Introduce Yourself.

[Jazman]

welcome shadowseeker hope u learn as lot and dont be afraid to ask questions plus brew some good kiwi style beers and you hubby will love it ..I Had some good beer in NZ not long ago

 

[Frank the Tank]

Greetings all, this is my introduction post. My name is Tony, but I'll use the alias of Frank the Tank as I love the movie 'Old School' and I can relate to the character Frank. If you haven't seen it do yourself a favour as watch it.
Ive been brewing for six or so years now, all beers from kits, most ciders straight from apples. I just did my first full grain mash at GMKs abode yesterday. As I become more proficient in both, using a chat forum, (first time user) and mashing, Ill post more info and links, but for now farewell.

Frank the Tank
'Once it hits your lips, it's so good!'

 

[ryanator]

Hi everyone!
I joined AussieHomeBrewer a few months ago though have only just started posting and thought I had better introduce myself. My name's Ryan and I'm from Bunbury. I've been brewing for a year now and started because I wanted to make something I couldn't buy in the liquor stores. Some of my earlier beers were Toffee Dark Ale, Chocolate Almond Dark Ale, Coffee Stout, Mocha Stout, and even Chocoloate Licorice Stout!
Pretty much just been using supermarket brew stuff for the last year, but am starting to use hops and better quality brewing stuff from the local brew shop (the results are already starting to show!).
I'm still learning about the more advanced things and any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks! :beer:

Ryan.

 

[QldKev]

G'day all

I'm QldKev, from Queensland and my name is xxx, that part should be easy -kev. Married with 2 boyz 12 and 14. Been reading this forum for awhile, but this is my first post. First started homebrewing back in 1988 and done it for quite a few years. Always can kits, and bottled from the fermentor. Nothing intresting; experiments were trying brown sugar, dextrose, etc...

I stopped homebrew about 9 years ago; then in June 2004, I left the corporate IT word in Perth, move to Qld (gotta love the weather here :super: ) - got a 9 to 5 minimal pay job and back to home brewing.

Since June 04 I bottled for 6 months, and then purchased a keg system for my fridge. Sooo much easier. Although I'm still playing with kits/cans. Currently trying my first 2 can mix (2 x Farmland Lager + 0.5kg white sugar). Been looking at the grain mashes but never tried one yet. My taste is a bit different from most people as I don't like dextrose in my can kits as it makes the beer too smooth. I am mainly into the Aust. stlye bitters (Morgans and Beermakers), but don't mind a Draught. Will always try a dark bitter, larger etc.. Tried Tooheys Draught with 0.5kg Light malt and 1.0kg sugar and found it waaay tooo malty. h34r:

Anyway catch you online

Kev

 

[Ross]

Greetings all, this is my introduction post. My name is Tony, but I'll use the alias of Frank the Tank as I love the movie 'Old School' and I can relate to the character Frank. If you haven't seen it do yourself a favour as watch it.
Ive been brewing for six or so years now, all beers from kits, most ciders straight from apples. I just did my first full grain mash at GMKs abode yesterday. As I become more proficient in both, using a chat forum, (first time user) and mashing, Ill post more info and links, but for now farewell.

Frank the Tank
'Once it hits your lips, it's so good!'

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It was good to meet you all on saturday, had a great time... ken, your hospitallity is 2nd to none, THANKS - Hope I get the chance to return the compliment to you & your lovely family, next month in Brizzy...

& welcome to all you other new brewers.... :beer:

 

[colinw]

G'day all, I'm Colin, and live in the southside Brisbane suburb of Kuraby. I'm married with a daughter who turns 4 in August. I work in IT in industrial controls & but moving to railway applications in September. I specialise in embedded realtime systems written in C/C++, assembler and (soon) Ada.

I've been brewing for 4 and a half years, first with kits, then partial mash, and then as a mash brewer for about the last 2 years. I originally started brewing as a result of my wife giving me a Coopers kit setup for my birthday, she got sick of me pointing at the homebrew shop at Slacks Creek and saying "I must have a look in there one day". She had no idea what she was letting loose by doing so! My original 30 litre bucket fermenter is still with me serving as my mash tun, insulated with camping mat foam and fitted with a copper manifold.

My brewing has progressed to consistently good quality ales, mainly English, but I'm not (yet) much of a lager brewer. Current beers on tap are a dry stout which is one of the best I've ever made, and a dark ale. At present I have a very hoppy APA in the fermenter bubbling away slowly with the fridge set to 16C. My next batch will either be a hefeweizen or a de Koninck style Belgian Pale Ale, not sure which yet.

