Recent content by plonklab

you did what?!

I would say it's different in Australia and at a guess probably 1 in 5 Aussie blokes have had a bash at home brewing -- at least of the people that I know. All of them are pre-hopped kit brewers (Coopers) and these tins are sold everywhere (every grocery store). The mindset here about AG is...

Try a different yeast with higher attenuation, the kit yeast is not the best IMHO. Safale S-04 or Nottingham. Maltodextin will add some body but also a little sweetness so ~100g max. Table sugar will dry it out but also thin it too. What ingredients do you have in mind?

Toast your own?

Of the kit beers you brewed what where they and what did you not like about them. You should be able to brew award winning beers from a fresh kit, at least something very drinkable. What styles do you like and what is available to you in the way of kits? Tin of goop / fresh wort? I would be...

Looks fine, how does it smell/taste? +1 for dumping hops straight in

Hmm, true. The fun part is working out which advice is correct, although sometimes it's all wrong and the best way to get answers is to just try it for yourself. Bend the rules, think out-side the box and enjoy the hobby. At worst you'll dump 20 litres of undrinkable muck that cost you all of...

What an groovy combo, easy as. Standard ale malt + Cara 40 (33%) + 27IBU of cluster at 60min. 5.7%abv, 65°C mash, 10 days 19°C saflager s-23, 10 days Chill 1°C, filter, carb, drink. Sort of a Cal-common/Aussie Queenslander on 'roids. Easy Drinker, not complicated. You can easily identify every...

Yes it seems like you would be hard pressed to find a question that has not already been answered on this forum.

Hi all, Chris here. K&K / Wine-guy for almost 20 years and recently bitten the BIAB bug. Up until a few months ago the "Mental Brick Wall" into all-grain brewing was broken through for me after discovering the AHB forum and then BIAB. I assume a lot of home-brewers see AG as far beyond their...