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Brad,

DFRDB4ME = Good4u!

*laughs*

Sorry, double post!

You'd wonder (alright I wonder!) what makes beer more carcinogenic than, say, red wine...

I mean, it can't be the alcohol content.
True, red wine probably has more anti-oxidants, but it surprises me that beer "seems" to be that much worse for you (according to our beloved media! :? )

It's true ...

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Emo wrote:
Alot of people see homebrewing as a way of making very average beer cheaply and associate it with people that don't have all their own teeth, are unshaven and always have a cigarette hanging out the side ...

Aussie Bob wrote:similar idea, i use the large off cuts from security grilles as my bottle drier, diamond pattern is perfect
might be second smartest man alive
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damn, how do you attach a pic

Not the 2nd smartest man alive, then?

Hey Biased,

In my opinion, a better way to acheive less sweetness and greater alcohol content would be to use a dry enzime, this allows the yeast to ferment more of your "less" fermentable sugars, and thereby reduces sugar content, raises alcohol.

just add about 2.5 ml to a 23L brew, avaialable ...

Reading some of the replies has got me thinking...

My brews are made using the Coopers Sparkling Ale (from the "Premium" range), and basically following the recipe from under the lid.

It calls for ingredients as follows:
1.7kg can Coopers Wort concentrate
1.5kg can Coopers malt extract
500gms ...

Hey Biased,

In my opinion, a better way to acheive less sweetness and greater alcohol content would be to use a dry enzime, this allows the yeast to ferment more of your "less" fermentable sugars, and thereby reduces sugar content, raises alcohol.

just add about 2.5 ml to a 23L brew, avaialable ...

By "tbsp", I guess I'm referring to the "larger" end of one of those plastic measuring "scoop" things...The way I read it, you use the smaller end (which I always took to represent 1 tea-spoon's worth) for stubbies, and the larger end (which I thought was a table-spoon's equivalent) for 750mL ...

First post, with a few questions thrown in for good measure!

I've been brewing since last year, although I took a bit of a break (being slack) and went back to commercial Coopers sparkling (This is my favourite beer, and I drink either my home-brewed stuff or the commercial).

Basically, I just ...