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its so pale as to be see through!

One of the first pieces of advice given to me by a few homebrewers was "take all the Sod. meta.bisulf. and chuck it away before it kills you"! I don't know if they were exaggerating but one bloke I know can't drink anything that has come into contact with it without developing massive headaches...

You might end up with a darker lager with an old kit. My local Home brew shop reckons that using any kit within 12mths of its used by date is a bit dodgy (apparantly they have 2 yrs from the time they are produced) I did up a Coopers Pale ale kit that was within six months from use by date (got...

Caustic Soda will eat any "funkiness" away too, And it rinses easily too, just don't let any frogs get near it!

Hey El P. No nothing really different, just put them on and pull the lever! Only thing you might find is a slight tendancy to get "stuckish" in the head of the capper rather than the glass crown than just stay put, just a liitle extra pressure and they come out, never broken one due to that...

One of my earliest acqusitions of bottles was 15doz tall screw cap bottles, Using a bench capper I have never broken one during capping and none have ever lost pressure. The only doubt I have with them is that beacuase they are a glass/plastic amalgum and are lighter than the crown seal glass is...

G'day welcome to club

I soak my bottles in a caustic soda solution that works very effectivley in regards to mould, frog poo etc. they rinse clean after about 30min but for really bad bottles 24hr is better

Yeah we use fliptops for ciders and recapping will still keep them good and gassy for a day or two!

Yeah Janx is right the quality in effects the quality of end product, however if you don't have and handy apple growers the kits are fine but a bit of extra apple juice in the mix never goes astray and adds to the flavour. Have fun

Yeah about a kilo or so of Dextrose ought to do it

Yeah bloke, can the sugar! Extra malt all the way! Welcomr to the club! Alx

Yeah one of my mates tried these a couple of years ago, and since then has done nothing else but swear by them, his only trouble is that his house is full of 15lt empty containers!

Congratulations!! I have to store all my beer in a concrete shed under my house just cos ONCE 1 blew up in a cupboard and the wife wasn't happy about bits of glass embedded in the doors! safer on concrete apparantly, for me anyway

Welcome , but why only semi obsessed? Have fun!

Thanks Guys I'll give the Mex a run, I was given these two for nothing from my local H/B shop. They had been sitting in the fridge for a few years, I have since cultured them out and they are alive and well and just waiting for a wort to jump into. Cheers Alx

He Guys, I'm planning on doing a Munich Lager this weekend and am in a quandry, I have two liquid yeast cultures, one Mexican and one San Francisco (both Whitelabs) and can't decide/don't know which would go better with this style! Any Advice?

Cool , yet another Ausssie, Keep it up and we might take this site over, from the texans

Well have fun, let us know how it goes, I'd be interested in doing one from scratch. might pinch this recipe if it works

You can add malt and/or dextrose, I always add extra dextrose, but I have only ever done them from kits, adding juice. For some reason my head keeps telling me to put cornsyrup in to "Thicken" it because something offends me when it doesn't have any head, but maybe that is just me. Mine brew...