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Would I please be able to get a copy?

herby@shoal.net.au

cheers

hey yardglass,

The process you are describing is basically where I'm up to with my brewing, with a few exceptions. It looks like your doing a partial mash with grains which only need to be steeped. My understanding of crystal is that it is grains which have been mashed to a degree and the sugars ...

The 3Kg ESB Bavarian Wheat kit comes with the SAF-K97 wheat yeast. I've just bottled one and it smelt and tasted great out of the fermentor. Can't wait for it to mature a little.

I noticed in my HBS that ESB have a Winter Bock Fresh Wort.

Here's their web page

http://www.esbeer.com.au

I haven't tried this one, but their American Pale Ale is supberb. Worth the extra $'s IMHO

I had my first attempt at mashing a small amount of grains to add to my brew the other night, and it didn't go 100% as I expected (things rarely do).
I was putting down a kit lager, and had a kilo of pilsener grains to add to it. I put the grains in the esky then added 2.5 litres of water at 70 deg ...

I saw the Irish Stout the other day and I can confirm it was in the the Thomas Coopers Premium range. They have also released another Pilsener in the same range. I'll have to have a look next time but I suspect they will be the same as the other kits in this range and recommend the use of 1.5Kg ...

Oh dear. I think I've got some big problems. My latest batch of beer using town water has gone the same way as the others.

The brew doesn't really look that bad. It's just this God aweful stench that if you have a whiff it really hits all your senses like a punch in the face. Nasty!

The infection ...

Hey folks,

Tried a six pack of Montheiths Original Ale recently and quite enjoyed it. Anyone know what type of hops they use for this?

Hey guys....been off line for a few nights.

I use a closed fermentor.

The infection was a really nasty metho/vodka type smell??? (anyone had anything similar?) It's hard to describe, but a white film started to appear on top of the brew, so I took a really deep whiff of of it and almost gagged. It ...

Well folks, don't I feel like the biggest knob at the moment. I've now lost my 3rd homebrew in a row to infection :cry:

The problems all started when a friend of mine gave me a liquid yeast starter. I lost 2 brews and was convinced he gave me dud yeast. I cleaned all my stuff thouroughly and went ...

I've been told that boiling up the unwanted packet yeast makes good yeast nutrient for the liquid yeast you use. Have no idea if this is true or not though.

I've just teed up a good source of long necks. I was talking to a guy who owns a caravan park and between the residents and the holiday makers, a shite load of beer gets consumed at the old van parks. They put all their glass bottles aside for recycling, but don't get any money for it unless it is ...

G'Day All,

I'm only very new to brewing and must say I've already developed a bit of a passion.
I put a Tooheys Dark Ale down as I am a bit of a fan of the Tooheys Old and was hoping to re-create it to a certain degree. I just cracked my first long neck which was only bottled 2 weeks ago (couldn't ...