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:D Well, I had some spare mayo buckets (what is with this forum now, you can edit a word once you type it?) and ended up making the gear in the photo. It is like a 19-21 L kettle but I am hoping I can use as a mash tun with the help of the fridgemate (to keep the temp stable) And I guess it...

Hi brewers, I did collect the yeast from two Coopers Pale Ale beers about six months ago. (Kept in the fridge in sterile water in one of those newborn feeding bottles- quite small bottles with nice lids and wide necks) Last night I sterilised a 2L glass bottle and poured 100g of LDME in...

Anyway, I opened one of this 500 ml bottles when I finished mowing the lawn today as finally the sun shined after five or six days of rain. Drank it all and did not taste anything wrong with it, but just when I had finished it, I discovered this spot in the bottom of the bottle. -oh my &*^%$ am...

I know this is how beer was flavoured before discovering hops, but are there any big (or small) names still doing it? I have started planting lemon balm in my yard which has a very nice and fine lemony aroma (and I suppose flavour as well) I was wondering if it can be used to add a finishing...

Hello I put down a can with some specialty grain . Pitched the yeast and then remembered I hadn't taken the OG. Did it immediately after that and assume there will be no difference since the yeast wouldn't have done any work yet. is this a correct assumption? On the other hand, Only now I...

Bottled a draught kit yesterday and had about half a bottle leftover in the fermenter so I decided to top it up with some apple-guava juice I had bought in the supermarket. Juice was fresh and says not added sugar or preservatives. Not long after that it was bubbling and then developed some kind...

Got home this evening and found my beer, which was supposed to be chilling at 2C, reading 11C. It was 2C last night before I went to bed. As the fridgemate was showing 11C I thought the fridge had failed. Connected the fridge direct to the wall and started inmediatelly. Then after it was -1C...

Hi all I am quite keen on using my new temp controller so I am planning to use a lager can with some bohemian pilsener yeast I have. I know cascade is an Ale hop so I got left tettnanger and Super alpha. I am thinking either some S-Alpha for bittering plus tettnang for flavour /aroma or use...

I tried this beer last weekend and really liked it. Was at the markets and was surprised the guy that sells german sausages sugested I should buy some "german beer" when I asked if he sold water. I was told it was light beer but only after drinking it I started to read the label and was amaized...

Bottled this two weeks ago. Had opened two bottles and tasted similar to sarsaparilla softdrink. Citronella smell? This did not taste like that on bottling day. Also the two bottles I opened seemed to be overcarbonated. Wonder wether this is an infection or the liquid malt being off. Coopers...

I hear there is a master chef show (channel 10?) which a lot of people watch and participants need to make up recepies and compete in front of the judges.. I wonder how would it be if we had a Master Brewer TV show, It will take at least three weeks for the judges to be able to taste an declare...

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I have been doing a bit of reading and found out that hop plants can be male or female. Female flowers (cones) are what is used for brewing and male plants are only used to pollinate and create new species. But how does this work? does the female flower give seeds after pollination? if so, we...

A few days ago I was cleaning under the house and noticed a bad smell coming from my beer which is conditioning. After some investigation I discovered one of bottle had its bottom came off. There didn't seem to be an explosion, or if there was one, it would have been very small. I am not sure...

I have just gained access to as many pales (white buckets with lid) as I wish. Someone I know works for a food processing company where they trow these away regularly. I was hunting for a cheap fermenter to use for racking from my 25L drum I bought at BIGW These are new and nice but don't have...

Hello everyone, Has anyone had a good experience with the Brigalow kits. I saw they were in special at Coles and picked up two cans (Club Gold) for $2.99 each. I just read the bad reviews about this kit here and was wondering: has anyone had a bit of success with this? I have only done Coopers...

I was given this by someone that works at a food processing company. He brought it home to use it as a sweetener but did not like the taste of it. It is liquid and about the same weight of a beer can. It comes on a nice plastic bottle with a very simple sticker label: "Coopers Brewery X...

Hi All, I just got one of those hydrometer sample jars, which is now saving me a bit of wort compared to the container I was using previously. Last night though I went to take the reading after 6 days in primary with an OG of 1.038. I was surprised to see the reading started at about 1.025 and...

I put a lager kit on Friday. It has been bubbling at about 1 bubble/sec (8mm tube) consistently for the last 48 hours. This is something I notice because some of my previous batches would start at faster rate and then slow down to 2 /min or so. I guess this does have to do with variations in...

Had done four batches (half can each time) and each time changed a bit of something. Not having all the equipment/bottles meant I needed to brew small amounts, but wanted to achieved success before I felt discouraged. Well, in my fist attempt with Coopers Draught, I think I made...