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G'day Brian,
I am not much into lighter bodied beers, but I make quite a bit of lager for my son. I am only a kit brewer and have been for about 12 years, so I am not an expert by any means when it comes to brewing additives.
Because it is only your 3rd brew and you reckon you cocked up your first ...

G'day rwh,
Since this post appears to be more about grammar than brewing, I have split it up a bit.
I am not having a go at anyone here, but a lot of people on this site discount the condition of the glasses/drinking vessel, in favour of the beer being bad. I make this point more for the large ...

Dr Smurto seems to have a great need to blame the beer rather than the glass, just a couple of points on that.
First of all, you won't make a good beer out of a bad one by using different glasses/drinking vessels, but you will make a bad beer out of a good one by using the wrong type of drinking ...

You're right rwh, of course you will have a credit, that is fair enough, but it is still a bit much to pay before you even get to use the power, however, if it is a problem I am sure there will be no problem having some of the bill deferred. Mini Moose, before you get too snotty on the supplier ...

Bottles that have not been cleaned properly can cause a further reaction that forms excessive gas as well, I guess you could group that under not fully fermented because the couple of those that I have had in the past, was caused by the yeast setting hard in the bottle, then not being washed out at ...

you win!!

Hey lethaldog,
When I used to take homebrew out bush..........(Before the intervention), I had a large stainless steel panikan that I kept in my car fridge, along with the beer in pet bottles, some of that beer was the best I have ever tasted, maybe because I was thirsty from a long days work but ...

I have been drinking beer for 40 years, even the best beer will be flat in the wrong glass! Sometimes it wouldn't matter what you put your beer in it will be fine, other times no matter what you do it will be shit. You don't drink a good beer out of a rubber boot and there has been mention of ...

Yeah racer,
the temp difference wouldn't have to be all that great to cause them to crack, the only way my glasses get broken now is when they fall over in the fridge and roll out on the floor! Use the emery paper, it is the easiest, safest and doesn't stuff your glass!

I know this topic has been discussed in depth before, but some of the new blokes to this site may be interested.
Over a period of time a few of my beer glasses get broken, and last week two more hit the deck. Since then I have had flat beer, and was wondering why, the new glasses are clean and the ...

I'm buggered if I know what people are referring to when they quote the "distinct homebrew taste" either, I have been brewing for better than ten years now, I have come from Coopers with sugar in a tin shed in Alice Springs, summer, winter autumn and spring, to a custom built, temp. controlled brew ...

The amount of water in the airlock makes no difference, once the first major surge happens the level will be back to the correct amount but if your beer is working too vigorously it will pretty much empty the airlock completely after a few more spurts. As Tipsy says, you may be brewing too warm, I ...

Try a tin of Coopers origional stout, a tin of Coopers origional dark Ale, 500gm light dry malt, both yeasts in 20l water, I have made one of these and it was pretty bloody good.

I have a custom built brewroom that I built from fridge type panels, it is 2.5m3 and I have a small wall/window a/c which keeps it at whatever I set the thermostat at. You have the right idea with a seperate thermostat, I did not use a fridgemate but I used a room thermostat, but I am a sparky so ...

I am drinking my mid strength at the moment,...........well not at this very moment but you kbnow what I mean. I like a bitter beer and generally make coopers origional bitter with BE2, but this one is one can of coopers origional bitter, one can of coopers origional draught and a kilo of dry malt ...

Yeah, the side cutters are the go, the last time I used pet bottles I ripped the rings off the new caps before screwing them on, that is even easier!

I have commented before but will say again, I buy the commercial glass washing detergent/sanitiser I have a double laundry tub in my brew room so that makes it easier, but I rinse after drinking then simply rinse in the glass washing mixture and then rinse in clean water at bottling time, never had ...

I don't follow any particular side.............I barrack for whoever is playing Port Power, so I had a great day yesterday! Used to play footy against Corey Enrights old man and uncles so have a bit of a soft spot for the Cats anyway.

Jesus!! it's no wonder you blokes are all on water restrictions over there! the homebrewers are emptying the bloody dams just washing bottles and fermenters, That's before you even start turnig water into beer!

Yeah, that's how I read it too.

oconn,
You can use screw top bottles no worries, if you are using new crown seals simply cap them as you would with a normal bottle, if you are trying to re use the old caps, I believe that is successful as well, but I have never tried that, for the price of new ...