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All right, here's an update:

I have had 3 samples now.
#1 mid-April, 3 months old, very nice malty flavour but with a deep lingering bitter aftertaste, head was a few mm high, drank very well but needs more time.
#2 mid May, 4 months old, I am very pleased with it, good maltiness, bitterness good ...

Hey,
Bottled yesterday 17/01-2009, FG 1021, alc 7.2%, sample was extremely nice, had good bitterness and a good chocolate malty flavour, a few days ago SG was 1021 as well and the sample had that sharp alcohol flavour but that's gone now. I will keep this at least 6 months before I sample, it has ...

Ok, I put it on last night, here's the recipe
1Morgans Ironbark
1kg morgans choc malt
500g Liquid LME
100g dark crystal malt steeped 30 mins then strained
3x8g fuggles in extract from crystal and 250g LLME 1@15 mins, 2@5mins, 3@3mins, then turned off stove and steeped 10 mins
Strained into fermenter ...

Lucky you got me just before I left work, I went by the HBS and got 200g of Dark crystal malt, I'll give that a go, as to refurbishing the yeast I thought I wouldn't wanna risk ruining a good brew and since I have only used one bottle of refurbed yeast in my lifetime, I'll experiment with it another ...

OK, sounds like I should read more into it before I start using my refurbed yeasts, I'll get a few packs of S-04, my HBS doesn't carry specialty yeasts like wyeast only the standard stuff, he will get it in for ya if you ask though.
So you say rehydrate 2 packs and use, or 1 pack and a starter? How ...

So you don't reckon I should recycle the yeast? I am not using tiny amounts I have bottled the slurry after bottling beer so there should be about 100mL in each bottle. I have bottled the yeast from using Muntons Gold in brews as well, no good to recycle either?
I read somewhere you can recycle ...

I have savoured some s04 from previous brews in 330mL bottles, probably half beer half yeast, how many would I need and how big a yeast starter? 1 bottle and 100mL malt + 1L water?

All right thanks, I ended up getting the Ironbark, 1kg Morgans choc malt and 500g Liquid DME and I will add 15g of fuggles, I'll cut it back to 16 L to get the alc I want. Will definitely try your stout+dark ale next, thanks for your help will let you know what it turns out like.

Cheers
Berger

OK, thanks
Think I'll carbonate a few with honey and a few with dried LME and see the difference
An IBU of 55 sounds pretty bitter to me, you reckon I should brew it with 1.5 kg of liquid LME instead and add hops accordingly or find a different kit to real ale that's lightly hopped? What bitterness ...

Thanks heaps, sounds like its worth a try, I'll give it a go. What about the priming sugar? I have heard about people leaving it out all together and wait for 6 months or so for it to carbonate.

yeah I been thinking that but I was worried the stout would overpower the dark ale, I would like the ironbark to be the dominant flavour.
Is there a particular stout kit that would be good with the ironbark?

Hey there,
I've been having this idea in my head to put down a brew for winter, I was thinking now would be the time, here is the stuff I was thinking of using:

1 Morgans Ironbark
1 Coopers real ale
1 kg Mogans Choc malt
s-04 ale yeast

Should finish up around 7% alc

Thing is I don't know if it is ...

Yeah, I finally got onto them, the invoice had a mobile number I used.
He said they haven't quite closed yet and he's got my stuff in the back but hasn't sent yet, so we'll see hopefully it wont be too long.
I'll let you know when I get it.
Also if anyone is near Camden I hear from AHB that Jays are ...

Excellent, will do
Thanks mate

Jays Home Brew
Capitol Arcade
Shop 5, 85-87 Argyle Street
Camden, NSW 2570
Phone: 02 4655 4500
sales@jayshomebrew.com.au
http://www.jayshomebrew.com.au

I'm from Victoria so I ordered online

Hi
Any one know if Jays Homebrew shop has closed down, their internet page is gone and I can't get in contact with them about an outstanding order? Also do you know how to go about outstanding orders in the event they have closed before they sent my goods?

Hi, I have brewed a few stouts and both of them had an OG that was 7-10 points lower than expected, I used the calculator on http://www.brewcraft.com.au/wa.asp?idWebPage=9616&idDetails=172
The first one was:
Morgans Dockside
500g Morgans caramalt
250g Liquid Amber
500g Dried Light
500g Coopers BE2 ...