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  1. Feldon

    Cooper's "New Style" Fermenters

    Good on you @livo for exploring a problem through direct experience and being willing to share it here for others, newbies in particular, to benefit from. It's in the great traditions of this forum.
  2. Feldon

    What are you listening to

    Speaking of classics (or should have been classics) this Australian band Country Radio might have been up there with CCR if they'd gotten airplay in the US, or gone to California where Poco and Eagles were fusing country and rock with success. They had great vocal harmonies and rich...
  3. Feldon

    Morgans 30 ltr fermenter

    You are travelling a path that most of us have trodden at some time in the past. There’s a couple of things you can do. First, if you are keen to keep using an airlock, you need to smear the O-ring with a tiny smidgen of a food safe lubricant (homebrew shops carry the right stuff). You see, if...
  4. Feldon

    Re-using yeast that's been sitting in trub for almost a week yet tempretures have been high

    “It’s impossible”, said pride. “It’s risky”, said experience. “It’s pointless”, said reason. “Give it a try”, whispered the heart.
  5. Feldon

    What are you listening to

    Meant to post this yesterday on the 48th anniversary of its broadcast. It’s A Long Way To The Top - one of the coolest rock anthems ever, led by the late, great Bon Scott of AC/DC. This performance was broadcast on the show Bandstand from the studios of TCN 9 in Sydney on 21st Feb 1976. An...
  6. Feldon

    Motion Dynamics Mill Motor Wiring

    I remember back in 2010 when you guys first came on this forum asking what we brewers wanted from a mill motor. One of the issues people raised was the need to deal with the occasional small rock that had found its way into the malt. It could jam the rollers in the mill. That was one of the...
  7. Feldon

    Beer excise tax killing off Aussie craft breweries

    A staged reduction in beer tax properly set and administered can lift sales of beer (which have been in decline for years) resulting in an overall net increase in tax revenue for the government, despite the tax per unit volume of beer being less than before. And to conflate tobacco tax with...
  8. Feldon

    Maximum Weevil percentage ?

    Bulk buy!
  9. Feldon

    Beer excise tax killing off Aussie craft breweries

    Talk about BS. No one is claiming that one incremental tax increase in February is sending craft breweries broke. It's the cumulative effect of relentless tax increases over time, AND the punishment of beer drinkers vs. wine drinkers. Independent Brewers Association (IBA) demands liquor tax...
  10. Feldon

    Beer excise tax killing off Aussie craft breweries

    going, going, g...... Much-loved Aussie beer brand Hawkers enters administration after 10 years Nathan Schmidt, News.com, 12 Feb 2024 An Australian beer company has entered into voluntary administration after almost 10 years. A popular Australian beer company has entered voluntary...
  11. Feldon

    Beer excise tax killing off Aussie craft breweries

    Maybe an underworld homebrew resurgence is already underway? Is the sharp rise in the number of stolen kegs a signal that hundreds of thieving newbies have taken up homebrewing? Melbourne's Multitude Of Missing Kegs Will Ziebell, The Crafty Pint, 6 Feb 2024 ...the number of kegs to have gone...
  12. Feldon

    What are you listening to

    On this day in 1986 Dire Straits fifth album ‘Bothers in Arms’ went to No 1 in the UK where it spent 14 weeks (10 weeks consecutively). And here in Australia was at No 1 for 34 weeks. With its success Dire Straits became the first band to sell over one million albums on those new, shiny fangled...
  13. Feldon

    What are you listening to

    ^ Good idea but wouldn't the Internet make answering the questions more a test of who's fastest at searching via Google than a test of knowledge? But I'd like to see your beer/music associations.
  14. Feldon

    Beer excise tax killing off Aussie craft breweries

    Australia has the third highest beer tax in the world. But according to most respondents on this thread high beer tax has nothing to do with craft breweries going bust. It's the wacky beers, piss poor management, rising energy costs, economies of scale of the big brewers, a market correction...
  15. Feldon

    New Member from Warrington UK

    ^ The 1973 TV ad for Courage's "slow brewed" Tankard Bitter brewed in Melbourne and mentioned in the above story. Makes me thirsty. And while Courage tried to make inroads into Australia, Australian beers like Fosters were gaining a big foothold in the UK market as more drinkers moved from...
  16. Feldon

    New Member from Warrington UK

    Yesteryear's pub talk.
  17. Feldon

    Beer excise tax killing off Aussie craft breweries

    And another one bites the dust. Wild Life Brewing in Shepparton, Vic. "a large send off party planned for Saturday February 10th" https://brewsnews.com.au/wild-life-brewing-to-close-in-february/
  18. Feldon

    Beer excise tax killing off Aussie craft breweries

    Australia‘s craft beer system at brink of collapse - as breweries lose battle to multimillion dollar overseas giants by Jack Evans, News.com, 21 Jan 2024 Australia’s once thriving independent brewery scene is at risk of collapse - and there’s a $29 billion reason for it. The start of 2024...
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