Recent content by carlos

mmmm ok sounds like ive over done that one then , will depressurised after one week i think , ive done some in plastic bottle so i can feel how hard the bottles get to judge the pressure build up cheers revvy

i normally check em after about a week , but even after two weeks there really not that bubbly , just a slight formation on the glass but not bubbles coming up through the drink the glasses are pretty heavy , old magners and bullmers cider bottles , i can always pop em after a few days and...

ive been bottling a few different brews (5 gallon ) with 100 g of sugar added to carbonate , some have had 125 g but none have really had a corbonation effect . they give a light fizz when opened but dont really continue to fizz afterwards . ive just added 300g to a 5 gallon batch of appfel...

Excellent , So I Dont Have To Buy A Pound Of Galena Can You Imagine What That Would Have Tasted Like ....... Chhers For All Your Help On That . I Can Now Brew A Beer That Wont Destory Peoples Taste Buds

HERE YOU GO MATE , ITS A GOOD SITE REALLY JUST NOT SURE OF THE IBU NOW http://www.coopers.com.au/homebrew/hbrew.php?pid=1&id=114 PALE ALE http://www.coopers.com.au/homebrew/hbrew.php?pid=1&id=111 620 BITTER IM GLAD ITS NOT JUST ME THIS HAS CONFUSED

Cheers Yooper Yeh The Kit Did Say It Could Be Drunk After 3 Weeks Including Brew Time , Guess They Lied No Biggy Ill Give It A Month , Was Gonna Bottle Last Night Ill Give It A While Now

Recently Made A Peach Wine From Kit , Finished Fermentation Last Week No Problem Tasted Fine Added Wine Stabiliser , Fining And Flavour Sachets , A Week Later It Tastes Of Sulphour And Reeks Of It Is This Normal ? Can I Avoid This In Future By Not Adding The Stabiliser Or Getting A Different...

Mmm Strange One That It Deffinatly Says Ibus In The Hundreds The Canadian Blonde Says It 420 , It Must Be A Different Scale There Using Thougth It Says Ibu

only just found out about dry hopping , cheers have just been playing with the beer smith software after reading this thread https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=61975 , noticed the recipe he suggests creates a ibu of 54 ish . the ibus given on the coopers site are in excess of 300 for...

too right , according to the hydometer is has a strong potential , ive added an extra gallon of water to soften the blow somewhat will let ya know what it turns out like , but what with the extra cost of the lme i probobly wont be doing this one again think ill do another aus pale ale and...

Fg Very Low 990 Ish Very Dry , Will Probobly Sweeten , Cask Conditioning At The Mo As It Tasted Very Vinegary After The Fermentation Waiting To See If The Flavour Adjusts In Time

Lol Oops Yeh I Meant Minutes Most Of The Coopers Kits Just Use Dry Malt , But The Sparkling Ale Calls For 1.5lme And 500g Dme Plus A Bit Of Sugar . I Actually Made This Kit At The Weekend And Found The Og Really High , Am Hoping Its Not Gonna Be As Strong As It Could Be , With Any Luck The Fg...

cheers revvy the ibus are listed on the coopers website , which ive found usefull im after adding to the flavour and arome as you say , im not really into bitter but like the flavour of the hops im assuming you let it simmer for 15 hour as in the ag methods ? thanks again carl

ok so ive done a few different brews and have decided which i like , am now looking to add extra hops to some , wondered what kind of quantities would be approprate , i know this is a matter of taste but would like a place to start the scale as ive never used hops before , will probobly use...