Recent content by Brenton

@Revvy - You make some interesting points in both your replies even though I don't necessarily agree with the tone of your writing considering the forum (pardon the pun) and the intent of my post. Without wanting to push this post too far off topic, I also have a different perspective to you...

Hey Guys, Always good to see robust discussion! @ Revvy - Thanks for such a long response. The list is intentionally designed to be simplistic for the newer brewer. I have progressed through every one of them and this is what I have found worked for me. Things like 'kegging over bottling'...

Here's a link to a video that I found was very useful when I was making my cooler/esky mash tun (this link also has a good video for making an immersion chiller too). Depending on the size of your mash tun and brew batch, I found that by cutting a piece of foam camping sleeping mat and...

Hi Pappers and Weirdboy, I am enjoying this discussion as it is forcing me to challenge some of my beliefs! I think that we can all agree that the malts are far more important to the flavour of beer and that too much of any type of sugar is detrimental to your homebrew.

Hi Kegtoe, While I have found that for the newer brewer dextrose is okay as long as it doesn't make up too much of the total fermentables, I couldn't agree with you more about avoid using it as the bulk of your fermentable sugars. My fifteenth tip as part of this list for the newer brewer is...

Hi Weirdboy, Thanks for your comment. I have found (and others that I have spoken to) find that cane sugar when used as the primary sugar often produces off cidery flavours and can leave homebrew a bit thin. I acknowledge that some specific styles do require different sugars but in my...

Hi all, I have just discovered this forum, so by ways of introducing myself I thought that I would post my top '30 Tips to Improve Your Homebrew.' I have ordered them from the simplest to the more advanced but all geared towards the newer brewer. Some of my favorites include: #2 - Find...