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Ive also got approx 60 odd free to a good home.

Dont need many now im kegging.

Pick up from Berowra Heights (northern Sydney)

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I do 7l Boil extract beers all the time... here's my standard approach.

1kg LDME
1.5kg Malt Extract (Coopers Unhoped extract) or 1 tin of Morgans and another 500gms of LDME

Here is my Golden Ale recipe:


1.00 kg Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 35.71 %
1.50 kg Liquid Malt Extract (8.0 SRM ...

Ross wrote:The quality of available supplies has lifted dramitcally in the last 2 years & there are now several specialist suppliers of truly fresh ingredients.

Ross should know.. He sells the best fresh brewing supplies in the land!

Its the only place I buy hops and yeast from.

Those ESB kits are pretty good outta the tin.

I'd steep 200gms of Crystal Malt / strain / boil for 10mins then add 20gms of Cascade at flame out and then into the fermenter with US-05 or similar.

If your racking to secondary you could also dry hop another 20gms of Cascade or similar.

I threw a pack of coopers yeast in a barley wine I did last week.. not sure if it helped but two packs of US-05 took it from 1.095 to 1.032 in 6 days

Sounds like your learning fast

I'm convinced its impossible to get anything in brewing right first go. My first keg poured flat, then all froth, then flat again. Second keg is pouring lovely.

if anyones interested here is how i ended up brewing.

13 litre batch.
Total 80IBU

Amount Item Type % or IBU
1.00 kg Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 23.81 % in Boil
1.50 kg Amber Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM) Extract 35.71 % coopers can -post boil
1.50 kg Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract ...

Let me get this right! She'd rather you brew beer than renovating the house?

She got a sister?

all the bottles (old and new) ive tried work ok.. some seem to be "light filled" but they work..

I think it would be fine.. but first find someone local who will refill it!

mykegonlegs does swap and go.. may be easier.. but not cheaper

Im looking for a budget solution also...

the ones ive done are 15l that you top up with 5l of water..

these ones.. your maybe different?

Your supposed to add 5l of water to bring them up to 20l arent you?

Yeah I wasnt sure about the yeast, gravity is high, but volume is low.. maybe a big starter is the go? Or would a Wyeast Smack Pack have enough to get through it?

To tell you the truth I cant really afford a full batch.. there is $40 worth of malt/hops in there.. $80+ is a lot to throw away if it ...

Hi guys,

I wanna have a go at a big yankee Barley wine, its gunna need heaps of hops/malt so Im going to do a half batch..

Any opinions on this?

Type: Extract
Batch Size: 12.00 L
Boil Size: 7.00 L
Boil Time: 60 min

Ingredients

1.00 kg Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 26.32 % (in Boil)
1 ...

Ahh ok..

well maybe this..

1xCan Coopers
1kg Dex
500gms LDME
20gms D-Sazz 15mins
30gms D-Sazz flame out

boil the dex and ldme in about 6-7l of water for 15mins with 20gms hops as above.. when its done add 30gms of d-sazz and cool it in an ice bath.

Into the fermentor with the coopers kit and ...

thats a truck load of hops.. you boiling at all?

I dont use 90gms all up in my APA's

If you wanna nice euro lager id ditch the cascade and just add 30-40gms of the D-Sazz and make sure she ferments at 10-12c

You really should give honey at least a couple of minutes boil to kill off any nasties that could lead to possible infection.

Honey isn't sterile by any stretch of the imagination.

In Beersmith break your fermentables up so you can just mark what you are boiling..

For example I usually do
1kg LDME
1.5kg LME (Coopers Extract Can)
Hops

I boil 500gms of the LDME in 7L.

So I enter it into Beersmith as
1 x 500gms LDME
1 x 500gms LDME
1 x 1.5kg LME

Then on one of the LDME ...

24c isnt too bad, I often brew that high in summer, not Ideal but it works.

As for hydrometer's, I took my first hydrometer reading for about 2 years yesterday as I was worried a batch got stuck after a rather sudden temp drop.. I took the reading... 1008. Bang on. I've put the hydrometer away for ...

Yeah I had the same thing, over-carbed after a month or two, and head growing in the glass, I put it down to mild infection.

I stopped racking to secondary and now give the fermenters a good 24hr soak in bleach/vinegar every couple of batches!