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Thanks KHB. Kingy, got everything from ebay, various vendors... gotta love it and yes, it does have the semi circle cutaway but doesn't really get too close to the tower

Hi all, Just throwing some images of my new toy into the mix.. started out with a cheap little chest freezer. And then started having fun with a new thermostat, some black paint, towers.. you know.. usual stuff. Added a cheap digital thermometer display and have a bitter and a stout in...

FINGERS!!! Apparently no.. you're not weird. Let me rephrase that. In amongst THIS crowd.. you're not weird. Anywhere else and well, guess it's open for debate. And as a fellow noob.. um.. I actually understand what you're saying. I've started using the loo at the other end of the house...

My first home brew kit from KMart.. and to all those who spurn the name.. Brigalow.. I tasted the beer just before bulk priming and bottling.. alongside with a warm flat VB as the man in the homebrew store recommended. No comparison. The VB was vile. I could have kept drinking the homebrew...

WooHoo.. well done. I tasted my first bottle from my very first homebrew on the weekend. At least you've had experience 10 years ago, if my understanding is correct.

Thanks Gavo. Obsession huh.. so I've got one batch bottled, another batch still in the first fermenter and I'm thinking of going and getting another Coopers blend this afternoon to start another batch tonight after I've transferred the batch in the first fermenter into the second one..

Hi All, Ok.. newbie here just bottled his first batch of beer. I transferred to a second fermenter two weeks ago and today I bulk primed as per instructions on this website, thankyou very much, and then spent less than an hour filling 68 stubby bottles and capping, again thankyou for the advice...

Hi All, A few of you have met, (in the internet sense), me already. I live in The Basin, Melbourne with my darling soon-to-be-wife, even though she rolls her eyes when I call her the "handbrake". She hasn't threatened to leave me yet, but dear God, if she heads to her mother's, St George...

9pm and still warm enough to enjoy a few more. :)

Oh, keep up flattop.. 4 VBs and counting... yes, blardy CUB VB.. but my first brew isn't ready yet. Checked the gravity tonight and it's getting closer .. just under 1010

I'm in The Basin, jeddog.. lovely. 37deg on the flat.. and 31 up here in the hills. Love it. Downstairs bedroom, (mine and the Handbrake's) is 24deg. No dramas sleeping tonight. reVox. I'm a camping and 4wd lover.. so I get an Aussie 4wd mag with a certain legend of a fellow, Roothy, (who loves...

The Handbrake isn't home yet. Might have another couple :))

No idea of the weather in the rest of the country, but to those in Melbourne.. how good was that first sip in this weather. Don't get me wrong, I love the heat, but one of the side benefits is how good a cold beer tastes after work on a hot day. Hallaleujah!!!!! AMEN Brother!!! :D B) ;)

He did point out the Coopers bottle lollies :) Is it true you can just use white sugar for priming? I think I read something earlier. Thanks for all the opinions and advice.

Wow.. thanks all. Really impressed with the level of replies. Now I visited my local HB store. He imparted several pieces of advice, as I'm sure he does lots to newbies like myself. 1. Don't bulk prime. 2. Racking is not necessary, especially with kit brews. 3. CUB are cr*p. Brigalow not much...

Ach.. I let her read what I wrote. She's good value and had a laugh at my "typical wife" comments. Nope, I read the link that gavo wrote and am even more sure that bulk is the way to go

I'm 38 and just getting into it.. have had years of beer drinking experience though :) Still a smoker though. Mind you, I saw the same ads Pollux did and if I had a kid, I'd probably do the same.

Ha ha.. thanks boingk and pollux. Great reads. Actually made me laugh.. I have been a VB man for a long time. I've seen the VB formula.. and think brewing my own hops is a long way away.. oh and thanks for the vote of confidence boingk. I just checked the gravity of it, and noticed it's...

What she doesn't know brad, won't hurt me!!! Ixnay on the egeratorixK....

that's what I read buttersd70. Thanks to you and Gavo. Now the idea is I stir it into the brew and bottle within an hour.. yeah?