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I ended up going with one of these kits and thought I'd post a quick review.

I got the APA kit. It contained steeping malt, DME, multiple pre-measured packs of Cascade hops (including a brewcraft teabag-style pack for dry-hopping), Safale-05 yeast and an instruction sheet. This was my first go at ...

Assuming these are 3Kg kits they're a bit more expensive than some (e.g. ESB) but not appalling so.

On a related note, has anyone tried the ESB kits?

Thanks for the help, I'll have a look around at other options. As a guide, what would be a reasonable price for an extract kit?

Thanks rwh. Yep, I gather Napisan is basically percarbonate, but I was under the impression that it has ingredients that leave a residue. Do you rinse it or just drain?

Cheers,
Steve

Hi,

I'm a total newbie to serious brewing (having only brewed a basic Coopers kit recently), but want to start progressing along the learning curve to extract brewing (and beyond). While I could roll my own recipe from the web does anyone have any experience with Dave's Stove Top Brewery kits ? I ...

Hi,

Oxyclean seems to be the preferred cleaning agent for US brewers, is there an equivalent product in Australia? This is for cleaning bottles, fermenters, pots, etc.

Thanks,
Steve

You also have to be sure to keep them from getting light struck and skunking the beer. I know it sounds silly, but pour a beer into a clear drinking glass and leave it for a few hours in the sun, taste it against the original that has not seen any sun and you will know what I mean.

You mean it ...

Also, brewing smaller batches is often more difficult than brewing larger batches. The main reasons are: small mistakes are magnified, temperature variations are more problematic, and hops (if using kits) are all out of whack.
Yep, the trickiness of scaling down occurred to me. I'm planning on ...

This is because I like brewing just a little bit more than I like drinking beer.

Oh, I enjoy drinking the beer, don't worry about that :) I just want to get some recipes and techniques down pat before I start generating vast quantities of booze.

Honestly I have never made a batch of beer that ...

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I'm starting to get back into brewing and was considering working on my skills by brewing up smaller batches of beer rather than the usual 23L quantities. The advantage (as I see it) to this is the faster turn-around time for brewing (not having to drink/store large volumes), easier-to-handle ...