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Hey all, keen for a go at a cider and would love some feed back. I've got access to an apple tree which has green apples, and I've been told they don't have as much sugar as the red ones so I may need to add some sweet stuff. Green apple juice about 20lWine or champagne yeast?100 or 200g LDME...

Hey all, just a query about mouth feel and body. I put down this... 1.5kg coopers liquid wheat 1kg light malt 25g saaz hops @ 60min dry weizen yeast 18 litres 20 degrees After only two weeks in the bottle it tastes pretty bloody good, apart from the mouth feel which is a bit watery/light...

Hey all, looking at doing my first wheat beer for a bit of a change... 1.5kg coopers LME 1kg DME 25g Saaz @ 60min Dry Weizen Yeast 20 litres Not sure about boil, maybe 6 litres, pretty new to this still. Will I have enough fermentables? Any help or suggestions would be great. Cheers, Hazz

Hey all, gonna try to bulk prime for the first time i think i've got it under control. Was just wondering what is the best sugar to use? Been using carb drops till now. Any tips or tricks would be awesome. Cheers, Hazz

G'day all, putting on a brew along these lines, something like a wheat beer, 2.5kg wheat malt 0.7kg ldme 15g P of R @ 60 min 10g saaz @ 5 min irish moss @ 15 min Wyeast w3638 Will be my first extract brew so am not sure about the volume needed for the boil, and how much of my malts need...

Hey all, I have my German sister in law coming over in a few months and she is requesting a wheat beer. I haven't done any extract brews yet and I reckon this will be the first, so if anyone's got an awesome recipe that would be great. Hopefully she won't be disappointed. Cheers, Hazz

Hey all, just wondering what hop would give a nice 'grassy' type flavour/aroma? Something along the lines of the sundowner ale, if that's what it's called, but with a bit more power. Cheers, Hazz

Hey all, am struggling to keep a decent temp with my brews at the moment, using a us-05 yeast and it's sitting on about 16 degrees in the fridge. What effect could this have on the brew? Hazz

Hey all, had a bottle explode the other day after brewing out to about 1004 from 1040, k and k lager, saflager s-23. Thing is it had been conditioning for about 2 months, then in the fridge for 3 months before I took it out as we were moving the fridge. Within a few hours it had exploded all...

Hey all, got a U Brew It opening in our area soon, just wondering what everyone thinks of it, those who have one anyway. Worth a look? Sounds too good to be true. Hazz

Hey all, just wanting to know how to re-use yeast from the fermenter or bottle. Any help would be awesome. Cheers, Hazz

Hey all, I put down this brew, Coopers Canadian Blonde 1kg wheat malt 500g ldme 200g crystal amarillo @ 20 and 0 mins us-05 yeast it seems to be on the extreme end of bitter, any reason why? I didn't think it wound turn out this way, being new at the whole boiling hops thing I wasn't sure if...

G'day all, got a bit of stuff lying around and thought this could be alright... 1 can coopers IPA 500g ldme 800g wheat malt extract 200g crystal 20g amarillo @ 15 mins 20g amarillo @ 0 mins us-05 yeast Any thoughts? Was going to use 1.5kg of ldme and 200g of wheat but thought it might be too...

Hey all, I'm going to use some calico cloth to boil my crystal in so I don't need to strain or need another pot. What's the best way to clean after use? Not sure about what detergents could possibly affect my brew the next time round. Thanks, Hazz

Hey all, do you need to boil your grain first then boil your hops or can you chuck the hops in at the start of the grain boil? I'm just doing kits with bits at the moment, about 200g of crystal, 20 min hop boil. Cheers, Hazz

Hey all, I've had a brew on for 14 days now, coopers canadian blonde with a bit of crystal, 1kg of wheat extract and 500g of ldme, start og was 1050, it's now down to 1014. Still seems to be going, is this the usual for this yeast, i havent used it before. Sitting at 20 degrees. I've got...

Hey all, am thinking about doing a choc porter and want some advice on what i've got so far... Cascade Porter Can 1.7kg 1kg of Liquid Choc Malt 1kg Pale Malt Extract 200 grams Dark Chocloate Fuggles Hops Not sure on yeast, us-04 maybe? What do y'all think? Not sure about adding the...

Hey all, just wondering if anyone out there has a decent k&k recipe for a little creatures bright ale? Tried a few ideas with cascade and saaz hops, along with a bit of wheat malt and LDME, so far no good, any help would be awesome. Cheers, Hazz

G'day all, just wondering if anyone out there has a good wheat beer recipe for k&k or extract. Love the hefe's so might give it a go. Cheers, Hazz

Hey all, just wondering how you guys and gals gas your kegs, I've been cranking co2 up to 300kpa and rocking them back and forward. Any other suggestions or links? Also does anyone use sugar instead of co2? Cheers Hazz