Hey all,
This is our first post on aussiehomebrewer just letting everyone know what where doing. The forum has been a big help so far and we have only just realized how far in over our heads we have put our selves.
We started brewing 6 weeks ago now since then we have brewed using Ozbrew's TUBS products. So far we have brewed an Aussie draught, Bitter and Tonight we started an Australian Larger.
NOTE: For all the brews so far we have left the hops bag in the fermenter the whole time.
Brew 1: Draught
We have never brewed before and really did not do much research into it. we realised now we should have.
We set up out new table from Bunnings and sterilized all our equipment. Followed
All the instruction on the kit and put the lid on and filled the airlock.
We did not take any readings. After 6 days we took our first gravity reading it read
1.010. We left it for 3 days reading 1.010 every day then bottled. We had a large amount of white sediment in the bottom of the fermenter about 2.5 cm worth.
This brew has been sitting for 5 or so weeks now and 1 bottle have exploded.
NOTE: This is the only brew we use a conditioner in we did this purely as an experiment. We have since done away with this in our last two batches. Just to keep it simple whilst we learn.
No reading on this batch sorry. We took plenty of readings but neglected to record them because were a bunch of drunks.
Brew 2: Bitter
We sterilized everything and followed all the kit instructions but this time we took a reading after the 6 days and it was 1.010 so we left it for a total of 14 days before
Bottling. When we bottled this one we had very little sediment in the fermenter about 2 mm worth. Its been sitting for about 2 weeks now no bottles have exploded.
OG 1.041
FG 1.006
Room temp 23 degrees
Brew 3: Aus Larger
We sterilized everything and followed all the kit instructions. thats all so far!
OG 1.046
Our beers are stored in a 200ltr ice box in the spare room covered with a blanket to minimize shrapnel damage. As we live in Darwin our temperature is quite stable and we can usually maintain a temp of about 26 degrees.
At this stage we are only brewing to learn. where not so much interested in pumping out large quantities. We have taken tones of notes such as room temp, hydrometer read outs and hopefully we can work out whats working and whats not.
We sampled our first stubby one week ago after letting it sit for 14 days. As we suspected it tasted like arse piss. We have since sampled another at the 21 day mark and it has improved substantially...there's still a long way to go though.
Apart from doing what we have done so far is there anything we should be taking note of or doing differently?
Thank Bretto and Nate
This is our first post on aussiehomebrewer just letting everyone know what where doing. The forum has been a big help so far and we have only just realized how far in over our heads we have put our selves.
We started brewing 6 weeks ago now since then we have brewed using Ozbrew's TUBS products. So far we have brewed an Aussie draught, Bitter and Tonight we started an Australian Larger.
NOTE: For all the brews so far we have left the hops bag in the fermenter the whole time.
Brew 1: Draught
We have never brewed before and really did not do much research into it. we realised now we should have.
We set up out new table from Bunnings and sterilized all our equipment. Followed
All the instruction on the kit and put the lid on and filled the airlock.
We did not take any readings. After 6 days we took our first gravity reading it read
1.010. We left it for 3 days reading 1.010 every day then bottled. We had a large amount of white sediment in the bottom of the fermenter about 2.5 cm worth.
This brew has been sitting for 5 or so weeks now and 1 bottle have exploded.
NOTE: This is the only brew we use a conditioner in we did this purely as an experiment. We have since done away with this in our last two batches. Just to keep it simple whilst we learn.
No reading on this batch sorry. We took plenty of readings but neglected to record them because were a bunch of drunks.
Brew 2: Bitter
We sterilized everything and followed all the kit instructions but this time we took a reading after the 6 days and it was 1.010 so we left it for a total of 14 days before
Bottling. When we bottled this one we had very little sediment in the fermenter about 2 mm worth. Its been sitting for about 2 weeks now no bottles have exploded.
OG 1.041
FG 1.006
Room temp 23 degrees
Brew 3: Aus Larger
We sterilized everything and followed all the kit instructions. thats all so far!
OG 1.046
Our beers are stored in a 200ltr ice box in the spare room covered with a blanket to minimize shrapnel damage. As we live in Darwin our temperature is quite stable and we can usually maintain a temp of about 26 degrees.
At this stage we are only brewing to learn. where not so much interested in pumping out large quantities. We have taken tones of notes such as room temp, hydrometer read outs and hopefully we can work out whats working and whats not.
We sampled our first stubby one week ago after letting it sit for 14 days. As we suspected it tasted like arse piss. We have since sampled another at the 21 day mark and it has improved substantially...there's still a long way to go though.
Apart from doing what we have done so far is there anything we should be taking note of or doing differently?
Thank Bretto and Nate
then you can go spec yeast this will get you beer... then you can get some grain additions, this will get you good beer :icon_chickcheers: 
