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Great video thanks Earle. I thought my hops were way too small but only a little smaller than in the video.
Now how should I keep them and add to them over the next couple of weeks as the rest ripen and then how to store until needed?
We are moving in a few weeks so I'm going to dig them up. Should ...

This hop vine is in its second year and has a lot of small hops which are just starting to brown on the edges and have some yellow pollen between the scales. The variety is unknown apart from -
Seed originated from Canada about 20 years ago. 3 plants survived - and were given to others in different ...

I don't even remember how I stumbled on this. Can't find any previous mention of it on the forum.
A somewhat long winded and very friendly Californian expousing the joy of home brewing. Note there are twelve episodes / page 1-12.
You can decide on it's value be it info or entertainment 8)

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Seen this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wRDPQ63 ... r_embedded

Cheers, Geoff.

Of course I never looked at the date. It came up unread and I wasn't logged on

Geoff.

Thanks Doc.
I feel much more comfortable about the stout fermenting out fully with your calcs.

Please would you run my quaffer through you beersmith. The online calc gives 4.2% ABV

Coopers Draught 1.7Kg.
500g raw sugar (light)
22.5 litres 18*C
Bulk prime 150g white sugar

Cheers, Geoff.

Gooday Doc. The garden swap still waits :D

OK the ABV calc at http://www.brewcraft.com.au/wa.asp?idWebPage=9616&idDetails=172 doesn't have a box for the 1Kg of honey which I had included as glucose. Adding the honey as equivalent to other ingredients gives-

Glucose 9.1% Liq Malt 8.3% Corn Syrup ...

Gooday Greg.
Your statement about Coopers Draught and raw sugar is of course true for YOU but mate it is not a blunt fact.
I'm into the years and hundreds of brews now. All K&K with untold variations of boiling, steeping, sugars, hopping etc.
My biggest problem was striking a crisp clean taste. No ...

Gooday Guys.

I haven't been on for a while but that's just because I stopped experimenting once I got good beer. Not one for some of you discerning folk I'm but I'm making our daily quaffer with Coopers Draught on just half a Kg of raw sugar, temp controlled for 7 days at 18* and primed on 150g ...

Hi Guys :D

At the start of the thread I offered to swap copious quantities of select expensive garden treasures for a few bits of hop root. The offer still exists :lol:

Currently dividing clivia, agapanthus, dietes (native iris), tuber iris, spanish moss (old man's beard), perpetual bush basil ...

Fermented out beautifully in 8 days. Fg 1012.
Bulk primed the batch on 200g sugar.
I was given a fat hydrometer tube last week, good timing. It's nearly double the size of the case that comes with hydrometers and has a self standing flat base. For peace of mind I tested this brew at bottle time. The ...

In complete contrast to my half kilo K&K's I've just put in my third brew of honey stout. I'm not looking for cigars or flames for the recipe as we already know this is a very nice beer. I changed this brew from 1Kg of dark crystal malt to !.5Kg dark roasted malt and ran the recipe through the ...

Pom.

Just my opinion of course but I wouldn't do a two can again. It was strongly flavoured but not especially nice.
I'd stay with your recipe on a single can or, ir you really want to taste a two can, make an 11 litre batch with one can. Less to worry about if you're not impressed with the taste ...

No rinse implies, and should be, zero residue and inactive at bottling. Metho for example is supposed to be a no residue substance though I'm not suggesting it as a sanitiser. Would you spray a squirt of cleaner in your beer? Washing in bleach water followed by a shot of clean water works for me ...

Some of these sterilising powders and potions I'm sure are just retailers heaven. A few cents worth of ingredients in a container with a $10 price tag. I'm up to around 250 brews and have not had an infection and my beer is absolutely consistent. Someone made the excellent comment here some time ...

I haven't slashed back my hops yet but I've got about a dozen cascade cuttings getting hairy right now!

:D I've got everything except the cuttings :x

TL you were coming through Nowra when ............................ :?:

I know you'll bag my simple beer but you'll love the orange wine :oops ...

Is anyone pruning back their hop vines yet?

I'm wondering if the lower prunings were put down in potting mix and kept in a mild spot over winter if they may sprout come spring? If the pruning job is anything like my pruning grapes and passionfruit then you'ld have a barrow load. I'm happy to pay ...

My 'Summer Beer' is ridiculously simple but it makes an easy drinking 4% very pleasant beer. I'm actually looking at dropping the sugar by another half and adding a bittering hop tea but for now there are a couple of (large quantities :wink: ) of this and it's OK.

Constant temperature brewing is ...

Just spotted these on fleabuy

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Fear not, I have no intention of developing a hydrometer habit :wink:
Gave that nonsense away a hundred brews ago once I was confident all was well with my methods.
I was just curious (a tiny bit concerned) because of shortening my turnaround from 10 days to 7 days.

FG with primer was around 1006 ...