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Thought this thread was about total beer production for last year.
Just shows you.
Ask a bunch of guys " how big is it"
And they cant wait to show you!
Cheers Glenn

He'll probably get bored quick, and leave.
There's no fast answers to brewing great beer.

I've forgotten,What was this thread about.
Something to do with brewing beer?

Here Here for Geoff & Oliver.
I would'nt be at the stage I am now without them.
Kangaroo man wants cheap piss quick , he should buy a goon sack & F/O
We're here to brew great beers, I thought.
Cheers Glenn.

It certainly wont go off if have drunk it all.
Then u could put some more h/b in and then drink that.

You can freeze yeasties and bring them back from the dead.
I have achieved this.
You must wait 3 days and invoke devine intervention though!
Cheers Glenn.

Oliver wrote:34. 35 in December.

Geoff's ... 40!

Oliver

You should have given up the grog by now Oliver.
Think about your glycemic index and blood sugar levels.
And not to forget your liver function.
It's all too stressful. Have a beer!

Dont worry about "the book"
If ur serious about brewing and u make yourself known. then John or Chris will help u out at G+G. I have no affiliation with the business and am just a happy customer of 5 years.
It is the only serious HB shop in Melb from my experience.
Cheers Glenn.

I agree.Unless you need the bottles,dont tip any beer out!
It's too hard to brew.Some I have wanted to tip straight from the primary.
2 months later and they're good enough for the guests.
Cheers Glenn.

Even with C/F chiller, pitching temp for wort will only be as cool as the temp. of your tap water.Could be 8c in winter to 23c in summer.
Just pitch with lots of active yeast ASAP.I've noticed that lagers pitched at
24c and already underway will raise their temp a few degrees in the first few hours ...

I've just bought my grain stocks for 07 and got some powells,some joe white which I mostly use, and some weyermann.
I'll do identical brews and soon I'll know whether its worth spending more.
I dont mind if it taste better

Soon you'll be needing more kegs.I started with 5 from G&G @ $70.ea.
If u keep an eye on ebay,Coke & pepsi do an annual clear out of old ones.
I bought 12 last year @ US$11 ea which actually ended up @ AUS$41 ea
landed at my local P.O. with new O rings. It's worth waiting.
In Melb. the local HBS's ...

Just on packaged & bulk (commercial) I believe. A pot up to $3.60 @ the bar. Everyone knows that beer is evil, so its just the government looking
after our interests. They always know best

Heading for the big five-0 this year.

Brewing a special for the event? Whatcha got in mind?

Cheers,
Greg
Greg,
The budget lager is still to be perfected(4 yr in the making)Nearly there.
Had'nt thought of a special brew, but now you've got me thinking :D
Maybe an Octoberfest special (8% abv ...

It all depends on the size of your wort compared to the size of your yeast starter.and the temp fermented at.If you add 600ml yeast slurry (Ale) from yesterdays batch to a 1.5lt wort starter @ 24c and vigorously aerate, you will achieve high krausen within hours and it will feed itself out within ...

Depends on what you're brewing i suspect.Imperial Russian Stout would be going in the bottle,Kolsch in the keg.
Cheers Glenn.

I'm in Ringwood and you're welcome to come around for a beer.
I can hook up any kegs u want to bring.
It would be great to talk about brewing instead of typing it.

I rack everything.Talking about primary ferment only.

I've had some very vigorous wheat beers go right off & just stop dead after 3 days (@24c), but never had a lager come in less than 10 days(@8c). All tasted great.

I've always used panty hose for hops.Chop legs until 3 sections each and
use cable ties.They do 8-10 vigorous 90min boils b4 disintergrating.
Just rinse and hang to dry.Hops are a natural antiseptic and as they will
be used in the boil should not need sanitising.