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I have used a few tins of brew well past the use by date, One was about three years past, used new yeast and they worked out fine!

Condolences mate, I fear it is a choice we are going to have to make very soon, I have a dachsund named jake, he has been with me and the missus through thick and thin. Always cheerful and happy. Sadly we found out last week he has cancer, he is only 8 years of age. We can expect to have about three ...

CUB seem to have some very clever advertising people doing the ads.

OldBugman wrote: 2,000 Tallies and your mates couldnt even remove the labels for yah

Yeah, I like to use clean skin bottles, So I remove the labels as I brew. It would take a month i reckon to do them all in one hit.

And about 2000 empty tallies
Whoa mumma. Where'd you get them all from?

Lets just say I have some borderline alcoholic friends that are only too happy to donate their empties in return for some home brew samples. Here is my collection: :twisted:

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1 x morgans bitter

2 x black rock pale ale

2 x black rock cider

1 x morgans dark ale

Been quiet year on the brewing front for me, change of jobs has seen to that..

I have 2 x 60 litre fermenters. 4 x 25 litre fermenters.

And about 2000 empty tallies

i have around 1300 longnecks sitting empty in the brewshed, and about 250 full of home brew. Kegs are next on the agenda!!

I acquired a few hundred bottles that had been left in very dusty environments for quite some time, I filled the laundry tub with hot water and soaked about 20 at a time in it for half an hour each. Got the bottle brush into any that looked really sus, then just stored them upside down in milk ...

Welcom Ash, I am only a relative nooby myself. Great wealth of Knowledge and information to be had here! Happy posting!

I have two tins of east india pale ale sitting in the brewshed ready to go, gonna put them down this weekend!

The simplest recipes often turn out to be the best.


1 x Morgans Queensland bitter

1kg standard dextrose

1 x cluster hops sachet.

I have done a few brews using cluster hops in the past, but sampled the qld bitter last night (3months in the bottle) And it is unbelievably fresh and crisp. very ...

The brew shop in Bundy we all frequent is "Hooch Home Brew" I haven't been there that much of late, but the couple that run the place are really nice people always willing to offer advice and they really know their stuff which helps! :D


Very reasonable prices too I might add, they have been known ...

I tend to drink crisper beers like Pure Blonde or similair with pizza, I find it tends to cut the "heavy" feeling you get straight after eating it.

tyrone wrote:hello zook i am a ex bundy boy.

Geez mate, what made you leave this perfect part ofthe world and head north?

Metallica black is always good for a drinking session. We were listening to Live's new cd on saturday night at a party though. great cd.

Mate I bottled just this morning with wet glass. The bottles were sanitised, then rinsed 20 minutes later. Within 10 minutes I primes (yes primes into wet bottles so the sugar effectively starts to dissolve) Then bottled about 3/4 of an hour later. Have done this several times so far without ...

Well I was at the dawn service, marched with my grandfathers medals proudly on the chest. Cam home at 7:30 this morning, bottle up a brew, back to the morning service to march again. Home at midday. put down a new brew in one of the fermenters, then had a couple of hours sleep. I'll sleep well ...

Give it another three months and you will probably be wrapped with it! I had a dark ale that I polished offlast weekend. It didn't come into it's own until it had been in the bottle 14 months. I was fully prepared after that length of time for it to be stuffed, it was bloody beautiful!

I have around 30 milk crates. stores most of the bottles I have (each holds about 15 bottles) The rest are just rinsed well and sit upright in the brew shed Works a treat, then I sterilise just before bottling.

Aussie Claret wrote:Zook, sorry if I sounded off hand.
AC

Not to worry mate. I didn't take it that way. I appreciate you pointing the sticky out, it answered the airlock question perfectly. I only wish I'd seen the sticky sooner.