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by tiarem
Monday Feb 20, 2006 1:50 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: please help - is my brew stuffed
Replies: 9
Views: 6815

Thanks, Dogger, for your reply. Have you any clues as to what has happened here? What is it symptomatic of? I have not changed anything in my procedures so I'm all up the creek on this,

Best regards

Trevor
by tiarem
Monday Feb 20, 2006 12:06 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: please help - is my brew stuffed
Replies: 9
Views: 6815

can someone please advise me? I am brewing a XXXX Lager with 750g Coopers Brew Enhancer 1 and Cluster hops. Now, I have done this before quite successfully. However this one on day 3 has gone all sickkly sweet on me. The air lock is bubbling away and brew temp is 24 deg,
by tiarem
Sunday Jan 15, 2006 11:54 am
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Capping twist top stubbies?
Replies: 27
Views: 14645

Capping twist-top stubbies?

I have jusy bottled my 15th brew and have used nothing but Fourex or Carlton Mid twist tops. I have not to date had a failure.

I don"t use a bench capper - just screw them on by hand (sometimes with the aid of a rubber hammer!). I use mainly 750ml bottles but have bottled 2 brews of stubbies as ...
by tiarem
Sunday Jan 15, 2006 11:34 am
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Kit cans to avoid?
Replies: 47
Views: 16353

Kit cans to avoid

I've tried two Cascade kits - Spicy Ghost (which I haven't sampled yet) and an just about to bottle Golden Harvest.

Has anyone used the XXXX Lager kit yet?

tiarem