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Hi Jarryn, I think you'd find a TDS meter handy, and also a good investment. They tell you the Total Disolved Solids (TDS) in Parts Per Million (PPM) in your water. This will give you an idea how "minerally" your water is, but it won't tell you which minerals. A use case, if the TDS meter...

Hi Brewers, Market Concentration of the Beer Industry - ABC, Radio National, The Money - Thurs 2024.02.29 Teaser Text: When you next walk into a pub or a bottle shop, you may develop a bigger thirst as you look for an independent craft beer. Australia has one of the most concentrated beer...

I'm curious, anyone know, roughly, what percentage of the final price the retailers, bottle shops, pubs, clubs, etc, are getting on craft beer?

Yep, agree 100%, water profiles are something you worry about when you've got everything else sorted and your "tuning" recipes.

Hi Rfox, Welcome to the forum and congratulations on starting brewing. I hope you find it a rewarding hobby. In general recipes tend to be a summary of the information a brewer needs to make a particular beer, so they usually don't go into every little step. For most brewers this would present...

Hi AJ73, Congratulations on getting back into brewing and commiserations on your best mate passing. For me, it would have been a bittersweet experience cleaning out his shed, I hope the experience is triggering the recall of fond times. Assuming your still at the same level of brewing as you...

Thanks for replying, and good to hear your neighbor is a brewer. I think I know what you mean about facebook, I have zero public social media presence, only ever using it for it's second hand market and eBay an Gumtree have really dropped off. I'll shoot you a PM this weekend.

Thanks, I'll check out the facebook page. Not sure about searching for IBU, probably turn out to be a bitter experience.

G'Day Brewers, I'm in the Kiama Area in NSW, about 30min south of Wollongong, on the Illawarra/South Coast region of NSW and would like to meet up with other brewers for tastings, case swaps, and general brewing discussion, demo days, etc. There doesn't seem to be an "official" club in the...

Perhaps someone nearby has some rice hulls you can have on loan, where are you in NSW?

Great, thanks for the opportunity, I'm in.

Thanks for the suggestion. Looking at the Vogue bin description there is no mention of it being airtight, does anyone know if it is? Airtight is pretty much a necessity for me, to keep the insects out. There is mention of "The clear sliding lid allows for quick access ...". In my opinion a...

Thanks for having a go at getting this going. - Number of units required: 6 - Max price per unit willing to pay: $AU50 - Australian location: Kiama, NSW 2533 - Prepared to pre-pay and wait (Y/N)? Y (as long as I can get a refund if it falls through, ... and nobody runs away with my money :oops:)

I'm in too, and thanks for the opportunity.