I've never smelt hops before
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I'm excited and all in.
I found the forum here after doing a search this morning. I've been a member of a much bigger aussie brewing forum for the month i've been brewing and just don't feel comfortable there. Managment there seems to foster or allow a really negative attitude, and while i've never been harshly treated, i've read enough there to know it's not my type of place. Final straw was a retailer getting completely trashed by people who had no intention of using their services. I notice the same ad here with not one negative response
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Guess there's a lot of knowledgeable folk round and i recognize some names, so hopefully from what i've seen this is a more helpfull, interactive and less arrogant spot. looks good so far, aside from all the locked threads which is a bit of a worry?
Anyway, i'm using a 100l esky with a braid bottom (will make a copper manifold as soon as i get round to it) a 50l keg on a burner for a hlt and a 160l stainless pot over a 4 ring burner for a boil pot.
Currently experimenting with 44l batches as they fit nicely in 2 kegs.
I'm getting a nice little collection of kilo bags of hops together and have been a bit slower with malts. I'm using pilsener malt as a base atm as i'm getting it for free, but have bought a bag of wheat malt and one of caramalt.
i have a couple of bags of ale malt coming.
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Hope to be able to learn a lot and with any luck i'll be able to give some back to the community in my little areas of interest. (mostly distilling)
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