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The Wheatsheaf is definitely the place to go. Their MySpace page is generally a bit more up to date than the real website.

There's a way to make Beersmith work for you in this scenario... but I never figured it out.

Can you boil 7L? If you can, just put 1/3 the fermentables in the boil and the bitterness will end up the same as if you boiled the full 21L because you'll have the same boil gravity.

No wonder they call it rocket fuel!

Grab a fridgemate from here or your LHBS if they have them: http://craftbrewer.com.au/shop/details.asp?PID=718

I've got one running on my chest freezer at the moment. Pretty simple to wire up if you know what you're doing (or can find someone who does). I wouldn't bother with the tempmate as you ...

You'll be wanting DrSmurto's famous Golden Ale, which can be found here among other places. I haven't brewed the AG version (although I have done the Kit version which was very nice) but from all reports while it might not be an exact clone it is a bloody good drop.

However, although I feel that I getting a better feel for how my set-up works, I still seem to be down about 2-3 litres on target volumes (into the boiler). I use the 'keep cool' 36 litre round mash tun with steel braid. I've taken to upping the ratio of mash water to grist to 2.9l/kg but still ...

I have a 215L slimline chest freezer that fits 4 without a collar (pretty sure, have only got 2 at the moment). Should be able to get another one on the hump without any problems. The kegs I've got are 210mm x 635mm, but you need a bit more room at the top for the disconnects.

If you want some ...

Lobethal Bierhaus ( http://www.ahcb.com.au/ ) is definitely worth a visit if you can get up to the hills. Grumpy's ( http://www.grumpys.com.au/ ) as well, although I haven't been there in a while.

The Brew Boys in Regency Park ( http://www.brewboys.biz/ ) should have a cellar door open from early ...

Chinook and Cascade from memory.... or look here: http://www.littlecreatures.com.au/abouthops/

With plastic bottles, just unscrew and rescrew the caps. I've done this (usually a couple of times over the course of a few days) to a couple of brews that were overcarbonated.

I brought 6 bottles back from Sweden a couple of years ago. I just put them inside a pair of socks and had them in the suitcase with everything else. No breakages.

I put down the following on 16/12/2007:
1.8 kg Muntons Nut Brown Ale
1.5 kg Coopers Amber Malt Extract
21 Litres
Kit yeast
OG 1043

Fermented at around 20-22C and after a few days it looked to be done. SG on 23/12/2007 was 1018 which seemed a bit high so I left it for a bit longer. On 29/12/2007 it ...

Hey Dave I'm definitely no Guinness expert but I have read in Charlie Papazian's "The Home Brewers Companion (Avon, 1994) that the secret ingredient is a soured double-strength Guinness (this is a high gravity Guinness fermented with lactobacillus and acetobacter bacterias) which is pasturised ...

I was working my way through the beers on tap at the Wheatsheaf the other night and ended up with a pint of Little Creatures Rogers Beer which I thought was pretty good. A bit darker and a bit less bitter than the Pale Ale.

For brew #4 I want to try and make a similar sort of beer (but full ...