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Hi All, Brewed a Dusseldorf Alt yesterday, currently fermenting, in my newly acquired fermentation fridge. 20L batch 4kg German Munich malt 0.5kg Australian Wheat malt 0.5kg German Pilsner malt Mashed 50C/65C for 5/90 mins, with washout at 78. German Northern Brewer to 29 IBU @ 90min German...

Hi All, I've been out of brewing for a couple of years, and I have quite a bit of (uncrushed) malt that I bought not long before life obliged me to take a break from brewing. So the malt is about 3 years old. Will it still be viable? I'm guessing there will have been some staling and some...

Hi All, Just getting back in to brewing after a break. I'd like to brew a couple of batches to get my stocks up, but without a brewing fridge, the temperature at this time of year isn't ideal. I'll brew some Saison, which likes the warm. What other yeasts/styles are good for brewing warm? T.

Hi All, Due to personal circumstances, I haven't brewed for a year, and can't see myself brewing for some time. I have several sacks of grain (some unopened) which have been sitting for 12 months. If you're localish to Preston, PM me, and you can have what you like. I aint gonna use it, and I'd...

Wow! I'm just drinking my first bottle from a batch I brewed thusly: Canadian Blond goo 1kg LDME Wyeast 3787 Trappist High Gravity In truth, I was just using the brew to grow yeast for an all-grain Belgian Dark Strong Ale, so I didn't pay too much attention, fermented reasonably warm (24C...

Hi all, Well, for a birthday brewday on Melbourne Cup day, I brewed a Belgian dark strong: Batch size 23L OG: 1.100 FG: 1.017 Mash efficiency: 65% 1kg Belgian pale malt 1kg black glutinous rice 8kg Belgian pale malt 200g Caraaroma 200g Melanoidin 1kg dark candi syrup (during fermentation)...

Hi all, Just took delivery of a Mashmaster mini mill. Looks great. How do you measure the gap? Or do you not measure the gap and just adjust until you're happy with the crush? T.

Hi All, I'm planning to get together with some mates to brew something for Christmas, and I'm looking for inspiration. I like the idea of wassail, which from memory (Mosher is out on loan) is essentially a spiced ale - just the thing when it is snowing and getting dark at 3 in the afternoon...

Hi All, I'm planning a Best Bitter for Friday, and with several recent mentions of FWH, I thought I'd give it a go. For a 23L batch, I'm planning 4.5kg MO 0.3kg Crystal (60EBC) 0.2kg Wheat malt 50g EKG (6.5%) FWH 20g EKG dry hopped Wyeast 1275 (washed from an OB). Beer Alchemy claims 34.7...

Hi All, I'm thinking about doing a Baltic Porter soon. After a bit of searching, I've noticed that a lot of the recipes have lots of specialty malts in them. I usually like to keep things fairly simple so I'm thinking along the following lines: Maris Otter 45% Wey Vienna 45% Wey Caramunich 7%...

Hi All, I've just been watching The Man with the Golden Gun, and in the prologue the midget brings out a tray with the ubiquitous Moet and a bottle of beer. What is the beer? I see in the glass a short time later it is dark, but I don't recognise the label. T.

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Hi All, I was recently given a bottle of the 3 Ravens Oktoberfest, and thought it was great. So I bought a copy of the Vienna book from the BA press. I notice that it doesn't mention using Vienna or Munich malts at all, and talks in terms of using Pils malt with dark crystal or black malt for...

Hi All, Clearing out some space. Like the subject says. Pick up from Preston VIC. Free. PM. T.

So I just broached my first punt of my most recent Saison. Mmm very tasty. At the table with the family for dinner. Pick up the bottle to pour a second glass; slips and smash! Bottle and my dinner plate both shattered. Glass and about 550ml of tasty beer right across the kitchen floor. Naturally...

Hi All I've got a smack pack of the WY Berliner Weisse culture (um, that would be 3191) slowly dying in the fridge. Normally I BIAB, but I can't see a window for that in the near future. I was thinking of doing a goobrau version. I reckon there are two ways to go: start with a wheat kit and...

Hi All, SWMBO gave me a nice selection from 3 Ravens (which is only a few blocks away). Last night I opened the Oktoberfest which we both loved. Now I've read a bit about the style, I'd quite like to brew some, but I don't have a fridge and don't have space for one, so lagers are not really on...

Hi All, I scored a floor corker for corking champagne bottles for my birthday this week. :) I'm just trying to figure out how to work it. It didn't come with any instructions and I can't seem to find any online. It's clear you pop a cork in the top and the first part of pulling the leaver...

Hi All, I'm lining up a dubbel, so last night I cooked up some sugar into a nice deep caramel. In order to balance the amount of coloured malt, I'd like to estimate its colour in EBC. Any hints on how to do this? T.

Has anyone looked at the Karmeliet Tripel pages at Bosteels (google is your friend)? The first recipe in their PDF calls for 3L of Tripel Karmeliet. It had better be damn good food to justify using 3L just for the cooking..... Surely it's a troll. T.