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Over the weekend I was drinking a beer after chopping up some thyme, and it seemed to work really well together (the smells at least). Has anyone ever tried thyme in a beer? If so, how did you do it - how much, etc. I had a quick google and found some small discussion, but nothing from anyone...

I have a 1kg tub of dark candi syrup to make a Tomme Arthur’s Dubbel, but only need 600gm Does anyone have any recipes/styles for the other 400gm that you would recommend?

My keezer mostly carked it a while ago, so does anyone want the collar? It measures 710 x 610, made of Tasmanian Blackwood and is insulated with foilboard. Could be cut up & reglued to fit a smaller freezer. It was for a Kelvinator 210L from memory. Can check if you need. If by chance you have...

Few days ago, tried making a 70L batch on a friend's new bit of equipment. I do very simply BIAB in an urn, with no sparge, and he doesn't even make beer - so we were flying blind! Had some fun and the beer looks pretty good though (after surely ******* it up numerous times for various reasons)...

So because I'm a dumass I bought a new freezer and didn't notice this stupid fkn cable joining the lid and body... I need to remove it or extend it to fit a collar. Does anyone know how to do this? I figure extending is easy, I'll ask an electrician mate, but thought I'd see if anyone has...

I'm drinking one of these right now and it's just bloody delicious - does anyone have a decent recipe to make one? I found this https://www.brewtoad.com/recipes/paulaner-oktoberfest-marzen-clone \ But no idea how good it is. Any tips to make it and keep that creamy taste would be great too...

I made out like a bandit at an auction the other day... and now have more hops than I know what to do with. Don't know if anyone else was there, but hope you got some cool shit too :) Up for grabs is all this: Saaz - 300g Hallertau - 700g Goldings - 100g Perle US - 450g Tettnanger - 600g...

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How nuts can you get with flow control taps? Ive never seen one in action so dunno how much difference it makes. With 6mm line and dispensing at 10psi, can you use just a metre or so, or are there still limitations?

I have two beers on tap, which, when mixed together - are just perfect. The Pirate Life clone has a great balance of bitterness, but lacks the citrussy hops I love. The other beer has plenty of that to spare! The grains are probably real simple to figure out, since they're so similar to start...

Came home today to find the fridge/freezer had died and everything - even in the freezer - was 18+ degrees. Must have been blowing hot air from the fan or something... Along with my 7kg brisket (rip) I also had a few wyeast and white labs yeasts in there. No idea how long they've been hot for...

Does anyone know where to get these in Aus? Found a cool looking recipe that calls for them, but I've never even heard of them before. Is there anything you can replace it with?

I'll be fermenting two beers this weekend and thought I'd use one yeast for them (wyeast dennys) Never done it before, so just wanna make sure it's as simple as I think I was going to make a 2l starter and then just swirl it around after 24 or so hours, pouring half into each fermenter. I...

When warming up no-chill cubes, do you just pour it into the fermenter and heat it up with a belt per normal to get to a yeast pitching temp? Or leave it in the cube next to a heater? And then when mixing to add oxygen, do you do that before warming, when warm but immediately before adding...

Came home tonight and luckily noticed my temp probe had fallen off my fermenter :mad: So the heat belt has just been on for some part of the day non stop. The temperature is about 31 degrees, but no idea how long for. The gravity is about 1.14 (started about .6) and it's been fermenting for...

So I found out yesterday I'm apparently not supposed to boil with the lid on... But when I boil (mashed potatoes, pasta, anything - not just beer...) I do it with the lit slightly open. I've just always done this to stop the thing overflowing. Slightly - being maybe 10-20% open. I've already...

I've been giving it a go to use some of the calculators available to make some recipes, but it seems each one gives me a different IBU - even when I'm punching in the same custom AA% for hops. Doing extract, with a 10L boil, can anyone tell me what to look for to get the right IBU? Apparently...

My wife was thinking of getting me a tawny barrell for christmas, but not sure what size to get... does anyone have one or have any idea what size to get? the barrell itself is pretty dam expensive, but to go from a 5l to 20l is only like 70 bucks difference Is 20l ridiculous? Is there any...

I have a tap like this one that leaks sometimes, from underneath - liquid gets in through the orange seal. It happens if I tilt it a bit too high up, which can be while inserting the bottle filler or hose for kegging, or just opening the tap slowly to fill the hydrometer tube. the real problem...

If you get the hops wrong, by boiling them too much, not enough, or use a hop that doesn't perfectly suit the style you're aiming for - how bad is it really? Does it turn your beer into complete trash, or does it just mean the beer doesn't live up to its potential?