Introduce Yourself.

[Ales_Away]

Hi all,

Found this site a few weeks ago, just after doing my 4th K&K brew. Wish I had found it earlier, I now know where I've been going wrong!!
I started doing homebrewing in August this year. So far I have only done 4 K&K brews and yesterday, with a lot of help from this site and IanH's spreadsheet, I put down my first extract brew.

I haven't had much luck with the K&K brews, but the extract brew looks very promising.

Looking forward to make more delicious brews!

Cheers guys.

 

[fitnessfan]

Hey all I'm new to the forum from Adelaide. I've just started brewing, i've bottled a batch of lager and have an english bitter in the fermenter with a bit of golden syrup for a bit of fun. I think i'd be a better personal trainer without all the beer but hey, it's too good to go without .

A big thanks to everyone that has contributed to this site, extremely interesting and valuable information floating around here. I'd be brewing according to the cans if it weren't for this site and i look forward to adding more complexity to my future brews.

Cheers guys

 

[brouehaha]

[Hi, my name's Jeff and I hail from the U.S. and agree with this quote:


Part of what I like about brewing is hanging out on forums. I give my opinion when it's not called for and offer advice when I have no idea. And no-one knows who I am.

I have said too much... h34r:
[/quote]

I hang out on the www.homebrewtalk.com site and lurk and gather info for my first brew. Am a N-O-O-B-I-E for now. Glad I found your great site!

 

[fleshy]

Howdy all

I'm from Darwin NT, and last weekend just put down my 35th AG brew (a cause for much celebration, revelry and drinking.. as 1 through 34). I've been lurking around the forums for quiet some time, learning and applying heaps of knowledge to the art of brewing. Usually not one for communicating on forums, I thought it was about time for a change and have say.

Started AG brewing in late 2007, mostly Hefe's at the time, but have since broadened into many styles and have developed a few must have regular brews including a Porter, IPA and a Hefe Dunkel. Every brew so far has be an awesome experience from mashing through to drinking, except for a rather evil stout that shall not be named.

I'd be interested in catching up with other brewers in NT for trades, yarns or perhaps bulk grain orders, its costs crap loads to get grain up here :unsure:

Cheers, fleshy

 

[BristleBeard]

Hello all,

I have been reading these forums for a while now and I have been hombrewing since May this year and just thought I should mention how helpful these forums are - I am reading 'Complete Joy of Homebrewing' and 'Homebrewing for Dummies' but find that the forums here are great for checking up on hombrewing in practice, making sure Papazian is not just taking the piss. I just got back from Bitter and Twisted and had a blast. It was good to see I was not alone in the search for good beer.

I am basically a n00b to homebrewing and I am up to my forth batch of beer. My biggest problem is finding a beer I like. Had a bit of a love affair with Matilda Bay Alpha Pale Ale at B&T - got the first glass for free thanks to a photographer which was awesome, but was blown away with that intense hop flavour. Right now I am smashing a bottle of Maxwell Honey mead which I have always wanted to try (Hope to brew some mead at some point using BrewerPete's recipe) So yeah, I am a bit of a beer/wine whore but I feel I spend more time reading about beer and deciding what to make. I like most beers - I am not here to criticise personal tastes - All beer is good.

So far I have made 2 pilsener's and a summer wheat beer. The summer wheat (Told it was Hoegaarden clone but this one mutated) goes down nicely - the guys could smell the bananna aromas instantly but did'nt seem to like it as much as I do. I was told by a friend to find a beer that I like because I obviously cant decide on what to make. First was a Coopers brewmaster Pilsener Kit and this next one is the basic Coopers Draught beer kit which I am keen to improve with extra hops and maybe some crystal malt, I don't know. If anybody has some suggestions for this next 'Supermarket' brew let me know by PM or through here.

Thanks

 

[Stove]

Hi everyone,
Just a quick reply here- as technically I am at work
I used to brew tons back in the 80's-90's in NZ (I'm another of the kiwi invasion force taking over Aussie), but stopped to have a business and family and ****.
But my daughters (lovely girls that they are) bought me a Coopers starter kits from the Big W for Father's day this year and I haven't looked back.
Brewed 4-5 so far and biggest problems to date are:
1) keeping the stuff long enough to mature enough. Need to get a few brews ahead
2) Keeping my cool- Hell, Rotorua was perfect for brewing, even in summer. Brisbane is a bitch- even in winter it's too warm. Time to look for an old fridge/freezer or two (one for kegging one for brewing)
3) Information overload from the forums Ask any question and you can get 12 different opinions as answers, and 11 of them will be fine to go with.

My next project (tonight hopefully) will be the Brewcraft WitBier kit (imitation Hoegaarden apparently). Depends if i can find some fruit to use (mandarin or orange zest is a must I reckon)

 

[Mantis]

Howdy all and happy brewing :icon_chickcheers:

 

[Bribie G]

It's amazing the amount of experience and length of time many so-called noobies often have. Welcome to the forum.

