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Does anyone have the mineral content for Melbourne water?

beercraft at richmond were finalising a kit for Fat Yak a month back when I was in there. I tasted it and it's pretty much Fat Yak!

I poured a three week old brew last night and left a bit in the bottom of the glass in my study over night. This morning the haze has settled out almost completely. Is this something to do with a reaction to oxygen? How can I achieve the clear beer fresh from the bottle? My previous brews have all ...

Brewed last night...

Making the jump from straightforward brewing into the mysterious world of Belgian beer - I wanted to clone Maudite but as I'm not yet at all-grain levels of sophistication I pulled info form a few sources and opted for the following experiment:

Using a Type 4 fresh wort kit ...

Thanks mate.

I had plans to brew a dubbel today but G&G didn't have their type 4 kits done - Last week the guy told me they'd be done by Thursday, so Friday night I could pick one up... that scheme looked like a good one as I had to get my yeast starter going.

Now, I have a starter that I did on Monday night ...

The first starter went well, formed a nice lump of yeast, not really a cake - more a pastry...

Just put the second LDME wort onto it and should have a real nice load of yeast ready for the weekend brew day! :D

I have to say, reading the forum and John Palmer's work you form an opinion this stuff ...

This will be my second brew. The first was a great learning curve and tastes great.

This time I'll be using a liquid yeast instead of dried and I'll be making a starter.

The yeast I'll be using is Wyeast 3864 Canadian / Belgian Style. As I'll be making a stronger brew will it serve me to do one ...

Seeing as I'm in a pipe band... I'm thinking about putting a new trashcan in the bar for all the Carlton Draught bottles. Even though they're screw tops they seem a better option than PET to me.

Drinking beer from plastic bottles seems morally wrong. A good glass bottle has mass and in a hand that ...

A thought just popped into my head.

I've recently bottled my first batch and am waiting for it to be ready for testing in a couple of weeks. I put it into brown and green glass bottles. I got a bench capper donated to the cause so that's a bonus...

But the guy at G&G and my Bro-In-Law both ...

so, I just bottled my first brew and have learned a lot so far - jumped right in half-way and got a fresh wort kit from Grain and Grape and made an American Pale Ale (hopefully)... but I have a goal:

My kid brother lives in California and his second brew a few years back was one of the best beers I ...

Nice one guys!

I'm in a pipe band ( http://www.nunapb.com ) and after each band practice the bin has around 50 or so bottles in it so that makes things a lot easier on the pocket than it may have been otherwise!

Hi,

I'm new to the world of homebrew and before I launch into my first brew I wanted to know about bottle caps.

Do the crimp caps work on twist-top bottles as well as normal bottles?

Thanks,

Iain