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Doc,
Is there a ready substitute for carabohemian? A combo of munich and crystal, or melanoiden and a light crystal?

Cheers

Neil

Bairds medium crystal
Weyermann Caraaroma
Weyermann Caramunich III

At a stretch maybe Joe White dark crystal.

If you cant get any darker crystals then you could up ...

Latest batch is on tap now.

97% Maris Otter (Thomas Fawcetts Floor Malted)
3% Weyermann Carabohemian
Fuggles @ 60 (adjust this to achieve a total of 30 IBU)
1g/L EKG @ 20 mins
1g/L Styrian Goldings @ 0 mins (and not the kiwi version which is rubbish)
WY1469

Mash at 66C.

Not sure if this is the ...

Yep, I've seen that recipe and some of it looks good and other bits are a bit of a concern...

I rarely use more than 5% as crystal or cara malts in an APA grist especially if I'm using a "darker" base malt such as MO.

I agree that Magnum is more like the real thing - and possibly Perle too but I ...

Hey all

I've got my keg of dopplesticke carbed up nicely now after setting the reg to serving pressure and keeping the keg at 5C. If I now disconnect the gas from that keg will the CO2 stay in solution and the beer continue to pour well? Just seeing if I can save on gas (using a sodastream bottle ...

1005 seems a tad low, i assumed you mashed VERY low.

I dont have the numbers in front of me but i reckon it stopped above 1010 mashing at 63/4

I was aiming for 63 and mashed in at this temperature but then a stack of things kept me away from the mash tun for the next hour or so and when I got ...

Thanks for the feedback, PaleAle and Bum. Dry hopping does sound like a bad option. Actually, I think I'm getting more used to the beer, and CSA is quite a bitter beer (but also well balanced). I'll learn to be more careful with this hop in the future!

Cheers

Neil

G'day all

I put down an AG Coopers Sparkling Ale clone a few months ago, hopped with Super Pride hop pellets (29.7 IBU-19IBU FWH, the rest a 20 min. addition). I've just started drinking this out of the keg and, um, well, I don't like it very much. It looks terrific but it has quite a pronounced ...

17 psi at 8 degrees will eventually give you 2.59 volumes of CO2. Pretty standard middle ground for carbonation.
Thanks for that chadjaja. The beer is a Coopers Sparkling Ale clone, so I'm hoping that will be about the right carbonation for that. I actually tried a glass of it earlier on tonight ...

chadjaja wrote:Give it another week. One week isn't long enough even at 17psi because the rise in your fridge temp at 8 degrees means you need more gas to carb it.

Thanks for that chadjaja. Makes sense. I've just turned the fridge up a bit to try and speed things up a bit.

Cheers

Neil

Hi folks

Apologies in advance if this has been covered before on this site but I have had my keg in the fridge carbing up at c. 17psi over the last week and while I get beer out of the tap okay, I'm getting too much froth (which subsides soon enough) and a fairly flat beer with virtually no beading ...

Hi all

I received via my normal email account yesterday a pm emanating from this forum. Imagine my excitement at being contacted by a fellow devotee about some aspect of the noble art of homebrewing! However, I was pretty disappointed to find that the pm was nothing more than spam/a hoax ...

G'day all

As the message title suggests. I'm asking $50 ono. Pick up only I'm afraid (you always wanted a good excuse to drive up to the beautiful Northern Tablelands didn't you? And the autumn leaves are lovely right now!) :) The lid doesn't have a pressure release valve but I've just pushed the ...

Ray's Oktoberfest recipe is excellent - brew with confidence knowing that you'll make an excellent beer.

Cheers,
TL
That's what I wanted to hear, TL. You may see that I've posted a version of his recipe up elsewhere on this forum for feedback. Apart from following Dr Smurto's sagely advice to ...

IMO Jamil is a crystal loving freak but that said he used yankee crystal which isnt as sweet as ours (apparenlty).

My last Okky was vienna with about 3% caramunich and i found it too sweet. Just enough carafa to get the colour would be a better option.

If you had enough malt then i would be gong ...

I'd personally drop the caramunich and up the IBU to at least 20 (my pref would be at the top end - 28)
Thanks Doc. I'm in two minds about the Caramunich. I guess there should be enough malty sweetness from the Munich and the Carafa should give that little bit extra colour and edge so perhaps it ...

G'day all

Well, as most of us in south-east Oz are now well and truly aware, winter is nigh and I'm feeling the urge to get some lager brewing done. This is an Oktoberfest/Marzen recipe I am about to brew up. Feedback appreciated. The yeast is W34/70 that I have just got going in a 1.5 litre ...

Decoctions apparently improve your efficiency - at least i have read that somewhere.

His point re acid rests is worth noting in particular. I used to do this until I forgot once and my standard Oktoberfest was noticeably smoother and fuller.

Because my mashtun is a 10Gal Rubbermaid Cooler, I like ...

Hi folks,
Under the flimsy excuse that my birthday approaches, I thought it was about time I got some more brewing bling!

http://www.grainandgrape.com.au/images/sparge_ring001.jpg


If I remember, I'll take some pics of my preciousssss for all to see....

Cheers,
TL
TL
This is one of the first ...

The last 2 batches i have had big changes in efficiency.

Only 2 i have ever adjustng the water profile!

AIPA that i added CaSO4.

Stout that i added CaCO3.

AIPA dropped to 60%, Stout about 65%.

Usually i am a reliable 70%.

Seems Adelaide tap water was doing good things for me and now i have ...

The last 2 batches i have had big changes in efficiency.

Only 2 i have ever adjustng the water profile!

AIPA that i added CaSO4.

Stout that i added CaCO3.

AIPA dropped to 60%, Stout about 65%.

Usually i am a reliable 70%.

Seems Adelaide tap water was doing good things for me and now i have ...