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Hi, First post here in about 4 years. First brew in about 4 years too :) ... had three kids since the last time I made beer. How things change... Anyway, i just made a brew and pitched my yeast into the primary and then threw in a bag of hops too. As soon as i did that I had a strange feeling...

I gotta say, the Fridgemate really rocks. Very simple to setup and combined with a heatpad, belt, lightbulb in fridge, or whatever heating method you use, it makes brewing so much easier. In Sydney we have just had 2 days of winter weather out of the blue. My brew room (AKA the laundry) dropped...

Hi All, I have a wit beer that has been in the fermenter for about 2 weeks now. I racked it once after primary had finished because I wanted to pitch a new batch onto the yeast. So the first batch in now in second fermenter and has been sitting basically idle for about 6 days. I am about to...

Hi All, I tried to cultivate some White Labs yeast to create a bigger starter and to bottle some for a future brew too but I think I have failed. Heres what i did: 1. boiled 4 cups water in a pot 2. Added 100g LDME 3. Stirred till it came back to the boil (about 2 mins) 4. Put the lid on the...

Hi, I bought some Dark Crystal Specialty grain from my LHBS and I am just trying to run my recipe through a couple of the beer recipe tools to get some analysis. When it comes to adding crystal they have several options of varying color. For example: British crystal 50-60L British crystal...

Hi All, Just wondering if anyone know's where you can buy Lyle's Golden Syrup in Sydney or if not then what else could you use to a similar effect. I'm trying to make a Belgian dark strong ale and the recipe calls for 450g of Lyle's. Thanks, TFM

Hi All, I am about 3 days in to Belgian blonde ferment using White Labs WPL530 Abbey Ale yeast. I had a heat belt around the fermenter using it to keep the brew around about 22-24C. The fermenter also happened to be sitting on a heat pad that I did not turn on. My lovely wife came a long and...

Hi All, I need some advise. I did my first extract brew today and made a bit of a mistake. I was trying for a belgian ale (something like a leffe blonde) but i think i added to much water to the final wort. I in my boil was 4.5 KG of light malt extract and 250g belgian candi sugar along with...

Hi all, I am a noob and have only brewed kits so far. I want to expand my skills and I want to make a belgian style ale (i love leffe) and so am trying to come up with a recipe for something similiar. Heres what I have so far, what do you think? Any comments or suggestions for improvements...