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Guys! I know I promised these pics....oh about 10 months ago?...but here they are finally. For the 100+ members that have joined since I was last on, I use to be a regular here before I quit my life in telco engineering and moved to Ballarat to do a Food Science Degree with Brewing. Life here...

Guys, Beer Awards At last some brewing stuff! I put my name down to be a Volanteer Steward this year and have been given two days work! Our job? Open the beer, pour the beer, serve the beer and clean up afterwards. 850 beers, we is going to be busy. Mind you I got my Stewards Handbook last...

Hi guys! Well after a long absence, I have finally made it back on line. The big move has been completed. Left my old career behind and am now settled in Ballarat with Uni having just started So hello to you all! I won't get to do any brewing courses until 2nd year, but there is still a lot...

Guys, Just wanted to let you all know that I got into UNI today. What does this mean? Well Ive decided to throw in my Telecoms Career and persue the dream of becoming a professional brewer. (Carlton here I come :-)) The Uni of Ballarat run a post-graduate course on Brewing. I know some guys...

Guys, Just curious if it's just homebrew you're all into, or are there other things you like to make from scratch and cut out the commercial producers? Apart from beer, my wife and I also make our own bread (can't remember the last time we bought bread), pickles, jams and ice cream. I also...

Guys, Morgans WEBSITE has this recipe for OLD PECULIER. 1.5kg Morgans Amber Unhopped Extract 1kg Morgans Caramalt Master Blend 1kg Morgans Roasted Black Malt Master Blend 500gm Glucose Powder 30gm Willamette Hops Hops 1 35gm Fuggles Hops - Hops 2 12gm Fuggles Hops - Hops 3 1 sachet...

Guys, Some advice please. I've had a Bavarian lager in my secondary for some time now (ok, well a long time, 3 months), and I tried it the other day and it's just perfect. I left it there for so long as I wasn'ty happy with the flavour. It's paid off, but now I'm a little concerned. If I...

It's in the SMH so it must be true.... Dark Beer

Beware the devils drink Well that worked well....I'l try again

I'm in Sydney helping a friend move this weekend, so we thought we'd pop down the Nags Head (being the 1st Friday of the Month) and see what guest ale they have in. Anyone else thinking of going?

Guys, I was down my HBS this weekedn looking for an easy dark ale to make when the guy there shows me an ESB Fresh Wort kit for Porter! Apparently Matt had made some wort for a client, and for whatever reason things didn't go ahead so he decided to pop it in his 15L bottles and ship it out to...

IF Operating Systems were beer....

Guys, In the UK they have a keg system that is a little different to here. It's a plastic keg that is used for serving English Ales and Bitters where you are looking for low carbonation. It is a heavy duty plastic and the tap is connected to a float inside the keg for drawing beer off the top...

Guys, Our sales rep in WA has just told me the following "PS - big news! Little Creatures Pale Ale will now be on tap at the Australia Hotel at the Rocks in Sydney" Does anyone know if this has happened yet?

There are times I just want to chuck the whole thing in. Three brews on the go.... 1. ESB Pilsner, that despite following the bouncing ball refuses to drop below 1.020. Hate Pilsner anyway! 2. Porter, small batch, nice malty with just the right amount of hops, pity about the sulphuric acid...

Guys, 2 weeks ago I was planning to do two beers over two nights. My experimental batches are usually 10L instead of a full 20L. I bought myself a sachet of SAFALE and did the following procedure. MONDAY Rehydrate yeast for 40Mins in Room Temp Water (about 300ml of water) Add 1 Table spoon of...

Guys, I was down in Melbourne the other day and got given a few bottles of somethin called Empire Lager, apparently its some new offer from CUB thatt due to be released onto the market any day now. I haven't tried it yet, but does anyone know anything behnd the scenes about it?

A perfect night of brewing where everything was going just fine? No boil overs, no last minute "Damn I forgot to buy x), and my yeast starter was bubbling like a trooper. Then poured the wort into my fermenter and shook it up to get lots or airation, swirling it round the bottom. Had I not...

OK, Now I'm really confused! I put one of John Palmers recipes (Victory and CHAOS IPA, pg236) into Strange Brew ( and a few other brew programs) and I'm getting my head all messed up. According to these programs if I put the amount of hops he says should be done, for the length of time he says...

Guys, Thought I'd give a Kolsch a go on the weekend, something a bit different. Anyone got a recipe they can recommend (non-mash, all malt)?