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Just drinking a bottle of Kiuchi Brewery's "Hitachino nest red rice ale", absolutely loved their espresso stout but I'm not sure whether its spoiled or just unusual tasting. Some of the reviews on Rate beer says that it is quite a strange taste, but i'm picking up a fairly strong vegemite smell...

Was researching some beer destinations for a trip I'm planning next year and came across this. Seems its a Sake/Shochu brewery/distillery with a craft brewery attached, that also does BOP... Pity they only deliver in Japan :P

Ok, so I've been offerred some free brewing gear, which will prevent me from having to fork out for the most expensive part of moving into all grain. On offer is a 3-ring gas burner (which I have no other info on other than that it works and easily boils a typical full volume batch) and two...

Back from my trip of Germany/Belgium/the Netherlands and I would strongly reccomend anyone who goes to Bavaria to try the Aecht Shlenterla Rauchbier from the Schlenterla tavern in Bamberg. An old hard timbered pub with a cosy atmosphere dispenses this wonderful smoky brew from wooden barrels...

So I laid down a brew today using left over ingredients from brews past, not strictly sticking to any style but was was aiming for a dark amber coloured ale, with IBUs and OG about right for an American Amber Ale. I punched my data into beer smith and matched it all up and came up with the...

Inspired by this craftbrewer stimulus thingy I've decided to order some new gear. as I'm yet to get into all grain (but doing partials atm and planning to make the move over the next year) I've been thinking about what equipment to order. Deciding its too expensive to buy everything at once...

So I recently recieved via mail order a copy of Brewing classic styles by John Palmer and Jamil Zainasheff. I've read all the chapters on brewing the recipes in the book, and I'm keen to start trying out some of them. I think I've decided to start with the Old Ale recipe in the book, as by...

So I'm planning a trip in July/August to Europe, in which Time I will probably take in Hamburg, Amsterdam, Belgium, Paris, Munich and Berlin. I know the choices of beers to drink, pubs to drink them at and breweries to visit will be practically endless, so I was hoping to hear from a few people...

So I have to right a Christmas list for the missus' families gift registry, everyone gets $50 spent on them. I'm kinda stuck for what to put on the list, so I thought it could be fun to get everyone to post what they think the best brewing gear that can be bought for $50 or less and why...

After reading Batz' Interesting thread on making yeast starters from Wyeast, I would like to try this instead of using the whole package on my next brew. The only thing I'm not clear on is how long will one of these starters keep in the fridge before it is no good? I doubt I will be making 6...

So I was looking to make a witbier as my next brew, my first all extract brew. I downloaded beer smith and worked it out so everything was in the proper range for the style (except for the colour, but I doubt I'll manage to get it pale enough without doing it AG) I was thinking of putting...

I've had my pilsner in the fermenter for two weeks now, and the airlock stopped bubbling a couple of days ago so tonight I gave it a gravity test. All was fine, Except the wort is really cloudy, and has a few particals from the hop pellets floating in it (mainly towards the bottom of the...

Ok, first brew ever almost ready for bottling, I was just wondering, after using a hydrometer to measure the OG, do you dispose of the wort you used to take the reading, or open the fermenter and tip it back in. I was concerned the latter could result in infection, and the former could alter...