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There's nothin' worse than walkin' down the frog and toad on yer Pat Malone, with cold onkaparingas and an empty Aristotle!

I put down a Vinters Reserve Shiraz kit yesterday. First red wine kit for me. The juice extract is pretty red ... does it stain the fermenter?

yummy wine pending ...

Hey Blandy good to see you having a go at a red.

I racked a blackberry wine to demijohn on Saturday and, yes, it did stain the ...

Totally agree with the last 2 posts.

The few Ag's I've made make my kit beers weak and watery by comparison.

Now I feel obsessed with brewing, as opposed to simply putting a brew together once a fortnight. I find myself constantly thinking what to brew next, what grains/hops to buy, How to improve ...

Tried our first bottle last night. Nothing to write home about, but drinkable just the same.

I think I was a bit impatient with mine. I'm not sure that it had fully fermented when I stabilised it. It still has a fizziness on the tongue.
It was at SG 990 when stabilised, but is my hydrometer ...

Ok, pitched my Shwarzbier onto the Nottingham yeast around 8 ;30 this morning.
As I sit here and type, it has around 30 mm of krausen with heaps of activity through the airlock.
Hasn't exactly exploded into action, but that is a very short lag time.

I've got a Shwarzbier(sp) boiling ATM that I intend to pitch onto a yeast slurry tomorrow. It will be going onto Danstar Nottingham Ale yeast, that currently has an Altbier going down.
I'll re-post tomorrow and let you know if it goes like a rocket or not.

9 x 19 litre kegs
120 x longnecks
~65 kg grain
2 x safale us 56
1 x Nottingham ale yeast
100g irishmoss

You can get them from any Kmart, in the garden section. They are used for sprinkler systems.

Hey, nice anagram 'I'm a spamer'

Pommie wrote:Cheers Spills

You're a Gentleman

Ohh, now you've done it. We'll never hear the end of it now.

Or even just to ask a question without having to start a new thread.

I'm for it.

I had a pleasant few pints with friends at the Napier last night.

There was just one problem. Although I only had beers from some of the smaller breweries, I found it all to be a bit bland. I had a pint of ale that smelled like it had something wrong with it, but none of my friends could fault it ...

A forum I visited recently asked new members, along with doing the verification numbers, to not fill out anything in the profile section until after registration was approved.
Any new members that filled out any of the fields in their profile prior to being approved are deemed to be spambots and ...

My not getting married list has this at #1

Living in sin is so much fun :twisted:

Thankfully my partner isnt concerned about the marrigae list, its the kids list i think her biological clock may disagree with. I need to find a way to dismantle that bloody clock.....

Seriously, let her have ...

I do the same as oldbugman. Just let the keg pour itself, so to speak, until you find it needs gas to pour. Then I set the gas at ~8 psi.

Doing it this way, I've always been able to turn an over carbed keg into a normally carbed keg in a couple of days.

My not getting married list has this at #1

Living in sin is so much fun :twisted:

Thankfully my partner isnt concerned about the marrigae list, its the kids list i think her biological clock may disagree with. I need to find a way to dismantle that bloody clock.....

Don't cut the red wire ...

Good score. I've just finished playing and it works a treat.

Need a bit more info Nuxta.
Like did you force carb or naturally carb?
If you forced, at what pressure and for how long?
If natural, how much priming sugar/dextrose did you use?
What pressure are you trying to pour at?

Cheers

SpillsMostOfIt wrote:

AG - Espresso Machine Coffee - machiato (real brewers don't use sugar).

So on top of the equipment to do an AG. Now I have to get an Espresso machine as well.

Could I substitute the coffee with a home brew?

Good work Spills