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Ok, so my blue balls (Blue moon clone) is busy mashing away at 152, I came in a bit high at 155 then it dropped to 145 in about 1 minute flat, so I added 1.5 qts boiling water and she is sitting pretty at 152 right now, about 20 mins till I sparge. I am wondering, I really need to know for the...

ok, so if you are not up to date then check out my previous thread here... https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=28100 This is an update. Today (one week 1 day) after starting fermentation on my brew I decided to transfer my "burnt down the hause ale" to a secondary. But, lo and...

So I brewed an AG with my new system, here is a few bullet points on the brew day from hell! Recipe as follows #8 pilsner malt #.45 crystal 60L #2 Vienna Mashed in at 150 for an ALE... a bit low but thats ok! sparge would not clear. It would not come out a nice clear colour (like tea) came...

Well, I have been MIA for a couple weeks. What with work and uni etc etc. But I am back. And I have a brand new AG set up, no more boiling in 3 seperate pots etc. I got my self a 10 gallon igloo cooler, with a SS braided hose, a converted keg that I "borrowed" from the local pub and some more...

Ok, so I found this recipe off the net, and decided to give it a whirl. Tell me what you think... High Sierra Pale Ale (5 gallons/19 L, extract with grains) OG = 1.060 FG = 1.014 IBUs = 51 ABV = 5.9% Ingredients 6 lbs. (2.7 kg) light dry malt extract 1 lb. (0.45 kg) crystal malt (10...

Very happy with the results. 8 days in primary and about 14 in secondary. Just kegged it about 10 mins ago. I am very pleased with the results. It was a recipy I made up for SWMBO. It is VERY sweet. Only used about 3/4oz of hops for the entire 5 gallon batch. I am thinking of adding a hop tea to...

Ok so I am a little drunk, but we will get to that later!! First of all, two things have shown me in the last 3 days that I am indeed an EAC and a beer snob... Firstly, my girlfriend and I went out on a date monday night (its now 11:16PM wed night) (PS, thats not important!) so anyway, we...

Ok, so I still live at home with the folks (I am only 19 :D) so mum goes kind of nutso when I brew too much! However, my sister is moving out soon to her boyfriends place, who I am good friends with! Her boyfriend loves my homebrew, but doesnt have time/want to brew his own. However he is...

Ok guys.. be warned this is a 56k intensive post!!! : ) Well... I KEGGED MY FIRST THING TODAY! finaly out of bottling and into kegging... So, I finaly got my Co2 rig and all my cornies and beer gun etc deliverd / bought / scavanged. The main part arrived today (the kegs) and seeing my...

Well, I just ordered my kegging system! :D $320 (Aussie dollars) got me... 1x Beer gun and 2m line 1x gas line 1x 4 clamps 2x 18litre reco'd kegs 1x liquid disconnect (ball lock) 1x gas disconnect (ball lock) 1x regulator and for another $40 im getting 1x 9kg Co2 bottle and...

Ok, so I decided to step up my game on this brew and go for a DME, honey wheat beer. I used an american wheat yeast, some hallertau hops @ 5 mins and some tetnanger at 15 mins, (did not want hardly any hop bite, as I wanted the honey and wheat to be the dominating flavours, with a real slight...

ok, so I have a straight LME pilsner (not hopped) with 300g dextrose in bottles... it tastes and smells like egg, and the dextrose did NOT give it any good mouthfeel or head retention.. it was my first brew and I am bitterly dissapointed with the LHBS that sold me the LME + dextrose... my second...

Ok guys, so I am fairly new to brewing in general, but have that whole "can of wort, hot water, dextrose in a beer fermenter kit" pretty down pact, and was thinking of experimenting. I am going to first try with a simple experiment on conditioning beer with fruit? My theory is to use a nice blen...

Hi there everyone!!! Just new to the brew scene! Got myself a specialty brew kit from the LHBS, came with all the knick knacks needed to brew so im sort of new to this, I do have 5 brews under my belt thow... not literally under my belt, most are still ageing in the cupboard! eheheh A...