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People, I'm in the process of moving house, and unfortunately for me, that means giving up my old beer fridge. I've been using it as a conditioning fridge of late, as it quite happily fits 2 cubes in it, or you can store a couple of kegs in it to. It's a bit dirty, but it works well. I'm not...

Hi gang, I'm planning on doing a split batch for my next brew, and I bought the little bottle of Proculture liquid yeast to go with it. I obviously need to split the yeast between the 2 brews, and I'm just wondering whats the best way to do this?? I'm thinking I can either pour it in and guess...

Hi guys, My brother works for a company that builds custom coolrooms, and they're getting rid of a bunch of coolroom panel off cuts, so he called me to see if I wanted anything made from it for my brewing (so thoughtful :P), so he's going to build me a nice little box for a party keg, but it...

Hi! So I'm thinking of going down the more portable keg route, and I'm keen on those stumpy looking 12L kegs, and grabbing an esky to fill with ice. Has anyone done this and know of a good/perfect sized esky for them? Those kegs are pretty expensive, and I don't want to buy one if I cant do it...

Gang, After nearly 10 extract brews, I think I'm ready to move to partials. I have an extract recipe that I'm a bit of a fan of, consisting mostly of dry amber malt, and I'm just wondering how you choose what grain and what quantity to use?? Like, how much grain to replace how much DME, and...

I scored a cheap 2nd hand fridge for fermenting that stores 2 fermenters. Cool. The problem is, the fridge doesn't cool too well (doesn't drop below 7 degrees), which is fine for fermenting, but not for cold conditioning. So I have another fridge that I can cold condition in, but only one...

I thought I was over my "newbie panic", but this is a bit concerning :P I put down my first attempt at a Christmoose Ale with a couple of tweaks. Smells awesome. Anyhow. My OG was 1.050 and I rehydrated and pitched the T-58 and had it set to around 21 degrees. It started fermenting the next day...

This might be old news, but I just found out about this. ---->8---- Join Master Brewer Dr Chuck Hahn and WA Craft Beer Specialist George Stupart for a beer at The Adelphi Bar below The Hilton. 14th of October 5:15pm-6:15pm. Free. Ales and Tales, Dinner with Dr Chuck Hahn. $85 per guest...

Hi, So I have a new fermenting fridge that gives me room to fit 2 fermenters (rejoice!) and I'm about to put down another brew, so I figured while I do this one, I'll do something else simple, and the choice was to give cider ago because it seems really simple. With SWMBO being the consumer...

I have a brew currently keg conditioning and another fermenting. In the mean time, I'm trying to think up what to do next. So far I've been doing straight up extract brews with single hops. As a result, here are some questions: 1. I'd like to get started on the grain side of things, and as far...

Hi guys, On the day before yesterday, I put my newly filled keg in the fridge to condition. I knew my CO2 was low, but I didn't actually know how much it'd use to condition a keg, so I went with it. Last night I noticed I was out :/ Is this going to cause a problem? I can't get a refill until...

So I recently picked up a 30L Birko that I'll be using for my next brew (Extract). When the boil has fininshed, I know I need to aerate the wort, and I figured a good way to do this was just from the tap on the urn into the fermenter (via a strainer). Apart from being a little higher than where...

Hi! So I'm gearing up for brew number 3 and an excuse to give my newly acquired 30L birko a run (Thanks sinkas :D). What I've been doing so far is single hop ales to try and get a feel for them. First up was an Amarillo ale which was pretty awesome and I'm about to bottle a similar one with...

Just a quick question. I went to my LHBS to get the goods for my 2nd batch, and found myself leaving with Dry Malt Extract. Basically I was after 1.5kg of LME and 1.5g of Wheat extract and left with 1kg of dry light, and 1kg of wheat. Is that enough or do I need something else to fatten it out...

Howdy, So I decided to check on my beer today, and it seems to be going ok. Well, from what I can tell, but I don't really know because it's my first :P So a have a couple of noob/paranoia questions :P I put my brew down on Sunday with an OG of 1041 I know I've read somewhere about what to...

So today I did my brew using this recipe. Everything seemed to go pretty well. Took almost forever for the bloody wort to cool down though! My OG came out at 1041, which according to my book is a bit low. The book suggests I should get around 1048. Did I do something wrong or is that ok...

So I have all the bits in I need and I'm ready to go. Picked up my tempmate today and I love it! I have it running in my empty chest freezer with a heat belt just to give it a test run, and it's going great. Anyway. I had an idea of what I wanted to make in mind, went to get my kit from LHBS...

Hi, I'm planning on my first brew this Sunday, and I think I've got everything figured out, except for the best way to dry hop in my situation. My plan goes like this: Primary fermenter for around 2 weeks Rack to keg <- condition for 2 weeks (I'm going away for that time so it works out pretty...

Hi guys, I've been planning on getting myself into brewing for AGES now, but finances haven't really let me, but now the tax man has been nice to me, I'm going to go all out and grab what I need to get started. In the meantime, I've been doing heaps of reading (forums and a couple of books I...

Heyas, Is it possible to buy Grolsch in the swing top bottles in WA? If so, please tell me where :P I have a friend who's interested in using them for home brew, and doesn't mind drinking the beer first, but I don't recall ever seeing them. Thanks!