Also welcome to any new USA members. The thing about Australia is that, although it's about the size of the USA we are a lot more concentrated into a few cities than you are, we basically have 3 cities the size of Philadelphia greater Metro and a couple maybe the size of greater Pittsburgh surrounded by a very sparse sprinkling of small cities, mostly up the East Coast. So a lot of forum members are concentrated in compact areas and able to get together for brew days, club meetings and competitions. So if you move here you will eventually get a circle of real human friends you can put a name and face to. So then we'll know who you are :lol: :icon_cheers: :icon_cheers:

 

[Mantis]

And could at least one of you move to Horsham. I am lonely

 

[alowen474]

QUOTE (Ester Trub @ Oct 5 2009, 11:01 PM)
Steel Panthers sound better to me.

Pretty sure that sounds better to everyone.

Wouldn't they be the pant steelers?

 

[Glenn Hargreaves]

G'Day all,
My name is Glenn i am the brewer at Hargreaves Hill Brewery in Beautiful Victoria. I have been looking at this site for quite a while ( usually once a month or so) as it can be good to see and hear what is happening and what people think things about various brewing topics.

Cheers

 

[RobW]

G'day Glenn, welcome to the forum.
Good to see you up and running after the fires.

 

[Glenn Hargreaves]

Thanks Rob,

It

 

[Glenn Hargreaves]

Thanks Rob
It is definately more fun brewing in your own brewery instead of driving aroung using other peoples equipment

 

[Xr6tblue]

Evening people, My name is Glen and i live in good old tassie. I have recently started brewing again(kit brews) as i have a kiddie on the way and thought if i stock up now it might be a good way to save a few coin in the future when SWMBO stops working. Anyway, after doing a few brews i remembered why i stopped doing it in the first place, washing bottles. I am now using the coopers PET bottles as all the glass bottles i had are now gone. The brew shop that i go to has recently got in some keg kits, so with a bit of convincing to the wife i am now going to start kegging and do away with most of the bottles.

Most things about kegging i have been reading on this site but i'm sure i will run into some issues when the time comes to start, will deal with them later.

One question i do have at the moment is about cubes, if i'm thinking right from what i have found through searches cubes can be used to store a brew until i am ready to bottle/keg it. Am i right or wrong? If i'm right can i use this method for kit brews as i am not in a position yet ( although i would like to start) to start bre4wing from scratch.

Anywho i will keep reading through some posst as it is giving me some great ideas and motovation to keep brewing and improve my man room downstairs, as the wife calls it.

Bottoms up
Glen

 

[Cocko]

And could at least one of you move to Horsham. I am lonely

No.

 

[Barry]

Welcome Glen, the madness has just began.

 

[schooey]

Evening people, My name is Glen and i live in good old tassie. I have recently started brewing again(kit brews) as i have a kiddie on the way and thought if i stock up now it might be a good way to save a few coin in the future when SWMBO stops working. Anyway, after doing a few brews i remembered why i stopped doing it in the first place, washing bottles. I am now using the coopers PET bottles as all the glass bottles i had are now gone. The brew shop that i go to has recently got in some keg kits, so with a bit of convincing to the wife i am now going to start kegging and do away with most of the bottles.

Most things about kegging i have been reading on this site but i'm sure i will run into some issues when the time comes to start, will deal with them later.

One question i do have at the moment is about cubes, if i'm thinking right from what i have found through searches cubes can be used to store a brew until i am ready to bottle/keg it. Am i right or wrong? If i'm right can i use this method for kit brews as i am not in a position yet ( although i would like to start) to start bre4wing from scratch.

Anywho i will keep reading through some posst as it is giving me some great ideas and motovation to keep brewing and improve my man room downstairs, as the wife calls it.

Bottoms up
Glen

Hi Glen,

First welcome to this great big bucket of knowledge that is AHB, and second congrats on your soon to be new arrival. The cube reference you have read about all over the site, and the storage of them, relates to brewers that are brewing all grain or partials and who are boiling the whole batch and then running that hot wort into a cube at a temperature high enough to pasteurise the cube. This allows unfermented wort to be kept until the brewer is ready to ferment it. If you are only brewing kits & bits, then using cubes isn't really going to work, unless you are going to boil the whole batch for 10 mins + and then run it into a cube, although I'm not sure if this may play havoc with the kit formulations and bitterness etc... (I'll let someone with way more kit experence address that though... )

If you plan on fermenting and storing, that is easy enough to do in a keg. Just ferment, keg and add dextrose like you normally would for bottling and sit it away to carbonate and condition. Warning though, this is a good way to start collecting way too many kegs.....

