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I buy my grain by the sack and have noticed a sharp increase in the European products over the last year or so. I have always used German malts for my lagers/pilsners and English malts for my ales. How do the Gladfield malts compare with these. Any other suggestions welcomed.

Anyone know if the KK website is down when / if it is come back online.

Yesterday I brewed a 50ltr batch of Munich Helles, something I do on a regular basis. In the past I have always seen an obvious cold break when using my counterflow chiller into the fermenter. The wort temp into the fermenter was 30DegC and I quickly chilled from there down to 15Deg. The wort...

I have brewed many Munich Helles over the years and have always had great success with White Labs WLP 838 Southern German Lager. I particularly like the malty finish this yeast gives. WLP 838 seems to be in short supply around the country, can anyone suggest an alternative. Has anyone had...

There seems to be a lack of liquid yeasts (in Melbourne) especially White Labs. Is this a temporary situation or do I have to look for other alternatives. I have tried Bluestone Munich and am quite impressed however at the moment Bluestone don not have the range of the major US suppliers.

Over the last few years I have made many Guinness clones with great success. My latest attempt however is missing that roast barley bite. I use the same recipe every time, ie pale malt, rolled barley and roast barley. I grind all my own grains. With the roast barley I usually grind the grain...

Can anyone suggest a supplier of this malt. I need 6kg for a Dunkelweizen.

I have recently purchased a large 3 vessel system that I use for 40 litre + batches. The trouble is I am not hitting the final batch volume. A typical brew would be 10 kilo's grain mashed for 60 mins in 30 litres; transfer to kettle and batch sparge to 55 litres in kettle. Boil vigorously for...