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No Jase, it was the prawns that made you crook. All that good quality booze can only be good for you.

Cheers,
Greg

my old man reckons he only drinks spirits,as my home brew bloats him. on new years eve he had tequila shots for the first time in 30 years & wound up spewing so hard he shat himself!!!! man did i laugh.He tried to tell me It was from the rare roast lamb he ate, but somehow Im thinkin a bloated belly might apeall to him more in the future... This thread seems to be wandering, hows that pale ale & BE2 going buscadore?

pale ale was bottled yesterday- a new years present to myself!
first time reusing pET bottles, used brew clean and brew shield from brew craft in richmond, melbourne to sanitize

hey, do you use bleach to sanitize a fermenter, or stick with the brewshield/iodophor/other made-for-brew cleaners?

i finally got to see all the toys you all describe in threads at te store,
and my GF even said, "you need to move to glass, those coloured caps are cool!"
no shit she really said it!
my dream come true...

sorry about the tequila dad!?
good thing i didnt take him to tijuana
he'd end up shitting himself, while watching the infamous donkey girl (her name is juanita by the way), running stark naked down an alley to get away from border patrol
believe me on this, these things really happen to the best of us...ask Ned!
b

thinking of doing a blonde- not paris- for my next brew
my first brew was a coopers blonde and i want to try some new things
any ideas are great!

I live on tank water buscadore, so I need to be real carefull with how much I rinse with,so I boil my glass bottles as described In another thread titled "clean glasses" I think. obviously you cant do that with the PET bottles, so check out that topic for some Ideas. I didnt think the blonde was real flavorsome as done with B.E.2. & reckon you will be better off sticking with your pale ale, but if you want a good hot day swiller, try the coopers cervaza with B.E.2 brewed @15-16 degrees, mines still a bit green but I will definatly be putting down a batch in sept this year. cheers

Quick question on the Cascade hops - how much should we add and at what stage?

My third brew was a Coopers Aust. Pale Ale with a kilo of BE2 and I was rapt with it. Will try with some crystal and hops next to see how that improves it. The commercial Coopers PA doesn't seem to be that hoppy - will these additions move it more into an American Pale Ale flavour?

Cheers,

Tim

I reckon it might be an american style timmy but it'l taste bloody beutifull when chilled right down. I've only used the cascade once but was so happy with it I bought 8 tea bags. chuck it in after you have boiled your fermentables for 20-30 mins let it it sit in there for a good 10 mins on a gentle simmer then chuck the lot into your barrell with the pale, next time I'll be putting in 2x10g bags

Thanks Jase. Any recommendations for replacing the kit yeast, or should I reculture from Coopers Pale?

SafAle US-56 is a good choice for Pale Ales. The kit yeast with the Coopers Aus PA is ok if you are cool with kit yeasts.

Cheers,
Greg

have a go at culturing 2 pale ale longies, It's an interesting exercise

jase wrote:have a go at culturing 2 pale ale longies, It's an interesting exercise

A bit of advice for you Jase, I found out that standing over it all day doesnt make it happen any quicker

When you actually make the starter, i have noticed with my starters made from comercial beers ie coopers, chimay etc, that they dont go off through the airlock ( if your using one) just look for the bubbles rising in the liquid to see if its working

"That advice was for timmy by the way "

jase wrote:have a go at culturing 2 pale ale longies, It's an interesting exercise

I tried this myself using the dregs of two stubbies, a couple of tablespoons of LDME boiled in some water and into a clear PET bottle. It *was* interesting, because it went some way to proving that (some of) my processes are within cooee of being right. I didn't use it but I reckon I will do sometime in the future just for the funovit.

I like the idea of trying Chimay. Is one colour better than the others, lethaldog?

I have only tried the blue mate so i couldnt say, but it was bloody fantastic if you like strong, dark ales, i posted a recipe on here a while back if your keen to have a go at brewing it, im pretty sure the thread was Belgian strong ales

lethaldog wrote:I have only tried the blue mate so i couldnt say, but it was bloody fantastic if you like strong, dark ales, i posted a recipe on here a while back if your keen to have a go at brewing it, im pretty sure the thread was Belgian strong ales

Thanks - I am interested and Will Do a Search, then work it into the brewing schedule.

SpillsMostOfIt wrote:

jase wrote:have a go at culturing 2 pale ale longies, It's an interesting exercise

I tried this myself using the dregs of two stubbies, a couple of tablespoons of LDME boiled in some water and into a clear PET bottle. It *was* interesting, because it went some way to proving that (some of) my processes are within cooee of being right. I didn't use it but I reckon I will do sometime in the future just for the funovit.

I like the idea of trying Chimay. Is one colour better than the others, lethaldog?

The blue is the best one IMO

lethaldog wrote:

jase wrote:have a go at culturing 2 pale ale longies, It's an interesting exercise

A bit of advice for you Jase, I found out that standing over it all day doesnt make it happen any quicker

When you actually make the starter, i have noticed with my starters made from comercial beers ie coopers, chimay etc, that they dont go off through the airlock ( if your using one) just look for the bubbles rising in the liquid to see if its working

"That advice was for timmy by the way "

I did'nt think anyone sugested "standing over it" lethal??

jase wrote:

lethaldog wrote:

jase wrote:have a go at culturing 2 pale ale longies, It's an interesting exercise

A bit of advice for you Jase, I found out that standing over it all day doesnt make it happen any quicker

When you actually make the starter, i have noticed with my starters made from comercial beers ie coopers, chimay etc, that they dont go off through the airlock ( if your using one) just look for the bubbles rising in the liquid to see if its working

"That advice was for timmy by the way "

I did'nt think anyone sugested "standing over it" lethal??

I think he was referring to the little-known Mafia Brew Technique which uses stand-over men to persuade it to finish fermenting.

SpillsMostOfIt wrote:

jase wrote:

lethaldog wrote:

jase wrote:have a go at culturing 2 pale ale longies, It's an interesting exercise

A bit of advice for you Jase, I found out that standing over it all day doesnt make it happen any quicker

When you actually make the starter, i have noticed with my starters made from comercial beers ie coopers, chimay etc, that they dont go off through the airlock ( if your using one) just look for the bubbles rising in the liquid to see if its working

"That advice was for timmy by the way "

I did'nt think anyone sugested "standing over it" lethal??

I think he was referring to the little-known Mafia Brew Technique which uses stand-over men to persuade it to finish fermenting.

Was supposed to be humour but obviously a failed attempt once again

Gees where is Boonie when you need him

don't fret leigh, i understood it

KEG wrote:don't fret leigh, i understood it

Thanks Keg i was sitting in the corner thinking nobody loved me for a minute

lethaldog wrote:

KEG wrote:don't fret leigh, i understood it

Thanks Keg i was sitting in the corner thinking nobody loved me for a minute

I'm not saying I love you. Sorry.