Recent content by adam2

I can't beleive you americans are still paying out the arse for hops. Even in little old New Zealand imported Cascades are $38.00/kg or $1.05/oz and New Zealand grown hops are as low as $21.50 per kg. Can't imagine how much your pale ales are costing

Ive used them heaps but only as a bittering hop and they work great. I cant comment on their aroma or flavour though.

Ive used them alot and they make a wounderful bittering hop for almost any style. I havnt used it as a flavour/aroma hop as i beleive the high aplha hops are breed for that reason rather than a pleasant flavour aroma. If you want to try a NZ hop thats great for flavour and aroma try Saaz D it...

I like my ipa's to have more hop flavour and aroma and would change to low alpha hops (cascade, goldings but prefer saaz D or saaz B being from New Zealand) and around 100-150 grams late in the boil.

Firstly how long can you leave beer in plastic before it has negative effects? Ive done 8 weeks in plastic with with no noticable differences bettween the other half which was in stainless!!

From my experience fresh is good with a hefe. I do 2weeks primary then one week in the keg and drink. I think they peak around 3-5 weeks and my wlp300 will drop out when cooled for long peroids.

Yeah bleach does a pretty good job of both

you could always get it shiped if you wanted it. I picked up some lactic acid from a local brewery which is what they use but is only effective if you have a relible way of testing eg pH meter. Its very strong stuff and a little goes a long way.

What kind of pump are you using?

Also whats your mash ph? Bottled water might need mineral additions?

Why waste water and time preheating when you can just heat your water an extra few degress???

I don't know how all you 5gal people do it when its so much work for not much beer i do as much as i can fit in the boiler about 14gal

Mine has a grapfruit caracter which is from the cascade hops :rockin:

Is letting the wort drop from the lid to the bottom of the bucket when draining from kettle enough aeration?

Hi i got throwin in the deep end with my first All grain beer. A local micro-brewery gave me the grains and hops but had no good ale yeast at the time so gave me 2L of yeast cake white labs (unknown strain) from a vienna lager he had going. So i set up my fridge with a termostat and set it to...