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Ive been thinking about this a bit lately, as this winter for some reason ive been having over attenuation issues, which is wierd cos last year I was having the opposite with all my beers finishing at 1030 or 1025ish, this year they are all going down below 1010!! I brewed a stout on monday...

Allrighty, got a craving for something dark, high ABV and cherry flavoured!! The diary down the road from me has started stocking cherry coke which got me thinking... Now im tossing up between these two, for a 10 litre batch how much cherrys should I use? Im thinking 2kg or is that way too...

Just stumbled upon this and thought I should give anyone in Melbourne a heads up... This beer is absolutely awesome, especially on tap :icon_drool2: The night it was launched in auckland 2 kegs were emptied!!! Get in there guys!! No affiliation yadayada etc ;)

Hey guys, currently mashing in a small IPA and got a bit heavy handed on the citric acid :( Mash PH is at 5.0 and im not sure how I can bring it back up?? Ive never mashed this low before so not sure what can happen??? Please help, what do I do? Will my enzymes still be able to convert sugars...

After re-reading a book on smoked beers and the history of them, it got me thinking I want to brew a historical porter and age it untill the depths of winter, might even look at brewing just before I go overseas for 3 weeks to give it a long fermentation period and a bit of conditioning...

Hey guys, ive got a few kilos of aussie wheat and vienna malt that im keen to have a play with, allthough I havnt really brewed much with them before so would be good to hear some ideas on whats good to brew with them... Im also keen for some feedback on this vienna/wheat pseudo lager thingy...

Hey guys Im keen to try and replicate something like Tamborines Moderation Pale Ale - which is basically like an IPA in terms of flavour and aroma, but only weighs in at 3.3% I really want something like this as a house ale, nice and hoppy, but not too punishing like a 7% IPA :icon_cheers...

Well, got 180gms of Galaxy on the way from Ross and I have some simcoe in the freezer, from past experiances galaxy gives a pretty big whack of passionfruit, and so does simcoe, allthough both of them have completely different other qualities, for example I found galaxy had a big earthy...

Hey guys, keen on any advice or critique on my Pilsner recipe ive knocked up, ive got some bits and pieces around that I want to use up, and a big cake of 2124 to use... Im going for something fairly easy drinking that will be lagered untill deep into summer for those warm days B) This is what...

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Long story short, all my slants got thawed and are now back in the freezer - ive been told and read that this stuffs the viability :( SO im wondering if anyone else has had any experiance with refreezing slants?? Have you done this then been able to use the yeast down the track? Or should I...

Hey guys, ive managed to get my hands on 5kilos of flaked maize to play with, and im keen to knock up a CAP which will lager untill the weather gets warm again.. All the recipes ive found have 6 row in them, so seeing as we cant get that, whats a good sub? Should I just go for something like...

Hey guys, im arriving in the gold coast on saturday for a holiday and will need to get some new and interesting beers ASAP! So is there a decent bottle'o in either Burleigh heads or anywhere else on the gold coast that has a decent selection of craft beer? :icon_cheers: Cheers

Has anyone used this stuff? What do you think? Im a big fan of Golden Promise and Maris otter, but keen to know what to expect from Pearl? Apparantly its a bit more nuetral and lacking the nutty character of maris otter... Thoughts? Edit : Ive just noticed it can also be spelt Perle malt...

Have you done either of the above? Im keen to know what sort of flavour, aroma and bitterness aspects you can expect from both mash and fw hopping.. Shane Morley at Steam brewing was telling me that he FWH sometimes and it gives an oxidised hop flavour and a bit of aroma also - so would this...

Anyone peat smoked their own malt? I know its been done with wood etc before, but what about Peat? Is it possible? Will I kill myself or make myself sick with toxic fumes? Reason I ask is I cant seem to track any down in NZ unless i want to buy 3kg's for $50 :o And considering I only need about...

Anyone on here used this? If so what are your thoughts? Reckon it would go well in a Strong Belgian or would it be lacking in esters?

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What should I brew next?? I want to try something different, ive got three going at the moment, my belgian rye and two hoppy pale ales and I really want to keep my brewing momentum going... I was thinking a Saison, but dont have a suitable yeast :o( Currently in stock at the moment I have a...

Has anyone actually mashed with first runnings before?? Im doing a really big batch this weekend and am contemplating my options, looking at either a really thick LGR or mashing half my grain, then mashing the other half with the wort :huh: Sounds crazy to me, but can it be done? Has anyone...