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Thanks for all your tips guys. I'll try them out and see how I go. Cheers barwee

<_< <_< Hi Fellow Brewers After a number of successful brews with my 19l keg I have upgraded to a 50l keg recently but not without a rather worrying problem. After chilling the keg in my newly adapted fridge, I connected the gas through the beer line hoping to get a faster carbonation. I...

Thanks Dan I'll give it a go.

Hi All Have recently kegged my CPA brew using CPA cultured yeast. However when I gassed it (40 psi) after 2 days chilling in fridge, I backed it off to 10 psi for pouring as per my previous brew. It is very gassy with lots of bubbles in the beer line. I backed the pressure off to 5psi but still...

Hi Pint of Lager Just to let you know regarding my concerns with my latest CPA brew. After 3 days of no activity in the brew and a reading of 1.020 I suddenly remembered that I had a friends fermenter that I borrowed. Just out of interest, I swapped his lid with mine and voila!!! away it...

Hey Pint of Lager, Im pretty sure the ingredients were mixed well. Ive just taken another reading and is still around 1020. I have checked the seal on the lid, airlock and seems to be ok. I am not bottling this brew I am kegging so if it doesnt come down any further by tomorrow should I keg it...

darren There is definitely a banana ester to it but not too bad. Just worried as to whether it will still be OK. Should I wait another few days to see if the SG comes down any more? If it doesnt what does this mean? barwee

Hi Pint of Lager Recipe was 1 can Coopers pale Ale Extract 1 pkt BE2 Enhancer 600mls. Cultured CPA yeast. Brew made on 4/6/08 Start SG 1.035 Current SG 1.020 9/6/08 (only reading taken) Cooled down to around 19-20deg over 4 days. Currently at 18deg. Airlock began to bubble after only 3 hours of...

:o :angry: I've just done an SG reading and it is still at 1020. There is no activity in the airlock and is sitting on about 17-18deg. Is there anything wrong? Did it ferment too quickly? Do I wait longer too see if the SG comes down? I hope it is still OK. Regards barwee

Will do. BTW how do you manage to keep it at 16 degrees? I cant get it below about 19 at the moment.

Yes I have a hydrometer and I will check the SG in a day or so to see what I get. It measured 1035 before pitching. Cheers

Yes the wort itself.

:P :) Hi Brewers Well Ive just finished my first brew of CPA using Coopers Cultured Yeast and Enerjex's instructions and WOW did it go off. Compared to my previous batch using the kit yeast, this Cultured Yeast took off within 3 hours of pitching. Admittedly the pitching temp was a bit high...

:rolleyes: Hi Brewers, Ive just finished putting down my next batch of CPA. This time Ive cultured some yeast from a couple of stubbies as per Enerjex instructions and seemed to work well. Only time will tell now. However, I was wondering what with all the posts regarding culturing CPA yeast...

:rolleyes: Thanks Wally Tells me everything I needed to know.

:icon_chickcheers: Hi Brewers I am going to use bleach to sanitize the fermenter and related bits and pieces prior to putting the wort into the fermenter. Can you advise me on the ratio of bleach to water for doing this. Regards, barwee :rolleyes:

Uncooked rice? What does that do.

I am trying to clean out the bottom of a 50l keg. It has a fair bit of crud still on the bottom even after 2 applications of keg cleaner. If I could get my hands on an extra long bottle brush with nylon filaments that would collapse when pushing it past the neck and the open out again would be...

Liquide Air and BOC gases should be able to supply it for you. barwee :D

Thanks for the info. Glad to hear that I'm not alone on this subject. My brother has used Hallertau hops in his brew and it tasted beautiful. However he does live in Melbourne and I suspect that the water quality there could have some effect too!!