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G'day Just entering the sunny season down here in Australia :ban: , and the mind turns to thoughts of sitting on the deck in early evening sun, enjoying a few cold brews. With the vast majority of people on here now leaving summer, do any of you have suggestions as to a decent extract +/-...

Started extract + grain homebrewing 8 months ago - 2 days ago I found a bottle of my first brew, a K&K English Bitter, in the back of the cupboard. Popped it in the fridge and tonight opened it up. Totally blown away, tasted nothing like the "port" fortified wine flavour that this brew had...

Only 10 days in the bottle – have just opened a “taster” and it’s superb! Loosely based on a Shepherd Neame “Spitfire” English Ale extract recipe I picked up: 3 litres tap water 3kg Light Malt (LME) 500g Crystal Malt 250g Wheat Spray Malt (DME) 250g Flaked Barley 25g Ringwood Hops 30g...

Newb here again... Am I to expect bottle bombs from the following (unfortunately true) scenario? Bottled a batch about 4 weeks ago into glass bottles, used Cooper's Carb drops. Temp on bottling was around the 22oC mark, giving me a residual CO2 of 0.81 volumes. Left for 2 weeks in the...

Hello all - short time reader, first time poster! Started homebrewing in september 2008, have had mixed fortunes thus far, I either have very polite friends, or am going mostly right! Bought myself a Coopers beginners pack with 25L barrel with a tap about an inch above the bottom. The...