Cheers,

Schooey

 

[Xr6tblue]

Warning though, this is a good way to start collecting way too many kegs.....

Cheers,

Schooey

And the problem is?????

Well the new/old fridge has been brought aswell as 2 newish 19L kegs with all the bits and pieces.

Now i just happen to have a cider that is very close to going in to bottles but has just been sitting there waiting for me to do it. So can i just put this in the keg instead and force carb it? If so i best be going out and getting me some co2. :icon_cheers:

Glen

 

[dj1984]

Yes you can put cider in a keg and force carb.

So grab your self some co2 and start kegging.

Cheers
DJ

 

[Xr6tblue]

Done, just cleaning my gear and drilling holes in the fridge. Anyone know were i could get a check valve from, 5mm i think, Bunnings maybe.

Enough of this chitchat i better get busy.

Thanks guys for the answers so far and i'm sure i will have more as i go along.

:icon_cheers:
Glen

P.S does it matter what hose i buy incase i need some more in a hurry????

 

[tele29]

Hi everyone. My name's Patrick and I just started brewing using the BIAB method. I am about to bottle my first batch and I am brewing another on this weekend. I live in Auckland, NZ.

Cheers!

 

[Synthetase]

I guess I should probably introduce myself then.

My name is Dave and I'm a scientist (microbiology) from Melbourne. I make mead, beer and cider because it tastes great and is microbiology at home!

I've almost finished getting the gear together to (finally!) make the jump to all-grain and am really looking forward to getting stuck into a bit of brewing biochemistry.

 

[chappo1970]

Welcome to AHB Tele29 and Synthetase (sounds like some funky microbe)

Glad you could join us. All here are pretty friendly and willing to help with any questions you may have just be prepared for numerous opinions and points of view. Always try to search the forum first but if in doubt just post your question and ignore the cries of "Search the database".

If in doubt still, just ask me as I'm ALWAYS right and everyone else are brew-tards.

Happy brewing

Chappo

 

[Synthetase]

Welcome to AHB Tele29 and Synthetase (sounds like some funky microbe)

It does

It's actually a class of enzymes that will only synthesise their end products with the help of ATP.

 

[beastienose]

Hi All! I am Wai and I'm in Townsville Queensland.

Just about to get into the microbrewery business here by buying Brew By U. Don't really know that much about the business apart from the little that I have read on these forums, and going there to the microbrewery and making tasty cheap preservative free beer! Looking forward to getting business working, with your help hopefully

Can't wait to ask heaps of questions!

 

[Bribie G]

Hi All! I am Wai and I'm in Townsville Queensland.

Just about to get into the microbrewery business here by buying Brew By U. Don't really know that much about the business apart from the little that I have read on these forums, and going there to the microbrewery and making tasty cheap preservative free beer! Looking forward to getting business working, with your help hopefully

Can't wait to ask heaps of questions!

Now that's what I call a learning curve! Temperature control is half the battle, especially in Townsville and coming into the summer, so your operation should be attractive to beginning home brewers who would be seriously struggling to make a decent drop at home at the moment without investing in fridges, temp mates etc etc.

Welcome to the forum, although if posting specifically to promote your business you might want to put any posts in the Retailers section. However many HB retailers and microbrewery operators are members of this forum and posting about brewing in general is perfectly fine

Hope none of your brews turn out with a Beasty Nose :lol:

 

[jasonmac]

Hey there,

I'm a Sydney Inner Wester. I only have a handful of brews with my Coopers kit under my belt but busy reading and enjoying this site a ton. Currently fermenting in my garage which is a constant temp but a little warm during summer so looking for a fridge as a next step.

I've been divorced for a couple of years, so there's no WAF for any of my hobbies

Hoping to meet some Sydney brewers soon.

Enjoy your boxing day...brew and cricket Christmas day is for the kids, boxing day is for the adults when the kids are busy playing with their new stuff .

Cheers,
Jason

 

[MarkMc]

Hi All

Pommies living on the Gold Coast here.

Just started our first brew with a Coopers kit I got for xmas. I think its a bit hot though. Discussions here http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum//ind...mp;#entry574362

Apart from brewing we have 2 boxer dogs that both love beer. They pull the best faces to get it too.

Mark and Kerry

 

[SeanAU]

Aww geez... I got started on here, what, a year or two ago, and I guess it was a bit of a false start...

Brewed a batch from a coopers kit, didn't taste real good, life got in the way, moved a couple of times and the gear got mothballed.

Well I'm back now. I've settled down in sunny Botany, I've got a bit more gear (helloooo chest freezer) and I'm going to get back in the game with a couple of kit brews (heading out to pick up a 3kg ESB bavarian lager in the next couple of days hopefully) before getting into BIAB...

Wish me luck, if for no other reason than I'm trying REALLY hard to convince myself not to get a keg setup off the bat...