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  1. NeilArge

    For sale: corny kegs and CO2 bottle and reg

    G'day folks I'm selling 5 19 litre corny kegs and a 6.8kg Mykegonlegs CO2 bottle with Harris regulator. Four of the corny kegs have standard ball lock fittings, the pink one has pinlock fittings. Kegs have been used regularly until very recently, are clean and hold pressure. $60 each. CO2 bottle...
  2. NeilArge

    Belgian Stout Recipe

    Doing a bit of a clean-out of specialty malts and yeast and thought that a Belgian Stout might just do the job... Found this recipe in a NZ homebrew book... what do you think? Is it a bit too kitchen-sinky? Cheers ToG Belgian Stout Batch Size: 22.00 L Boil Size: 26.80 L Boil Time: 90 min...
  3. NeilArge

    New England/Zealand IPA recipe critique

    G'day I was lucky enough to try some of Bellwoods Brewing beers while in Toronto last year and while I was impressed with all their beers I was blown away by their New England-style IPA. That got me interested in brewing one up... Below is my variation on the Treehouse 'Julius' clone that was in...
  4. NeilArge

    Steam beer with a touch of toffee

    G'day folks I'm going to brew a California Common in the next day or so but thought I would tweak my usual recipe by using some of the specially malts from the Gladfields stable. I thought a bit of toffee might go nicely to add a bit of colour and flavour in place of the normal xtal malts. How...
  5. NeilArge

    Home brew club for Armidale and surrounds?

    I've floated this idea with a number of people up here over recent years but I thought it was about time I raised this more seriously. So, is there much (any?) interest in getting a club running up here? I've said Armidale and surrounds just because I know of some people up this way that are...
  6. NeilArge

    Porter with Special B?

    G'day all I've made a few porters before and have been pretty happy with them. This time, though, I wanted to try something a little different after reading some recipes that use smoked malt to impart a traditional, slightly charred, character (there was some chat on here some years ago about...
  7. NeilArge

    Measuring OG

    G'day all This has been touched on in different places in this forum but nothing really addresses the issue I want to get your wisdom on... So, yesterday I made a Sorachi Ace saison, aiming for 22 litres into the fermenter at OG 1.062 at 80% brewhouse efficiency. Did a 3 step temp mash and that...
  8. NeilArge

    Differentiating yeast strains

    Here's a little hypothetical scenario: Say you made up two yeast starters on the same day, using different yeasts (say, WY1084 and WY1272 for example). At the time, because you used completely different containers for each starter, you knew which one was which. But, say, with the short passage...
  9. NeilArge

    Honey wheat beer

    G'day I have been toying around with the idea of making a honey wheat ale using some local honey that a mate got for me. It's yellow box honey - beautiful stuff. I was thinking of going down the route of pasteurising it and adding it (say a kilo) to the primary at high krausen to maximise the...
  10. NeilArge

    Stout water

    I'm planning on putting down a stout soon and given the amount of roasted grain in the recipe (+half kilo) thought that I should look at the water profile. I'm using rainwater but do have a report on it - it has a little bit of calcium, chloride and sodium in it. Anyway, using CrozDog's...
  11. NeilArge

    Sort of a steam beer-critique

    G'day all I was planning to put down a steam beer soon but when I checked the hop supply saw that I didn't have any Northern Brewer hops left. I'm on a bit of a drive to reduce quantity and range of hops I have at the mo so thought that I would make up a hop bill with what I have. How does this...
  12. NeilArge

    Sapporo Chicks

    G'day all I've just had the last week in Ho Chi Minh City and the beer scene is a bit ho hum. One thing that has intrigued me quite a bit since being here, though, is the use of young, slim (here's where the sexism creeps in) and attractive young women to market Sapporo beer at restaurants...
  13. NeilArge

    Lentebok

    G'day all I was in the Netherlands last week and, as is my wont, took to sampling some of the local produce (not the smoking variety I hasten to add ;) ). I was in a place called Wageningen. In a number of pubs and beer cafes they served up a few different lenteboks and festboks made by local...
  14. NeilArge

    Blonde Ale Recipe - Comments Please

    G'day all I'm going to brew up a blonde ale this weekend, modelled on Harviestoun's Bitter and Twisted. The hopping isn't quite right but is just what I have around, and some hops (i.e. the Pearle) that I want to get rid of as it's getting a bit old. Constructive comments greatly appreciated...
  15. NeilArge

    Substitute For First Gold?

    G'day all Is there a suitable sub for First Gold? I'm putting down a coffee porter soon and came across an interesting recipe that uses First Gold mainly as a flavour and aroma hop. I don't have any of this but would something like Challenger be suitable? Cheers ToG
  16. NeilArge

    Recipe For Harviestoun 'bitter And Twisted'

    G'day all As per the subject line, has anyone got a recipe for 'bitter and twisted'? I had some last week and was quite impressed. Seems like a nice summer quaffer without being all that complicated or challenging (my taste only of course). Apparently, Herrsbrucker is the main bittering hop...
  17. NeilArge

    Red Lager Comments

    HNY all, Below is a recipe for a red lager that I have fairly faithfully reproduced from another source. I'm keen to make this beer but I'm a bit concerned about the amount of crystal (and wheat, but that is a lesser issue) in it. Should I lose the straight crystal addition given the carared...
  18. NeilArge

    Ballantine's Xxx

    G'day all Has anyone had a crack at the recipe for Ballantine's XXX in the May-June Brew Your Own mag? I'm going to have a go at it but just wondered if anyone else had done this and, if so, what they thought of it. Cheers ToG
  19. NeilArge

    Traditional Bock Recipe Feedback?

    G'day all I'm about to rack off my Oktoberfest into a keg for lagering and thought that I'd drop a traditional bock on top of the Wyeast Munich Lager yeastcake. The recipe below is a little inspired by Jamil's recipe but then I have tweaked it after looking at some of the recipes on the Recipe...
  20. NeilArge

    White Wheat Substitute

    G'day all Is torrified wheat a reasonable substitute for white wheat? Cheers ToG
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