 2 weeks. Give it a go its GOLD.

Hi all, Recently I have been looking into brewing a lager or as close to a lager as i can get. Currently my plan is as follows, Add 22g of S-23 yeast to 220ml of water for rehydration starter, cover and wait 15 min, Stir and airate briskly, cover again and wait 20 min. Pitch yeast @ 8'C into...

Hi all, Recently I decided to brew up my first real lager with a tin and some extracts, hops etc, etc. I have good temperature controll with my new brewing fridge set at 12'C ready to go. After 1 week my air lock has slowed down considerably and after checking my gravity reading several...

Ok its lager brewing time. I have all the gear and no idea what i am doing. What i do know is lager yeast likes low temperature like about 10'C, so i have rigged pops old fridge with temperature control and set it to about 10'C ready for my wort. I am using munich lager yeast 2308 from wyeast...

G day, I have just one simple question. Is it possible to make a kit brew that has a creamy beer taste? or am I doing somthing wrong? I Just cant seem to get a kit that has a nice beer taste. Most of the kits i have done including "premium" kits from well known brewing shops with hops, malt and...

Put together a simple wort heater using some refrigeration hardware. The heat band is a 50 watt 240 volt crankcase heater used to maintain oil sump temperature on hermetic refrigeration compressors. Control temperature of the wort is maintained at 18'C by a dixell programable logic...

Hello. After doing a gravity test today I decided to give my latest brew a taste test. It full on tastes like red wind and has a fruity after taste. Should i bother to keep this one or am i wasting valuble brewing time? The kit was a brewcraft LCPA clone.

Just put down a 22 ltr batch of ESB 3kg Australian draught using 150 g of amber malt grain and white labs liquid yeast, Californian ale. Has anyone tried this kit with the above ingredients? ESB says its a new style beer like Tooheys new? I am hoping more like a carlton draught!. Any feedback...

Hi all I am using a sachet of S23 lager yeast for the first time and am wondering if i pitch the whole sachet of yeast at 25'C will this be ok. The instructions say between 11-15'C for fermentation. These temps will be no probs in Melbourne at the moment its freezing cold here. The wort has...

Whats the go with the bigger 3 kg beer kits as aposed to the 1.7 tin?

Making a Becks Pilsener lager with a golden Saaz Pilsener kit and adding in 15g of Hallertau hops. Will these hops mix in together for a good flavour?

Allright, I have just made a brew in the fermenter checked FG reading and shes ready to go. If i keg the beer how long will it take untill i have a product that is as good as an 8 week bottle? What is a good time to mature a keg in comparison to bottling?

Need some one to point me in the right direction, After hooking up my post mix kegs kegfridge and Co2 cylinder set to 350 Kpa (As instructed by HBS bloke). Placed the keg in the fridge set the T/stat to around 0-1 'C. The keg was set at 350 Kpa for 2 days for carbonation. Poured a beer today...

I need some advise on this one, After my FG readings were all good I did the taste test much to my delight it tasted ok. Then i decided i would rack the brew into a spare fermenter for another week before keging. But the second taste test after 1 week of racking was a yuck taste to the beer. I...