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Last night on SBS there was a show called the Gourmet Farmer or something similar.

Part of the show was this guy picking apples, crushing and juicing them in a neat wooden apple press. From here they went into a fermenter with a chemical to kill the wild yeast. After a time he re-hydrated some ...

Ok, so I'll don the flame retardant gear.

Given that in this case the hydrometer is being used to look for stability in the wort i.e. ~3 days of consistent readings which should = FG, and the OP isn't too concerned about such issues as efficiency, antenuation etc etc etc.

The possiblity of a small ...

You can leave beer for months or years?

How, I find that a few weeks after brewing all the bottles are empty!!!

160°C for 12 minutes might make your PET bottles (if that is what you are using) a little "pliable"

I am guessing James was inferring glass bottles...

Too warm... Northern Sydney?

Its fine for ales...

Im in Berowra and with a wet towel and ice bricks on top I can keep it at about 20c in the shed.


I'm in Mt Colah... With a north western aspect on the shed I cant keep it under 22c

So I just brew like a mad man during late autumn, winter and ...

Nothing...

It's too warm and I just cant fit another fridge in the shed

Rabz

Ahhh, the Waterfront, sunk some p*ss there over the years.

Hotel Rossi was always my favourite in "the old days" - was there the day after Cyclone Uma destroyed the place. Unfortunately it has made way for some other hotel/shopping plaza.

The "Office" pub is not a bad watering hole these days ...

After a few weeks of the choice between Tusker , Vanuatu Bitter and Pripps - Tusker ain't so bad.

Tusker is not that great but having said that when it is 35 degrees + 110% humidity, you can "slam it down fast".
When I get back to Vanuatu I actually look forward to having my first Tusker. (I ...

I guess it depends by what you mean by "good"?

I was up there last year and didn't find any bars with fancy "unusual beers", all were run of the mill commercial types BUT there are a couple of fun places:

First up is the Cairns Yacht Club, about 100 years old, on the river - has some real ...

Good grief!!!

What did you do wrong?

At times I have the unfortunate duty to be part of my company's recruiting process.

Recently we have received a number of job applications and C.V.'s from university graduates (Comp Sci & the like) with "SMS" abbreviations in them. Naturally enough these end up in the shredder without a second look ...

Well in NZ at least. From news.com.au



A SUSPECTED drug lab raided by New Zealand police turned out to be nothing more than a ginger beer home brewery.

A security firm responding to a burglar alarm at a property in Hamilton in the North Island called police when they discovered a still they ...

So last night on the box was a Becks ad. It showed "Beck's with Helium" as product they don't make.

I bet they stole our idea!!

Rabz

Metallic eh? Hmm.... did the bottles have three text lines on the date code, saying 'Best before' with the number '15' at the end of the third line, or was it just a date code all in one line?
I had a couple 'metallic' tasting JS Golden ales before, but they were contract brewed (one line date code ...

I guess there is something wrong with me.

I put down a ND Brewers IPA and while it was bubbling along I bought a few JS IPA's (To see what the fuss was about as I had never had an IPA before)

The word disappointed just isn't enough. While malty with some agreeable and disagreeable hop bitterness ...

Trough Lolly wrote: ...I have a confession to make. I've never carbonated beer with Helium - but it would be an interesting talking point at the BBQ.

Cheers,
TL

Would it technically still be carbonation as there is no CARBON Dioxide being used?

OK just to finish of this thread diversion (sorry):
Now this is back of the envelope stuff....
According to BOC CO2 has an expansion ratio of 847:1 from solid to gas. So lets assume 800:1 for liquid to gas.

An aluminum CO2 cylinder looks to be about a 3 litre vessel.

So 800x3 = 2400 litres
In the ...

TL,

Thanks. I was trying to work out a per litre gas cost - to compare it with some of the other gases I buy. I guess that makes it just a little harder, and my gas blending training never took into account a liquid source. So I guess I am out of luck!!

No great loss as it was merely a curiosity ...

Out of curiosity, what pressure are CO2 bottles filled to and what is their volume?
(Volume can be roughly calculated from the W.C. figure stamped on the cylinder).

Rabz

Crikey,

"A little too sweet" he says! Must have been some good residual sugars and yeast in that mead!!