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My MIL old house has and old fridge, free to pick up. Apparently works, just no longer in use because of age/dirt, dunno I haven't seen it for 6 years. But I should be good as it's the same model as one of my fridges (Hoover contour 370L cyclic defrost). It's in the garage and apparently...

Like many I've had starsan go cloudy. I usually make up 5-10L and store it into my 20L cube after use. But it always comes out cloudy when using it again 2-3 weeks later. Though I have experienced an interesting thing, sometimes I store it in clear plastic bottles, and it never goes cloudy. So...

Which one gets the nottingham, which others the s04 and windsor yeasts. I really wanted to try windsor for the first time so I bought a pack today. I have been put off s04 for a while as I had a failed brew in the past (like many many others had), but it can't be that bad if it's still being...

Hi all. I've read a lot about this in the past, (eg mauri 514, what is coopers yeast etc etc), just wondering if anything has changed now. So far still limted to whatever big-w/ww sells, a brew shop visit is not going to happen for a while. I hate coopers kit yeast, it just has a flavour I hate...

I've got a lot of 750ml bottles, half of them are coopers crown seal stout bottles that are heavy buggers, the other half are twist top. Some coopers, some swan or cub Back when coopers used twist top for stouts, the bottles weigh in at 420-430g, and I have a few swan or cub bottles that are...

I usually run with half dextrose half malt in my kits. Main reason being I don't like high hopped beers (prefer coopers ales, wheat beers, stouts, porters etc), so I can't counter malt sweetness with added hop bitterness. Other reasons are of course the kit manufacturers don't prehop their...

https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/browse/confectionery-snacks-drinks/home-brew-non-alcoholic-drinks?name=coopers-home-brew-australian-pale-ale-no1&productId=208897 I got a ride to the nearest store (mirrabooka WA) for other things like chicken, veg and olive oil, and they don't stock pale ale...

I've got Jamils and Palmers "brewing classic styles" and was looking at it for some porter ideas. They give the recipes as an extract version first. Why do they boil extracts for 60min in their recipes? Seems like a waste. The only thing I can think of is to match the bittering hops recipe...

I've never had a good batch of homebrew, given up. Years ago I threw a lot of time and money into it, eg buying special yeasts, upping the sanitation game, new fermenters, had a spare fridge and temp control, bought 15l and 30l stainless steel pots and preboiled everything - was looking into all...

The weather is a bit cool at the moment and I had this thought while thinking of temperature regulation. Sitting under my desk is one of those 10L peltier fridges I bought from ebay for $50 last year. It has a fan forced inside heatsink, and electronic thermostat and switches automatically form...

My favourite style is english ales, but being an extract brewer it's hard to find an english pale extract cheaply, even the ones from the UK don't specify that they use marris otter or promise. I've heard that's essential to the style because of their nuttiness and biscuit flavours. If I used...

I recultured cooper yeast from a few stubbies of CPA to make my own CPA. I have in stock S04, US05, nottingham etc dry yeasts too, but you know what they say, dried yeast can't have all the properties and flavours of liquid yeast since the drying process stuff yeasts up. I'm also buying Wyeast...

Hi, I'm trying to make an Old Pec clone as it is my favourite beer. I found this recipe on BYO: OLD ODDITY (5 gallons/19 L, extract with grains) OG = 1.058-1.063 FG = 1.015-1.020 IBU = 30 SRM = 24 ABV = 5.66.2% Ingredients 6.6 lb. (3.0 kg) pale liquid malt extract (Coopers or More Beer...

I bought a racking syphon pump last week, the tube output is 3/8" OD and I intend to use it to transfer hot wort from the kettle to my cube for overnight cooling. I've done some reading around, so I'm avoiding any of the PVC hoses that may not like the heat, and may be difficult to use if they...

I've got a struggling brew, it's been in the fermenter 2 weeks and fermentation has died down a few times. It's a 1046 OG kit beer. It's got SO-4 yeast, so it's had a problem with the cold nights. After 1 week the SG was 1024, so I've had to keep it above 16C, agitate, move the bloody thing...

If you could only get a six pack of generic beer, what is your favourite styles? Pilsner, lambic, brown, red, wheat, porter, ale, lager etc? I don't go for flavoured beer like the ones flavoued with choc, coffee, chillies, fruit or spices, but the basic types. I've bought a lot of complex...

yesterday I did a toucan coopers dark ale, today I did draught. I went to add some tettnang to the draught I just did but accidently put it in yesterdays dark ale. I had 2 cups of water with 20g hops in it steeped in a bag and cooled down. The dark ale went ballistic, the whole fermenter foamed...