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g'day guys, my mead ,first one,is a pale lemony colour. Is there some additive to give it that nice amber look ? tastes ok.

Hey Guys , I have made many different biab brews and always aimed at an ABV of 5%. with ale a finishing sg of 1050 gives me this. Question is , "Is the same calculation used for mead ABV? " What sg would give an ABV of approx 10% in mead? Thankyou , wombil.

Lo Guys, Haven't been around for some time so hello to All. Does anyone know of a fresh wort supplier in the Bundaberg area ? Thanks guys.

Hey guys , I have an irish red,very cloudy and gunky.Tastes ok tho. Would there be any sense de gassing the keg,adding gelatineand gassing up again.Would the yeast etc settle out overnight and could be drawn off before serving? Brew would be at 2 deg C.

Hey Guys, I have a corny keg and the rubber / plastic top with handles is half off. Does anybody know what is the best stuff to glue it back down with? CHEERS, wombil.

Hey Guys, Quite a while back I made a 40 ltr saison that required 2 packs of yeast but I only had one pack. I put 20 ltrs in the f.v. and cubed the rest. When the first lot reached high krausen (like a big starter), I added the cubed wort which made up to about 43 ltrs. and fermented as usual...

Hey Guys, I have done a hefewizen and a roggenbier both with K-97 yeast. This stuff has gone lunatic and kept gushing out of both fermenters for 3 days.Made big mess in my ferment frige. Stuff everywhere. Question is,"Is this good yeast to save for later brews"? I usually keep a pickle bottle or...

Hey Guys, I am going away for 6 weeks and I have 2 part kegs in my beer fridge and 2x 20 ltr fv's that are ready to keg. I will keg the two in the FV's and add sugar to carbonate naturally. Question is,"How much sugar should I add to each keg,or how much per litre?" One is a hefewizen and one is...

Hey Guys, I have a DSGA with rye ,been in the fv 14 days at 18 deg.,dropped from 1050 to 1010 soI reckon it's done ok yeast was wy 1272 This has a thick krausen like tan foam still on top. Beer is not quite clear but tastes beaut. I will cc for a day or 2 and if its still there I'll just syphon...

G'day Guys, Talking to my 84 yo cousin the other day who knew a couple of blokes that worked at the XXXX brewery at Milton.He asked the blokes what was used to put the head on the beer. The answer was ,"seaweed".This was a long time ago and I haven't seen any seaweed trucks going past lately so...

G'day Guys, Anybody know where to get a repair kit or diaphragm etc for one of those el cheapo regulators.Not sure of the brand ATM.but I thik they are all the same.Craftbrewer has micromatic ones but don't know if that would suit. Thanks for any info.I'm at Coomera,Q.

Hey Guys, I am making a hefewizen using wyeast 3333.and not used to liquid yeast. I have whacked the pack but didn't realise this till I poured it in to the fermenter next day.that the thing inside was not broken.So,I give this a whack and half of it flies out the hole that I poured from.Going...

Hey Guys, I have an Irish Red Ale that I usually add 20 Gm of mosaic to just before crash chilling,works well. Trouble is I don't have any mosaic that I thought I did. It's a 20 ltr batch sitting in the FV And I am thinking of adding amarillo or Czech Sazz or a mixture of these hops which I...

Hey Guys, I am doing an Irish Red and brewmate gives me a bu-gu ratio of 0.82. I have made quite a few of these and they come out pretty good but I have never thought about this ratio thing.I don't like to complicate things unnecessarily. Anyway, what does this thing mean and what should the...

This has probably been asked before but, Is 150 ml of top slurry sufficient to pitch on a fresh 20 ltr ale batch. another 20 litres will be pitched on the remaining slurry/trub in the used fv Thanks guys.

Hey Guys, I am making an irish red ale,sort of,and what I have is; 42 Litres BIAB No Chill BB Pale Ale 8.500 Kg Caraaroma .400 Kg Carared .400 Kg Munich 1 .250 Kg Roast Barley...

Hey Guys,Here's my story. Making an Irish Red with this recipe; 42 litres, BIAB, no chill BB pale Ale Malt ----------------- 8.5oo Kg Caraaroma ----------------- .600 Carared ----------------- .600 Roast Barley ----------------- .040 Simcoe...

Hey Guys, I am making a wheat beer, 50% pilsner 50% wheat Halateur M to 31 IBU Without shopping around I have US-05. Any problems fermenting with this yeast? I do have temperature control and ferment at 18 deg.

Hey Guys, I am heading to the bush in a couple of months and will make a brew there.We have a 50 ltr ss boiler on site and will biab in it.I will probably heat and boil on an open fire and no chill normally. Just wondering if the smoke will affect the brew noticeably .Got no power but plenty of...

HEY guys, Got a small problem. Making a saison and have 42 litres of 1.057 wort but only have one pack of 1374 belgian saison yeast.It is well within its use by date and has been kept in the frige. My feeling is to go with this and hope for the best. I also have some us 05 if it would help at...