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black patent doesnt need mashing. Steeping is fine. But the MO definately needs a mash.

well i guess im not the only one, but you're American arent you Kevnlis? That means you dont count :lol:

I didnt know about xThurstonMoorex , i just assumed that you had to be on drugs to play like sonic youth. :shock: :D

Anyway, even if straightedge guy is really edge i dont think he will be ...

why is a straight edge guy brewing beer anyway?

i think it's possible that im the only one on here that gets your little joke

ive found the tooheys dark kit to leave a little to be desired. The coopers is much better. I remember as a novice brewer being sucked in to the idea of a tooheys dark kit + 1kg of dex = tooheys old. this is simply not the case. If you want to make good beer with those kits you really need to be ...

First Choice in Toowong (Brisbane) just got some of this in so i picked one up the other day. Damn its good, Im keen to make some!

i just picked up my new esky (soon to be mash tun). Its a new 55L willow, same as the Dr's and James' by the sound of it. It is red tho so it should mash faster.

I bought it off a guy on ebay. For some reason he had it listed as 5.5L with a starting bid of $20 but of course noone bid on it. Me ...

ive done this recipe with a coopers draught kit and it came out a treat. A real ale kit has pretty high IBU (30 i think) and may make it excessivly bitter....but i guess it all depends on taste.

everything that ive read about adding fruit to beer is as follows:

- freeze the fruit, this ruptures the cell membranes releasing all the goodies
- only add it to the secondary because primary fermentation tends to carry off the flavours with the CO2.

but you've mentioned that you going to do ...

I was happy with beersmith when i was using a PC although i did find that it wasnt always very acurate when calculating gravities for extract. Perhaps they put that bug in on purpose to make everyone want to do AG. :D

Now that Im on a Mac I have been using a trial version of Beer Alchemy which is ...

when i used to work in a lab we used to get a small bit of dry ice and put it in a plastic 2ml vial with a snap on lid and then unsuspectingly slip it into someones lab coat while they were working. About 30 seconds later the work got interupted by a loud pop.....completely harmless but lots of fun

i'll go pheumatic tyres for off road mashing capabilities...

*LOL* you could get some phat mags for it, fluros for underneath and do some tough lap mashing.....it would be seeeeeeeeeeeck

whats wrong with wheels? I think it would be handy.....you could mash at the beach, watching the footy, having a bbq at a mates place....think of the convenience!

I collected close to 500mL of Coopers yeast slurry from my CSA clone and intend on using it for a few other beers - dark ale, old ale and a stout. A cheap source of a versatile yeast!

I have recultured some yeast from a coopers stout to use in my own stout, my sources indicate however that they ...

Does your HBS stock dry yeast? Why not use some US-05 for your ales and save your money for WLP strains that you might want to purchase for specialty brews?

Cheers,
TL

It does stock dry yeasts but why would I pay $4 for new yeast every batch when I can pay $18 for 1 liquid yeast and use it until ...

So Im in the market for some new ale yeast. For the last year ive been using WLP002 English Ale Yeast and i have been fairly happy with the results despite its fairly low attenuation. Ive heard good things about WLP001 and would give it go however my LHBS only stocks a fairly limited range of White ...

im intrigued.......but what does it taste like?

i did my partial on friday arvo and i think all went pretty well. I went for 1.5kg of grain and 2.3L per kg of water. The 6pack esky was pretty full, I dont know if i could up the grain at all for next time, TL maybe your esky was a bit bigger than mine.

my thermometer broke half way thru so im not ...

1.5kg of grain will soak up 1.5L or so of water

of course.....i didnt think of that.

what was your grain to water ratio?

hey TL I have a quick question for you about your partial instructions as im about to embark on my first partial.

I know you avoided talking about the grist in your instructions to avoid confusion but im trying to work out how much grain i can mash in my tun. It is just a 6 can cooler and it fits ...

How long had it been in storage? What was your method for storing it?

i collect the yeast from the trub after a brew in a 1 litre jug, let the crap settle for 15 mins and then pour off the top layer in to 100ml specimen containers (i used to work at a lab). Then it goes in the fridge and left to ...