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G,day Wild Bill, I had a go at removing the spear as per the instructions to that link , I have a couple of Sankey , Heineken 20lt kegs.
Everything went alright , released the gas , unscrewed the spear , but the bloody thing still wont come out , there seems to be something holding it . Any ideas ...

Yeh its a good idea to to this when you ferment in a fridge that isnt big enough to take 2 fermenters with the lids and airlocks, works a treat.

Should all go to the bottom after about a week , no don't mix it as you don't want any oxidization . If you leave for about 2 weeks it will clear up and leave a green crud at the bottom of the cube.
I dry hop like making a cup of tea . Place hop pellets in a large teacup, fill the cup with boiling ...

Will be brewing an ESB bock shortly, thinking of using Saf 34/70 and brewing it for about 14 days in a fridge at around 10-12 deg .
Also might add 1kg of dry dark malt to the kit and make it up to 20lt.
Any comments or tips as this will be my first go at the ESB bock.
Did a Esb Bavarian lager with ...

I dry hop all the time when I rack then CC. Use between 10-15 grams usually Halletau or Goldings . I just put the hop pellets in a cup , pour boiling water over them like Im making a cup of tea , let it sit for 3 minutes and pour it in the CC cointainer . gives the finished beer a bit more flavour ...

Welcome Squid , I'm from your neck of the woods also.
Been brewing for 3 years now and it just gets better . How can you get bored once you get into it . There is so much to learn and experiment with . Trouble is the better you get at making it the more equipment you need to help you make it even ...

I don't live particularly close to a HBS and the two nearest haven't knocked me dead with the sort of advice I was looking for. Given the price of petrol :cry: I am seriously thinking going to internet mail order for my goodies.

Anyone have any experience on this?

Cheers
Talking about buying ...

Yeh Silk , just broke my second hydrometer in 2 months so I wasn't gonna worry about taking gravities anymore , you don't really need them once you've been doing it for a while and I can work out what my OG is by what fermentables I'm using . I brew with temperature control [ales 18-20, lagers 12-14 ...

Lewis, I brew all my ales at 18-20 deg and I usually let them go for 14 days. Depending on how much malt I'm using and what yeast I'm using I get the gravity down to between 1008 and 1012. Hope that helps.

Put down a pilsener today and will be doing another one tomorrow 120km north of Brisbane with temp in low to mid 20,s.
Wouldnt be doing them unless they are sitting in a fermentation fridge at 12-14deg.
Tony , I can assure you the 34/70 stinks during fermentation , did one not long ago and when I ...

Just made up my first batch of Coopers Pilsener and I will be using the yeast that came with the kit. Made up a starter 3 hours ago from the S34/70 I had in the fridge , got it going nicely ready to put in the fermenter, had a small taste and its very bitter , wont risk it so threw it out. Will be ...

Dogger Dan wrote:Its the stinky one.

One has no H2S supposedly, the other does. The kit comes with the stinky one.

Can't keep the two straight numerically though

Dogger

Thanks for that Dogger, but as far as I know all true lager yeasts give off that smell during fermentation.

Gday brewers, Just joined up in the last day or so and this is my first post. Did a Coopers Pilsener a couple of months ago and after trying it early after bottling I was impressed and Im going to do another couple of batches of it this week. I used saflager 34/70 which I cultured from an ESB ...