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Hi, Does anyone have any extract recipes for a low-alcohol beer (AKA small-beer, table-beer in Belgium)? I figure if I'm going to drink the amount I did last night on a regular basis I should try making something with less of a kick to it. Besides I quite like the idea of enjoying beer all...

Is this dry or liquid? It seems like quite a low amount, but presumably that's because it's a mild so lower gravity?. Sorry, still a bit of a n00b. Thanks.

Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately I'm not really prepared to warm up a box with any electrical device; I've already had one heater-pad that overheated and melted its plastic casing. I realise risking life and limb in the pursuit of beer is no vice but the normally tolerant SWMBO has her...

Hi, It's been relatively cool here in Sydney, not getting above 16c/60F for a couple of months. I made a batch of APA anyway and fermented it with a heater belt which worked out fine. However it's been in bottles now for 3 weeks and the one I've tried hasn't carbonated; this is using...

Beer Tap TV perhaps? Basic Brewing has videos too.

Thanks for the replies everyone. I don't have any sort of secondary vessel; they're not used as much in Australia and most starter kits don't come with one. The yeast is safale-05, and it was dry-hopped. I'll see how it settles out over this week (the temperature is down to about 15C...

Thanks everyone. The beer has already been in primary for two weeks; unfortunately I'm not in a position to do a secondary (I was under the impression it was largely optional for ales anyway). I was going to leave it for another week in a cool area in the hope that it will settle out, I'll...

I've brewed an extract APA and it's been in the fermenter for two weeks now. The samples are tasting good, but it's very cloudy, it looks a bit like a river mud. I've placed the sample in the fridge and a quite remarkable amount of sediment settles out of it; I assume this is mostly yeast...

Thanks. Do people generally cold-crash during secondary or afterwards?

(Warning: Advice from a noob coming up ...) If the fermentation sticks try adding a microscopic amount of olive-oil; say dip a piece of wire in the oil then into a small amount of water, boil then pitch. This can replace aeration; my understanding of the process is that aeration is necessary...

Hi, I've made a batch of extract APA with Safale-05 yeast. It's getting pretty cold here in Sydney so I've put the fermenter on a heat pad and it's holding in the low 20s (celsius, ~70s F). I'm planning on leaving it in the primary for ~2-3 weeks before bottling. Is it necessary to keep it...

I've actually had that sitting next to me at work where a cow-orker left it but hadn't looked at it (he didn't rate it very highly). I've just had a flick through and noticed the Anchor Steam recipe which uses lager yeast instead of ale; this sounds perfect for a Sydney winter brewing. Re...

Yep, I've wrapped the fermenter but it's still idle. I'm concerned about your 'killed' comment; I was under the impression that yeast would just lay dormant at that temperature, not actually die?

So yesterday I brewed up my first 'real' homebrew (having done kits at university but never really getting into it at the time). I brewed up an APA with some speciality grains (got a taste for the Cascade on a trip to SF :)) and everything went pretty well as far as I can see (with the beer...

Good link, thanks.

This bit confuses me. I see this a lot, including in John Palmer's book, but the yeast instructions say to pitch directly into the wort?

/me looks at Revvy's stirrer, looks at power-drill, starts to get evil smile ... :)

I think where I've got the wrong end of the stick is the lipid issue. My understanding is that aerating the wort is necessary as the yeast need the oxygen to generate lipids for budding during the initial growth phase. If, as you say, the dried yeast already has lipids supplied during...

I'm planning on doing my first extract brew this weekend. I'm using an APA kit from the LHBS and it comes with Safale-US05. I've seen in passing somewhere that dry-yeast has been pre-aerated so the wort doesn't need aeration; is this true? If not I may try the olive-oil-and-pin trick as...