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I voted "with my flanno & trackies" tho only in reality cause I was dirt poor & they were the best shoes I got (and they were hand downs at that!)

These days I wear my New Balance shoes with my flanno, too hot up here for the trackies most of the time

lol, am I the only brewer in history who is losing weight?

I'll have to get a datto skid avatar once my car is running, in theory next weekend

nice, I got the pin lock kegs I was after so hopefully we're both happy

So have you used those kegs yet, or at least tested them?

cheers for that Kev, the history of beer is quite interesting.

It's done - they don't carb up until you bottle them.

The dried up residue would be the remains of the krausen, totally normal sign of fermentation.

Taste it, if it tastes like hot flat beer it is a goer to bottle, if it tastes really foul (as in makes you gag/not beery) the yeast was a dud so you ...

I've done it, need to get another tap for my kegs to make it easier.

I wonder what APA + Choc honey Porter would become?

specialty section?

Is this it? It appears to be a free download? --> http://www.ebookee.com/Beer-Tap-into-th ... 31248.html

200-300gm - too much does get overpowering IMO

Both Jaycar Electronics and Dick Smith Electronics carry a very similar (if not the same) animal.

edit: Well they used to, can't find them on either website?

earle - Which HBS if you don't mind me asking?


Stay under 250gm of corn syrup/maltodextrin to avoid soapyness IMO.

I've very impressed with the PM box, been using it since it arrived & it tracks the conversation really well so you remember what you've discussed without everyone quoting everything.

Hrm, I was all primed to look into getting a rhysome or 3 this year but that PDF suggests I am way too far north.

For those who have grown them & used the hops - how close to the initial type do they end up?

I'd rather over-carb it than under in this case

Kevnlis - I know Bitter is cluster but unsure if Gold is the same brew watered down or not? I'm (almost) certian the Castlemaine kits suggest a dry hop of cluster for the bitter & PoR for the Gold, though I could be mistaken.


Timmsy - that recipie I posted was without a kit, straight extract. If ...

Hop wise, PoR for most Aussie beers isn't it? I made a XXXX Gold clone on PoR for a mate with those tastes & he likes it more than the original ('sif that's hard :lol: )

Thin it out with some dextrose & keep the IBUs pretty mild I reckon.

This is what I made for my mate...

4l boil, made upto 23l ...

Make that sold, thanks to those who expressed interest.

Or full/empty in light & dark beers?