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I've brewed with an ale yeast up to about 22 degrees and it turned out fine but I wouldn't want to go any higher than that.
As svyturys said, don't be in a hurry to bottle. I don't worry about taking gravity reading but I always leave the brew in the fermenter for a minimum of 12 days before ...

Bizier wrote:150ml lime juice!!!
Fresh or bottle?

Bottle.

I've just brewed an experiment.

Tin of Cascade Lager
400g honey
150ml lime juice
1 pk Coopers BE2
1 pk Hallatau hop pellets
safale yeast


I'll be interested to see how it turns out.


Yesterday I bottled a batch of Cascade Pale ale and a batch of Brewcraft Cream Ale.

I've got a mate that really appreciates my homebrew so he normally ends up with about a third of what I brew. I also find that I brew in spurts, build up a fair stock and then stop for a while. I haven't brewed for a while but I've now got both my fermenters going (Irish Cream Ale and Pale Ale).
As ...

I made a couple of batches of this last year and both turned out great. It's a real nice drop.

I use honey in a few different brews. I brew a honey wheat beer for the hotter months and a honey porter for the cooler months.
I'm thinking about trying some honey in a lager or a draught and seeing how that goes.

Thanks for the info. I've got a cold dark corner in the garage so I don't think that daytime temp will be too bad. Perhaps as high as 14 degrees.

I can remember my old man drinking Corage in the early / mid 70's. If I remember righly, they bottled in a 1 litre botle.

I'm looking at taking advantage of the cold Melbourne weather and making a lager. I'm planning on putting the fermenter in the garage where it gets pretty cold at night. Current night temperatures of 7 degrees. Is that too cold?

I got the Sassy Red at First Choice Liquor in Tooronga. The had the Hop Rocker, and I think I might get that next time. Well when I'm over that way. I had a look at Dan's but they aren't stocking it. Which is a bugger as Dan's is quite close, and its quite a schlep to Tooronga!

Thanks for the ...

I'm drinking my Coopers Stout homebrew straight out the garage at the moment. It's prety cold in there though.

Where did you get it? I travel to Wellington alot for work and look forward to getting my hand around a pint of it fresh from the brewery. Shed 22 used to brew it before selling the receipe to Macs. It tastes great on tap.

If you can find it, try the range of beers from Emersons beers. There Pale ...

I use a no rinse steraliser, carbo drops and PET bottles.

I reckon Neo Pink and a bathtub would be a good idea for a soaking them.

I left my last brew in the fermenter for 4 weeks and a day.

When I bottled it, it tasted great out of the fermenter and should be ready to drink in a week or two.

I started brewing about 7 or 8 months ago and haven't looked back. I even managed to pick up a second fermenter. Luckily I haven't brewed a dud yet but I'm sure it'll happen.
Just keep at it. I've managed to do some ripper honey porters, stouts, irish ales, honey wheats etc.

I'll probably get flamed for this but I'm a big fan of the Cascade Pale Ale.

Have you made a honey stout before? If so, what was it like?
I'm far from an expert but I'm pretty sure that honey doesn't ferment in the brew so you can't add it in as a fermentable. It does however add a great flavour to alot of different beers.

mr magoo wrote:i used safale US-56. let us know how it turns out.

After being in the bottle for 6 weeks I can tell you it is sensational. I dn't think that it's going last long enough to get too much better though.

They've got a decent looking capper for $6.50 if anyones in the area. I thought about it but I'm PET only.