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Hi all I purchased the wrong grain the other day (Mild Ale Malt) and also have a few leftover specialty malts from the last weekend's brewing, plus various hops in the freezer. I was hoping to put them to use in a beer. (Alternatively I could just soak the grains in fish oil and use them...

Hi All I brewed KingBrianI's "World's Best Oktoberfest" last weekend after takin a long Hiatus in beermaking (Have been having a go at wine and spirits). It was also my first Enhanced Double Decotion Mash. I though everything went really well, I hit all the right times and temperatures...

Hi all My LHBS has good deals on 5kg bags of crushed malted grain. Either NZ Pilsner, UK pale ale, or Marris Otter Pale Ale. I also have about 250g of light crystal malt grain left over from my last batch and a freezer full of all sorts of hops - Hallertau, goldings, saaz etc. I'd like...

Has anybody tried making marmite from your yeast after fermentation? I've googled around but I can't find a recipe. I'm sure the home made stuff will taste bad and in the worst case scenario it might even taste as bad as Vegemite, but I still think it will be fun to have a go at it.

Hi All I want to make an AG Wit this weekend but Rice hulls don't seem to be available in New Zealand! I've googled all over and have only found other NZ brew forums asking where to get them, but no answers. Is there an alternative I could use? Thanks Muss

Hi All The Millenium sparkling wine kit makes 11 and a half litres and says to carbonate with 215g (1 and 1/4 cup) of corn sugar. I got 15x 700ml bottles out of this. Instructions found here: www.brew-winemaking.com/ProductPDF/4269.pdf Does anyone think the amount carbonating sugar is...

Hi All WOW, my fourth AG not only tastes good, but really great! I'm absolutely amazed at the difference in flavour between extract and AG. :D My first AG attempt was Edworts Haus Pale Ale, I don't know how I messed it up but it's overwhelmingly strong in the flavour department, It might...

Wow I just had my first bottle grenades and man are they deadly! The Corona bottles were the first to go, they were in a cardboard box and sharp glass shards were everywhere inside it, they were stuck in to the sides of the box and some even made their way out of the box (I don't know how)...

Hi All I bought a 2-3 year old sparkling wine kit at a bargain price and bought new yeast. I've fermented it and transferred it to secondary to clear, however it's brown! Apparently the grape juice oxidises in the bag after a year or so and causes the colour change and a bitter aftertaste...

Hi All I've been brewing beer for 8 months now and am having a go at making wine. I'm starting with a kit - a Selection Speciale Millenium Sparkling Wine. From what I've learned from browsing the net is that home made sparkling wines are pretty dry since the bottle fermentation is going...

Hi All I'm going to brew the following recipe this weekend: Munich Helles: 4.8kg Pilsner Malt 1.0kg Pale Malt 0.3kg Wheat Malt 0.5kg Carapils Malt 10g Northern Brewer 9.2% 110mins 10g NZ Hallertauer 4.6% First Wort Hopped 10g Tettnanger 5.6% First Wort Hopped 10g NZ Hallertauer...

Now I know why they say drink your wheat beers early. I found some Hoegaarden clones in the basement that were 4 months old and they taste like baked beans, it's horrible! - I actually like baked beans but it's not a nice flavour in beer.

Hi All My attemt at a Duvel clone is in the secondary right now and smells overwhelmingly like band aids. Some references say it's a contamination and others say it's a yeast reaction to the chlorine based sanitiser in my fermenter, does anyone know specifically what the cause is? Is there...

Hi All I will have a Wyeast belgian abbey ale yeast cake available soon and I'd like to simply dump some fresh wort on it to simply get better value out of it and I'd like to make a nice and easy beer. I'd like to make a cherry or berry flavoured beer and I have at my disposal a Muntons...

Hi All The AG Duvel clone in the fermenter is ready to go to secondary and I'm going to dump new wort from a beer kit on the Wyeast Belgian Abbey Ale yeast cake to get better value out of it ($30 for the smack pack!). The yeast cake contains remenants of saaz and styrian goldings hops. The...

I usually use half an ounce of corriander in my wits but the last recipe I used called for a whole ounce, some of you warned me that it was too much but I added it all anyway and now it's definetely over spiced! It's annoying because it tastes like it would be a really good wit if I had only...

This is self-glorifying I know :) Bonus points for anyone who can tell me what Muss means.

The Japanese have invented a machine that gives wine years of aging in only a few seconds, I wonder if that can be done with beer, because it's so hard to age those Belgians! http://www.avenuevine.com/archives/000691.html

I'd like to brew belgian style AG beers, but we have a very limited range of foreign grain available in the country. We don't have, Special B, Buscuit malt or Melanoidin malt However we do have: Australian Pale Malt Weyermann Pilsner UK Pale Ale Malt UK Marris Otter Pale GER. Vienna...

Wow that was fun! I made my keggle this morning and brewed EdWorts Haus Pale Ale. It even attracted a new neighbourhood cat who enjoyed licking the spills from the mash tun. I only ended up with 4 Gallons of wort with an SG of 1.060. Ed's recipe calls for 5.5 gallons at 1.051. Should I top...