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http://freshballs.com/ Oh dear. Cheers - Fermented.

As per the topic, I'm planning a buying trip to China again in Week 2 of 2010. It's subject to confirmation in mid-December. I will be in Shenzhen in the Special Economic Zone, which has a significant impact on purchase prices compared to other regions of China which may or may not have an...

Hi Guys Late last night I laid down a Toucan Stout. Was busy on the phone on business and making dinner and... doing too many things at once. Forgot to add my extras, so it was pitched and sealed as a plain Coopers Stout toucan. I realised my error this morning when it was busy ejecting out of...

'Afternoon! I'm thinking to stuff around with rice as an adjunct. I have a fermenter coming empty this afternoon and want to fill 'er up again, despite the warm day. Worse yet, I'm low on ingredients and the car is in for service so can't make it to the LHBS until tomorrow. I have about 2...

'Evening! I have a couple of bags of hops in my freezer. I know one is EKG and the other is Pilgrim. However, the labels have worn off. Given the large-ish difference in AA% and flavour, let alone Pilgrim really only being good for bittering, I'm keen not to brew an odd tasting batch as a...

Apologies in advance if I'm missing something that's bleeding obvious, but I'm having a spot of bother with BeerSmith for cider making. By default, there is no fruit or juice in the ingredients list(s). Their forums recommend installing an add-on, but it just doesn't seem to come up for me...

Hi Guys! Just need a quick bit of help. I put on an IPA about five days ago. OG = 1062 SG = 1020 now. Ambient has been 20C constantly. Fermenter is showing 22C on the thermo strip. Krausen has gone completely as has condensation. I have been rocking twice or three times daily to avoid it...

'Evening! After a wee break from brewing I'm back into it with an IPA experiment using WLP002. I had wanted WLP007 but it was sold out. So far, it's 24 hours in and has a nice beige foam on top, fermenter is pressure positive (bulging airlock just for you Butters!), and all is well. I've...

'Morning! I recently made a Porter that I wanted to try to push towards a good, deep black colour but seem to have failed. The specialty grains I used were choc (200 g), roast barley (200g) and dark crystal (1000 g) steeped at 70c for 25 mins then strined into the boil. In Beer Smith, it...

Hello! I'm looking for recommendations for a locally (Sydney, NSW) available Scottish Ale. I would like to try a Scottish Light, Heavy or Export or few as I would like to try my hand at brewing one and need to know what kind of flavour profile I am shooting for. Yes, the BJCP guidleines are...

Hello! Potentially stupid question, so [flame suit on]... I've been happily hopping but just chucking the lot into the fermenter after the boil without straining but am getting occasional clogs on bottling and sometimes some hop particulate in the bottles which I would prefer to avoid just for...

'Evening All As we speak, I'm bottling what I hope to be my last can of hopped extract. I grabbed a 28 kg container of Coopers Light Liquid Malt Extract (LLME hereinafter because I'm too lazy to type it time and again) so that I can experiment with hopping schedules. I've had a play with...

Hello! I'm looking for an online EBC colour chart so that I gain a better understanding of the BJCP guidelines. Regrettably, my Google-fu has failed me. Ideally, I'm looking for a PDF that I can print out. Yes, I recognise that without closed loop colour calibration of the system which...

Does anyone know of any recipes loosely based on kits or malt+hops for any beer(s) from the Alsace region of France? I'm trying to convert a mate who hails from Alsace to HB, but naturally enough there's some resistance. A taste of home, I think, will change his mind. Hope to hear from you...

It's true, you can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter. :) I'm looking to roll one in glitter. :D By sheer luck, I picked up a couple of cans of Wanders Munich Lager at the local K-Mart for $0.05 each. Yes, five cents. And no, there's no more left or I would have bought it for cheap...

'Afternoon! I've been reading up on yeast harvesting and slants, etc but don't feel that I have the time for that caper just at the moment. So, I was thinking about going the route of using a cup of slurry from the previous fermentation (i.e. circa 250 ml of the medium thick sludge from the...

'Evening! I just put down my IPA experiment. Here's the recipe: * 1 x Coopers IPA goo * 2 kg light dry malt extract * 23l * S-04 rehydrated 28C 700 ml 35 mins * 26C at pitching Hopped as: * 15g Fuggles @ 30 mins * 15g Fuggles @ 15 mins * 15g EKG @ flameout OG is reading a whopping (ok -...

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24675252-13762,00.html Ahem. Cheers - Fermented.

Hello! I made a honey wheat beer yesterday evening after a few too many single malts and a long day and forgot to hop. Recipe was goo + 0.5 kg dry wheat malt + 1 kg honey to 21l; S-05. OG=1052 (I think... was geschnikert and didn't have my specs on). Pitched @ 22C. Currently sitting at 26C (4C...

'Evening all! Sorry to be asking a question which may have already been asked, but is there a significant difference between the regular, Brewmaster and Premium series cans from Coopers? I have a Leffe Blond clone just about to be bottled and want to do something quick and tasty but don't have...