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I came here to find an old post of mine, great to see a couple of people posting still.
I learned so much from here.

I suppose fb groups have brought about the demise of great communities like this.
I'm still brewing hard and making some awesome beers. I just bought a good mate a starter kit last ...

Thanks for the info. I think I'm going to go with the big pot & converted esky option.
I have to wait until late September before I start buying shiny stuff anyway.

Speaking on Anaconda, it's a pity this is only 30 l
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Time is not an issue to be honest, I work from home a couple of days most weeks and I can brew while I work.
I have been brewing extract for about 8 years, but all I have that is transferable is a 10l stainless stockpot which I though would be ok for sparge water.
Plus lots of fermenters etc.

I ...

I have decided that it's time to go all-grain. I have put it off for long enough.

I am still undecided between BIAB or the rubbermaid esky method.
The price is not the thing stopping me I just can't decide which one is best.

BIAB looks the easiest and some of the recipes I was looking at call for ...

In case any young players should wander here...

1 l of neutral
2 caps of Edwards scrub turkey essence
20mm of vanilla pod (split)
25g of Gobbler chips (from the old Turkey barrels)
1/2 tsp glycerine

Put this lot in a jar in a dark place for 10 days. Shake it every day and filter through a coffee ...

Taste the rainbow...

...so I distilled the first 4 litres of my Tomato Paste Wash.
The smell was much better, strong alcohol fumes and slight sweetness but not the foul decaying smell of the Turbo wash.

One thing though, I noticed the surface of the spirit was specked with a couple of tiny red dots, almost like specks ...

Against some peoples advice I jumped in and bought an Air Still, I actually got the complete kit from Brewcraft. This included a 10l fermenter, carbon filter cartridges, a plastic filter bucket, an air still and the ingredients for my first 2 washes.
The ingredients were 'Turbo Yeast' based recipes ...

A great combo on asaturday arvo.
The thing about making bugers is it's so easy, just chuck in what you want and mix it up. Don't buy the lip and arse ones from coles.
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This one was something like..
500g Lean beef mince
1/2 tsp dijon ...

its a coopers 'Australia lager' can. i suppose it smells a bit like Victoria Bitter.

My next brew i would like is a wheat beer, but i have heard that these dont keep to long.

I would like to brew with coriander seeds and orange but have no idea the best way of adding this flavour.

somthing ...

I just spent a couple of weeks in the US, everytime I visit a new country the first thing I do is have a beer (usually inthe airport).
So when I landed in Dallas I headed straight to TGI Fridays and had a pint of SNPA ($7 :wink: ) a great beer on draught, very drinkable.

I found the general beer ...

I always thought the 'band aid/medicine' flavour came from not rinsing out the cleaning/sterilising products.
I had it in a keg of pale ale one time, I stopped myself from puring it out and I left it in the keg for a year and then tried it again. Foul flavour was still there

500 grams torrefied wheat, steeped for 30 mins in hot water then sparged.

Hey there matey, just wondering what your reasoning was for sparging steeped grains here? After all mostly the wheat is only adding flavor not fermentable sugars isn't it?
I'm no expert but I would be careful doing this as ...

1 x 3kg can ESB Bavarian wheat.
250 grams dry wheat malt.
14 grams Goldings (15 min boil)
14 grams Fuggles (10 min boil)

20 grams dried bitter orange peel (ordered from Grain and Grape)
30 grams cracked coriander seeds (make sure it has a nice citrusy smell)
2 grams cumin seed
500 grams ...

I have done another one of these, although I have tweaked it slightly following the advice from Pale_Ale.

3kg Light Liquid Malt
500g Light Dried Malt
100g Saaz (75,15 & 10)
Wyeast 2278 (Czech Pils)

I boiled 4.5 litres of water with the 500g of ldme
Once it was boiling I added Saaz in the following ...

Ok, have just seen it bubble so turned fridgemate back to 10.

Please delete this thread and ban me from the site.
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Thanks for the replies...

I know lager yeasts are slow to start but I thought once it had started (puffed up pack) and was pitched at a suitable temperature with plenty to eat it would just keep going.
As I said, been using Saflager yeasts for years this is the first time with a liquid.

I have ...

I put down an all extract pilsner yesterday.
For the first time ever I used a Wyeast smack pack (2278 Czech Pils). So I gave it a slap early in the morning and left it at room temperature.
I started my brew a bout 4 hours later and the pack was inflated to the point of bursting. :D

So I pitched at ...

Guru wrote:Hey badseed, that response from accc is a long way of saying nothing.

Yes, and if even if we had something to say we couldn't, so don't ask us.
But we might be doing something, or we might not. Either way leave us alone