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Hi guys,

I tasted this latest release from James Squire last night at my local First Choice. There is a thread about this in the 'Beer You Buy' section of this forum. I am interested in trying to do something similar to this beer using all extract.

Has anyone tried it? Is anyone able to help me ...

First Choice near me (Keperra) had this available for tasting last night when I popped in for a bottle of wine. I thought it was an interesting beer but agree with Lachy's comments. The pepperberry could've been accented more and would probably made for a much more interesting brew.

I might have to ...

I racked mine and added the final lot of hops this week. It's now in the coolroom at work at 2c lagering for about 6 weeks if I can hold out.

From the sample I took for an SG reading (prior to final hop addition) I am VERY excited about this beer. Loads of passionfruit flavours coming through. I ...

I will wax the tops (when I figure out where to get the wax)

These guys - http://www.cheeselinks.com.au sell wax for cheese making - would that work to seal the bottles?

J

That looks like a great idea!! Hmm - maybe something to think about for myself too!

I've already done a beer I intend to keep for 2 years (to drink on my son's 5th birthday) so this might be the next step...

When looking at using hops for preservative - does it matter at which point of the boil ...

oh - and by the way...

if they decide not to put on another brewology event next Tuesday I will be trying to organise a group to get one happening. I have about 4 or 5 people keen so if anyone here is interested then send me a message.

Cheers

Jimmy

Hi guys,

I just read about the 'Brewology 101' in today's Courier Mail. It says that they are holding the brewology event next tuesday but, having just called to book in for next week, it is actually on tonight.

it costs $20 and kicks off at 5pm. Looks like it could be a pretty good event.

Shame ...

I took it to mean dollars/cents per gram - just not very clearly written.

I am fairly new to BeerSmith myself so I could very well have gotten the wrong end of the stick....

Thanks Chris - that makes sense!

J

Hi guys,

I had a crack at brewing this recipe and have just racked it (after 2 weeks fermentation) for lagering.

I followed the recipe at the beginning of this topic with the following variations:

65g or coriander seeds instead of 100g (I thought I had about 85g but when I weighed it there was ...

I am going to try the following recipe tomorrow. Just wondering if anyone has any feedback/suggestions to improve it:

23L Batch

3kg LDME
200g Crystal steeped
30g Nelson Sauvin (12.6%AA) @ 20min
30g Nelson Sauvin @ 5min
30g Nelson Sauvin @ dry hopped
Saflager

Boil 4L with water from crystal and ...

Thanks for the quick responses guys!

Hi guys,

I've been reading through my Brewing Crafts book and have decided I want to have a go at the Chimay recipe at the top of this post.

The recipe calls for 2.3kg of dry malt extract.

I just wanted to find out whether there would be any advantage in using some liquid malt extract in ...

Thanks for the quick replies guys!

I can do it without the dex if you think that would be better?

I had intended to do a 23 litre brew.

American Pale Ale is all good with me.

I do like them hoppy!

warra48 - Where did you calculate total IBUs of 58? I thought it was a total of 37.1?

Thanks ...

Hi guys

I've recently downloaded and bought Beersmith and am slowly getting the hang of using it. I just wanted to check whether I'm doing the right thing.

The recipe I've worked out is:

Black Rock IPA kit
600g dex
600g LDME
250g maltodex
plus hops

I used the equation in in the Partial Boil ...

This recipe sounds really interesting and one that I'd like to try out!

The biggest pot I have a 5L pot - would someone be able to either

a) help me out with hop schedule etc for this or - preferably

b) tell me how to work it out myself using beersmith. I just bought beersmith and am working my ...

Thanks for that. My local homebrew shop told me that I should add 2 or 3 carb drops to the settling cube just before racking to do just that.

Will that do the trick?

Thanks KEG!

That sounds like a great idea! I'll get on to that as soon as I bottle the Kilkenny clone I've got going.

Thanks guys.

RWH - if you were racking to avoid autolysis then would it be necessary to rack after one week? I thought, generally, beers were ok on the yeast cake for up to about 3 weeks before needing to be racked?

I am planning to brew this beer and would be using my Whitelabs German Lager ...

Hmm - I'm thinking a Leffe Blonde type would be a good idea.

I was given this as a recipe to try:

1x Morgans Golden Saaz Pilsner kit (1.7kg)
1.5kg Light Dry Malt Extract
0.5kg Dextrose
20grams Tettnang hop pellets (steeped for 10mins)
Whitelabs Belgian Ale (WLP550) starter (I already have some of ...