As far as styles go, my preferences are mostly English - Pale Ale, Bitter, Mild, Nut Brown Ale, Porter, Stout, Barley Wine, plus the odd American Pale Ale and a smattering of continental styles, particularly Belgian wit, Belgian pale ale, Bavarian hefeweizen and variants, and the occasional Belgian strong ale. I've also experimented with sour and fruit beers (oud bruin, kriek) and smoked beers using rauchmalz.

I've been a member of a club - Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers (BABB) - since late 2001, and have served on the club committee for the last couple of years. I'm currently the club's newsletter editor. Any brewers who want to receive our newsletter by email please feel free to contact me.

cheers,
Colin

 

[AndrewQLD]

Welcome Colin, good to have new members here with all round experience, keep posting. I would be interested in reading the newsletter so I will email you today.

Cheers Andrew

 

[warrenlw63]

Welcome aboard Colin.

Good to have some more experienced views on board.

Enjoy the ride.

Warren -

 

[TidalPete]

Welcome to AHB Colin I also, am interested in receiving the BABB's newsletter & will give you a mail right now.

 

[Bidtfaun]

Greetings All :chug: ....just found this forum by accident while searching for keg kits.....quite a pleasent accident really, as I am sure this forum will be quite beneficial to my brewing ....I have been doing home brew (just kits at this point) for about 3 years now, mainly focusing on lagers, but am currently doing a pale ale due to a shorter maturation time (I need more patience!). I have to say....I have actually just about had enough of bottling, so will soon be kegging to take the unnecessary painful task of sterilising, priming & capping out of the equation....i must say I am looking forward to that!

Anyways, better go get another..... :burp:!

 

[Tony M]

Welcome Bidtfaun,
I hope you realise that this pleasant accident will change the rest of your life. Before you know it you'll be taking over the kitchen boiling and steeping then the car will go from the garage so you can spend hundreds (and hundreds) of dollars on all grain equipment, then you wont be able to keep your mates away as they queue up for the best beer they have ever tasted.

 

[andreic]

Hi all,

I'm Andrei and live in the northern beaches Sydney. I am now attempting home brew for the 3rd time. My first attempt was in my early 20s after I got a fermenter for my 21st. Did a few brews, but they were crap. Tried again in my mid 20s when I lived at Wollongong for a while. These brews were much improved on my first attempts (replaced the sugar). When I moved I gave my home brew kit to a mate and it floated down the hill after a severe storm and floods in the gong some years ago. Well, I finally have space at home, so now in my mid 30s I'm back into it. I am married with 2 young boys of 4 and 2 (the oldest helps me mix my brews).

I am looking to improve my brews and in the search for more information came across this site. I'm still doing kit brews and am looking to improve these with some new techniques that I have discovered at sites such as this one (such as racking into secondary, bulk priming, and some additional ingredients). I am aiming to progress from kit brews soon... kegging sounds good... this site could be a bad influence on me...

cheers

 

[Jazzafish]

Hi Everyone,

I am a live and studio sound engineer working and sometimes touring with up and coming rock/hard rock/ bands. I also do a bit of cinema projection and teaching.

I am also a keen brewer that has just kicked off again.

I started brewing when I was 18 to get my mates shattered...and me too. Basically cheep kit beer, full of confidence and no clue in what I was doing! Just did what the can said! I was soon sick of cleaning bottles and lack of quality. Brewing was put on a shelf

Now 23, I have made a comeback. More interested in making a good drop. I have recently added a keg system and I'm loving it. I mostly brew extracts with added hopps and seeped grain...Looking at moving into all grain beer beer in the near future.

I love dry lagers, pale ales, and german darks. Sometime even good ginger beer.

Cheers,
Jarrad

 

[Fingerlickin_B]

Ok my turn I suppose

My name is Blake and I live in Canberra.

First brewed for a while maybe 11 years ago, been back into it for perhaps the last 7-8 months...maybe longer, my grasp of time isn't that good :chug:

I mainly just use kits due to laziness and lack of time/money/etc. although I do like to test some "Woolworths specials" (experimental combos using non-HB ingredients off the supermarket shelf) from time to time...had some surprising ones too!

Buying four 19L kegs this week (won't be enough, but hey)...sick of bottles...you can see four cases in my avatar alone...and that isn't even where I usually store them!

As for the "personal" bit, I have one 8yo son, into pyrotechnics, gunsmithing, I build/modify cars, BMX bikes, scratch-specific DJ gear (do online tutorials from time-to-time), play music (major cancer benefit gig coming up at ANU next month for anyone who can handle annoying Aussie rappers (no, me no rap, me cut wax) and tinker with just about anything that tickles my fancy...these are just a few of the driving influences in my life right now...I gain new interests all the time (not good---it's expensive being me :lol: ).

