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  1. mattcarty

    How Much Should You Pay For A 1999 Coopers Vintage Ale 750ml, Singed.

    Hey folks sorry if this topic has come up before, did a search but couldn't find exactly what I was after. Does anyone know how much a Glenn Cooper autographed 750ml corked bottle of the 1999 Coopers Vintage ale still in its wooden display box would sell for? A mate of mine has asked me to...
  2. mattcarty

    Lobo Royale Cder Recipe?

    Hey guys sorry if this has been posted before, did a search but could not find anything I am not a cider drinker, i actually dislike every cider I have tried except this one! http://www.loboapple.com/LOBO_Royale_cider.html so im pretty keen to do a clone or work out what is so different...
  3. mattcarty

    How Do I Malt Barley?

    So I was talking to the old man last night and we decided to grow enough wheat and/or barley for about 20 kgs of grain on my dads land. so how do we malt the barley? we know all about the type of barley that needs to be grown as malting barley as opposed to feed barley but the malting process...
  4. mattcarty

    Milk Stout In A Keg For 8 Months?

    hey sorry if this is already in the archives, searched but no luck so please answer or point me in the right direction with hot linky goodness when i used to bottle i would do a stout 6-8 months before winter so it was a nice drop by the time the cold kicked in was thinking of doing the same...
  5. mattcarty

    Yorkshire Bitter

    Hi firstly I know im evil, i went to brewcraft and bought a kilkenny clone beer kit, oh the shame! now i hope we can all move on from this controversial event and piece together the fragments of our shattered lives and deal with question at hand. my problem is that the kit came with 1 can...
  6. mattcarty

    Goldings Hops

    Hey I have about 50g of Goldings hops to use and want a recipe to put them in. a mate suggested i do an english ale hower i am about to put on a Kilkenny clone so wouldnt mind something a little different. anyone tried a good recipe using goldings lately they would like to share english ale or...
  7. mattcarty

    Roo Beer?

    hi my old man told me a while ago about beer turning rooey, basically if beer is cooled then allowed to heat back to room temperature too many times, the taste goes a bit off and the beer gives off a slight smell that is similar to the smell of a kangaroo, i never did ask whether that is the...
  8. mattcarty

    Newbie To The Wheat Beer And Loving It

    hey I am only just discovering the joys of wheat beer. I have tried a couple so far the gulf brewery cabin boy half wit, moo brew hefe weizen and tried the Hofbrau Hefe Weizen last night with our kangaroo tortillas. (the bottle-o down the road from the girlfriends place sells a good selection...
  9. mattcarty

    Hops Guide

    hey is there a guide similar to the yeast article on this site that suggests different uses for hops. ie hmmm a coopers real ale can i might try such and such hops with that etc. a rough guide as to what flavours would go well with different types of beer would be a good start for me to...
  10. mattcarty

    Echoes And Stubbies

    Hi Grew up in the country in SA, my old man calls 375ml bottles of beer echoes as do most of his mates so naturally becoming a beer drinker myself i called them echoes as well. moving to adelaide i used the term echoes and people were giving me blank looks. moved to qld and called them echoes...
  11. mattcarty

    Pipsqueak Cider Recipe

    hey went to the wheatty for a few brews yesty, mmmmm wheatty goodness. the other half was thrilled to see the Pipsqueak cider on tap so in a bid to win points i thought i might give it a go, anyone got a recipe to a cider similar to this? cheers carty
  12. mattcarty

    Airlock Activity?

    ok so.... my first fermenter was a coopers fermenter and true to form it didnt seal properly so no airlock action, took SG reading to determine the brews had finished no probs however I have a new fermenter and the airlock works a treat but the bubbling activity is new to me and was just...
  13. mattcarty

    Commercial Beer Seasons Of My Life

    i was thinking the other day about how my favourite beers have changed over time and thought it might be fun to do a history of beer post so here goes started drinking about 1996 brewing my own beer as well as drinking my beer of choice, Coopers Draught, which was rebellion growing up in the...
  14. mattcarty

    Ginger Beer Oucan

    hi i was going through some old bibs and bobs i had layin around the other day and found a coopers draught can and a coopers ginger beer can and a coopers BE1 i was thinking of a ginger flavoured draught by using a toucan brew, is this likely to work at all or do i have the idea of toucans all...
  15. mattcarty

    Recipe Clarification Please For The Confused Newbie

    hi there top of the mornin to ya in the recipeDB there are some awesome beers that I will slowly try one by one. doing K&K brews at the moment, i notice there are a lot of recipes that talk about boiling LME with ingredients such as the Honey Baby that suggests cooking or boiling or whatever...
  16. mattcarty

    World's Greatest Shave

    YO! Just thought I would throw it out there that I am taking part in the Worlds Greatest Shave and will be shaving during march but between now and then I have a goal to raise $500 for the Leukaemia Foundation. You're support would be greatly appreciated. For those that don't know me, most of...
  17. mattcarty

    Finings And Racking, A Newbies Tale Of Rack Exploration

    hey i will start this post in the usual fashion....sorry if this Q has been asked before. I currently have a JSGA in the fermenter, I am thinking I will rack this brew (my first rack :icon_chickcheers: ) and then keg. when should i add finings, before rack, after the rack or in the keg? is it...
  18. mattcarty

    Gas Pockets In My Beer Line

    hi there sorry if this has come up before I did a search but couldnt find any topics that related. being a newbie to all this kegging dealeo I was hoping for a bit of help on a problem im having I am getting gas pockets in the line from my keg to the tap, not a huge deal but it means that at...
  19. mattcarty

    Refill Co2

    hi there sorry if this Q has been posted before im a newbie to the site. I recently was involved in renting a space in the city that was formerly a night club, when we cleaned the area out and got it up to scratch for our venue we discovered an old BOC Food Grade CO2 bottle that was left...
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