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Hi there from across the ditch, out of curiosity what part of rural NSW are you based I was over that way harvesting wheat back in 2012 and was around the QLD and NSW borders

So far so good it has been 4 days so far and the airlock is going crazy due to be racked off into the next fermenter on monday night.

Last night I checked my beer as there had not been any activity with the airlock and the krausen layer had gone when I took a look through where the airlock sits, I took a sample and checked it with the hydrometer and it came in at 1.004 I checked it again today and it was still the same the...

Just strained the must into the fermenter OG came out at 1070 which will give me approximately 10% alcohol added some wine nutrient then pitched the yeast which is CL23 wine yeast. Now to wait 6 days till I can rack it off to the second fermenter.

I just used the yeast sachet that was on top of the can but will use something like safale on the next brew

The must is due to be strained into the fermenter tomorrow night so I will also get an OG reading with the hydrometer (aiming for 12 to 14% alcohol), so far progress has been going good tons of flavour followed by a very slight acidic bite from the tartaric acid and malic acid which I am happy...

I live just down the road from you in Te Awamutu I have actually got the heater belt turned off at the moment as the beer is fermenting rather nicely I can hear the airlock burping its ass off as I type this lol, I only used it for a short spell yesterday as I added too much cold water into the...

It is around 17 to 18 degrees celcius in my house but will get colder now that winter is nearly here.BTW I am in new zealand

Thanks for that I have some foam here that I can put over the sensor to insulate it will have to buy some more insulation tape as I ran out a while back. I tried making beer 8 years ago which failed miserably on both batches which made me give up so this time around I want to make sure things...

Hi there I have just bought a mangrove jack's single output temp controller so I can just control the heating belt on my fermenter, with the temp sensing probe can I just put that into the wort as I am not using a refrigerator to do heating and cooling I just want to maintain the correct temp of...

Yes I certainly am in New Zealand I live in a town called Te Awamutu

Ok I tried to make beer a number of years ago and after two failed attempts I gave up and got rid of my equipment and now I have purchased more stuff and this time having a try at making wine seeing I have an abundace of feijoas (pineapple guavas) on the ground, so I currently have 4kg of pulp...

Bro I do not drink steinlager anyway tastes like cat pee, I very much prefer drinking Waikato which is a really nice bitter, Tui Blonde or Boundary Road flying fortress pale ale. I stumbled across hauraki homebrew supplies so might give them a try our local bin inn is absolute crap for supplies...

I live in New Zealand, most of the concentrates available in the town I live in are just concentrated wort if I want the malt extract kits that require a boil I have to travel a long distance to get it and would add to the cost of getting decent stuff, however I am searching for online brewing...

Ok after I lost my confidence with brewing a few years back I sold my original brewing gear. I will be buying another coopers brewing equipment kit and it comes with a can of wort concentrate. Now my question is the instructions for these things normally say just add water sugar and pitch yeast...

Thanks for the answers so far guys Highly appreciated. My screw up with the brew kits when reflecting back on it was 1) lack of patience 2) Lack of understanding of brewing temps and keeping my first two beers at too high of a temperature instead of letting nature take it course 3) using...

I am still learning how to brew I tired to make a couple of batches from kits two years ago which failed miserably one tasted like vinegar the other well it tasted absolutely foul as well the result I tipped the lot down the drain and got rid of my brewing gear. I have decided I would like to...