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drsmurto wrote:Nice!

Heading to brisvegas in a few weeks time and will suggest to the mates that this bar should be on the itinerary!

hopefully catch up for a beer?

cheers Ross

It is returning - probably opening Oct/Nov - & in the city

cheers Rosws

Awesome TL, I've been looking without success for esxactly the same thing for my shop fridge...
Now where have I seen that glass before

cheers Ross

Edit: Speeling.

...or you can add some isohop to taste.

cheers Ross

Dont want to buy a mill till I know all grain is really for me. If I buy my grain crushed and store it in food grade white buckets, how long will it last me
David

cracked grain will store pretty much the same as biscuits. If your container is airtight & kept cool, the grain will keep fine for ...

2 most important factors to great beer IMHO are Temperature control & FRESH, FRESH, FRESH ingredients.
I'm devasted that i wasted so much time in my early days of brewing using Cr@p hops & not knowing any difference.
The quality of available supplies has lifted dramitcally in the last 2 years ...

ive got 2 on the go atm - was thinking of racking before the kegs but hey why bother risking the infection since ill be filtering to keg 2 after a day in keg 1 anyway right?

I'm leaving mine for at least 14 days, so I've racked after day 7. With lager yeasts I know the old cake can add odd ...

For those in Brissie, if you're interested in the Malt Shovel Mad Brewers 10/20 Commemorative Ale then swing by the Platform Bar. It's not a cheap drop though, at $20 a tally. 8% and very malty, it's a sweet beer with a dominant caramel aroma. Despite the strength, it goes down a lot smoother than ...

Will,

It's a fantastic shop....forget Dans & get youself up there.

cheers ross

I don't know about all of you, but I have been drinking beer for 35 years, and I have NEVER had a home brew beer that tastes anywhere near as good as the stuff you get from the woolloongabba shop!!

In fact on TV a few months ago, they had these international beer judges, and they where blind ...

soak in PBW - should remove it with no problem & totally safe to handle unlike caustic .

cheers Ross

For my mind, sanitisres / sterilisers are meant to kill micro-organisms, yeast is a micro-organism!
Cheers, Mick.


Mick,

Starsan, my non-rinse sanitiser of choice, actually becomes a yeast nutrient once mixed with wort, so you need have no fears of it attacking your friendly yeasties 8 ...

Pete,

Get yourself a good non-rinse sanitiser. As you suspected, rinsing with water afterwards can undo all your hard work.
However, if you are topping up your fermenter with tap water, then a late rinse of water is going to make no difference to your ferment. Still a good practise though to start ...

Hi Cadbury,

it's a fixed delivery cost up to 25kg to the gold Coast from our shop ($7.90) from memory.
We can send down recipies all cracked & prepacked ready to go. we have several GC customers that order 3 to 4 recipies at a time...

cheers

Ross
CraftBrewer - totally affiliated

Heals,

what's the beer?

cheers Ross

TL,

Were they Aussie or American Millenium?

cheers Ross

Fingers crossed you wont have any more problems....

But if you want to increase your chances of infection free beer STOP RACKING IT.
Unless you have a real need to change vessels, all you are doing is increasing the chances of this sort of infection.

Cheers Ross

If you don't want over fizzy ales do not gas at 100kpa, that's bordering on lager territory.
50 to 70kpa for ales.

cheers Ross

pixelboy wrote:Yeah just a little expensive..

$9.00 for 90gms sounds better to me

Im pretty sure they'll ship to WA!

Ross?

Yes, every day.

cheers ross

Hey all,

I'd like to start doing some partials and am getting a big water cooler for the mash, I am also looking at a 40ltr aluminium pot for boiling it is a reasonable price at $107.00, the question is. Is aluminium ok?

The link to the pot is here http://www.underpressure.com.au/web-content ...