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I saw several people with those valves embedded in caps for PET bottles at the off-kai last night. I think that is a great intermediate step to full kegging. You can force carb a beer for testing with a CO2 tank easily. I used one of those caps back in Canada and carbed everything from beer...

Cool, I do want to save the shopping until Edmonton mostly, my dad brews as well and then we can hit up the store together and plan a brew. I won't be in town until the 9th so I will miss that meeting, just went to a Japan one last night and will spend the day recovering. Cheers! B

Thats always a welcome idea! There are some suppliers here we get malts and hops from but the selection isn't extensive and some things just aren't easy to get at reasonable prices. For cheesemaking I bought 3 grams of rennet for about 15 bucks when 30 grams goes for 30 bucks in Canada - thats...

Before taking cuttings for fellow Japanese homebrewers

Cuttings for fellow Japanese homebrewers.

Thanks guys! I might have to go to Barley's just to get something milled BY BICYCLE POWER! :D That is awesome! I recall Bosa now (near Royal Oak station I think) and haven't ordered from them before. Do you need to order ahead of time for Bosa or can you just go to their address? I am...

Mixed album of my brewing and hops gardening

Hi guys, I am visiting Canada in about 2 weeks and want to buy some stuff to bring back to Japan with me. I will be going to Vancouver first and then spending 10 days in the Edmonton & Camrose area. I know Dan's homebrew supply in Vancouver and have bought from them before. Can anyone...

Welcome to the group! Wow we are at 19 members now! I just brewed an EPA with the ale malt from Asahi, and like Surume said it is tough to work with, a good proportion of it is crushed into flour and the husks are broken pretty small as well. I had trouble draining the mash tun when batch...

I dont think I can toast this as it is already crushed and I don't trust the Japanese "oven" to manage temperatures that well. It is more of a microwave with an electric element for top heat than a real oven. Haven't seen anyone with a real oven here yet aside from a bakery. I switched the...

Hi everyone, I will start cutting the rhizomes today and will let everyone know soon if I had enough to send to everyone. I may ship tomorrow if I can't fit it in today. This is the last chance to send me an address to ship to, otherwise you will have to wait for another time when the mother...

More time in the primary is better for me, I just was worried about leaving it while I was gone on vacation. It could end up being 3-4 weeks in primary if I do that, and I thought I should get it off the yeast cake before I go. Most of my homebrew friends here in Japan are expat British so I...

Thanks guys, I dont have any traditional bitters hops on hand right now. I also have Styrian Bobek and Falconers Flight 7C's which both would be off-style as well... I think. I will likely try to hit 10 SRM and take the advice to mash high.

Thanks! I do have some chocolate malt so that can be done! It looks like 50 grams will give me 10 SRM, not too dark still. Cheers! B

I have 10 kg of the "English Ale Malt" bought from Asahi malts; its supposedly like a Marris Otter and I want to use it as one. Here is a recipe I just made in Beersmith with ingredients I have on hand. Can someone take a look and give me some feedback? I am doing a BIAB, and my main goal is...

Hey everyone, I am very happy to announce that the Magnum hops are starting to shoot up now.:D I am still waiting on the centennial but I think it is better to take action sooner than later. If you want to grow these, Please send me a PM with your shipping address (Japan only), name, and...

My little plant almost died last summer so I was pretty desperate to propagate even a single leaf that had been knocked off (of 3 remaining in the plant). I got the single leaf to develop roots by supporting the leaf with bamboo skewers across a glass and leaving the stem (petiole) to hang down...

Still have been putting off making another brew these days, but I have excuses! I started another food hobby I had been meaning to try for a while; cheese! I have done a few batches now and will do another tomorrow night. It takes less work than an all grain beer so for these days when I have...

Japan gets hit with typhoons every summer, what do you do to support a giant plant like hops when it is hit with such strong winds? I am going to build this pergola soon, I have finished the design in LibreCAD now. Lucky for me, a friend is buddies with a carpenter nearby who is retiring...