Oh and BTW, this forum is great...I only found it last week and it's answering so many questions for me...seems like a great online community here

PZ.

 

[user 1153]

Hi All,

As the name says, I am Troy

I live in Canberra and have just gotten into Home Brewing in the last 2 months in a big way.

Double fermenters pumping with a brew being bottled on average every week. I'm running out of King Browns really fast and scouring recycling bins to keep up lol.

Kegs are on the way from that dude in the states. (Man this site has given me heaps of tips).

One day I'll get into the mash side of things even

Keep drinking !!!

 

[AndrewQLD]

Good to see all the new commers, Troywhite and Fingerlickin_B keep posting and welcome to the group.

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Fingerlickin_B]

Thanks man, always nice to be welcomed by an established member :beer:

PZ.

 

[archimedes24]

Hello All,

I go by archimedes, don't worry though, I'm no Greek mathematician.

Just brewed my first homebrew using a Cooper's kit. I've made a plethora of rookie mistakes (full "brew diary" entry below), and have spent a lot of time doing research before I try my second batch. I've still got a week to go before I can crack the first bottle (PET?!? Good grief...I know, all you brewmeister's are shivering in disgust).

Anyway, looking forward to learning a lot more about home brewing, and will be asking for lots of advice and tips (once I read a lot more of the basics and chapter one of HOW TO BREW).

As promised, here's my first brew entry... try not to laugh.

Date started: 31 July 05
Kit used: Cascade Pale Ale(shunned the can that came w/ the Cooper's brew kit, cheeky, I know)
Yeast used: As provided w/ kit
Activate the yeast prior? NO, just dumped the lot in.
Date bottled: 7 Aug 05

Notes:
1) Didn't use COLD water to cool wort before adding yeast. Hence, wort spent probably 4-6 hours cooling on kitchen counter. :excl: OOPS
2) Added yeast when wort still @ ~28C. :excl: OOPS
3) Room temp was b/twn 16-19C, so I bought a warming band. Installed roughly 2-3 days after sealing fermenter. Temp then skyrockets to 28C. :excl: Damned thing's not adjustable. Stays @ 28C for remainder of fermentation.
4) Didn't measure alcohol content at beginning of fermentation, only after ~4 days. Next meaurement was ~2-3 days later, when I decided to bottle (~1006) I think. :excl:
5) After bottling, kept brew near heater, but covered. (My rental apartment is pretty cold!)
6) 12 Aug, inspection of bottle finds what appears to be "strands" of sediment rising from the bottom when bottle is gently turned. ("As the bottle turns...."???) Worried about infection.
7) 13 Aug, move bottles to storage closet under stairs. One week left! Hope it's drinkable!

Anyway, I'm sure everyone here made a few mistakes along the way. I know I've made a bunch. But, I aim to do better next time!

Wish me luck.

A

 

[johnno]

Just went through the thread and realised I have not said g'day and welcome to anyone since May.
So welcome to everboby that has jouned since then. :beerbang:

johnno

 

[Fingerlickin_B]

Notes:
1) Didn't use COLD water to cool wort before adding yeast. Hence, wort spent probably 4-6 hours cooling on kitchen counter. OOPS
2) Added yeast when wort still @ ~28C. OOPS
3) Room temp was b/twn 16-19C, so I bought a warming band. Installed roughly 2-3 days after sealing fermenter. Temp then skyrockets to 28C. Damned thing's not adjustable. Stays @ 28C for remainder of fermentation.
4) Didn't measure alcohol content at beginning of fermentation, only after ~4 days. Next meaurement was ~2-3 days later, when I decided to bottle (~1006) I think.
5) After bottling, kept brew near heater, but covered. (My rental apartment is pretty cold!)
6) 12 Aug, inspection of bottle finds what appears to be "strands" of sediment rising from the bottom when bottle is gently turned. ("As the bottle turns...."???) Worried about infection.
7) 13 Aug, move bottles to storage closet under stairs. One week left! Hope it's drinkable!

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You kept the lid on while it was cooling yeah?

It'll still get you pissed and you'll have a more pleasant hangover than if you drank VB all night :beerbang:

All I'd be worried about would be odd flavour from pitching the yeast and brewing at such a high temp...after a few days you'll think it tastes better anyway...I know I do even when I do that

Oh and thanks for the welcome johnno :beer:

PZ.