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Was in coles the other day and noticed a new brew( Coopers english bitter).Part of the
international range but at just over $20 a tin it would have to be pretty good

IMO i would not bother with these packs as they are pretty expensive for what they are.
You would be better off by finding a recipe and buying the ingredients seperately

I'm going to put this recipe down tommorrow but will dry hop with 15grams of
halletau as they have nice citrus overtones.Boonie hope you don't mind a bit of
experimenting with the recipe

New research from the UK says men having more than 2 drinks a day
increase their chances of getting prostate cancer but as we know with
research it's how they interpret it mostly to suit their agenda

And now the powers to be want to put a health warning similar to whats on ciggie packs on all alcoholic drinks
I said to the wife a few months ago that now they've saturated our minds about the evils of smoking they will
start on alcohol next

Was speaking to the owner of country brewer at Richmond and he was saying that Coopers
now owns Morgans.If this is true i hope they don't drop some of the morgans range of kits
Also in regards to IBU's of kit cans is there another site to get info on morgan kits as it's not mentioned
on there normal ...

All the new kit cans are now lined inside with a thin plastic coating which
would probably protect the contents from any metallic tastes well past the due date

Geez CB i hope there all full with amber gold

After finishing a bottle i just rinse out 3 times with water(does'nt have to be hot) and cover
the top with a bit of gladwrap to keep out the dust and bugs and when there ready to be used
again just a quick rinse with water and then sanitize with no rinse Iodophor

Ross at craftbrewer has a lot of info on hops.just click on the hops your interested
in a you get a pretty detailed description of each one
http://www.craftbrewer.com.au

In my last couple of brews i've been boiling steeped grain water with hops
for the usual time and cooling the wort down in an ice bath but for
the last brew i thought i would pour the wort in the fermenter straight from
the pot and add cold water to bring down the temp before adding the yeast and ...

I'm going to use one of those drawstring hop bags in the boil for my next brew.My Q is in regards
to a possible infection from the bag as it won't be sanitized before use.
Could i soak the bag in a solution of Iodophor before use or would the bacteria be simply killed
in the boil?

Hope all you Victorians and South aussies are coping with the heat and
managing to keep your brews cool.Not easy in that heat.Just pray
there's no major blackouts

Yesterday i put down the brew as per above but added 150 grs of light crystal malt
steeped for 25 mins and after taking the sg i tasted it and it was quite sweet.Will
this sweetness settle down overtime?

Cleaning out the fermenter i reckon.S**t of a job but has to be done
properly.Any ideas to make this job easier would be appreciated

It's about time they took that stuff off the shelf(bloody nasty crap)

Thanks for that Pete.I will try some of the palest crystal malt,would
200 grs be too much?

Goes like this
1 can of coopers pale ale
1 kg ldme
25 gr goldings boil 20mins
10 gr goldings boil 5 mins
nottingham yeast
I would like to use some grain for steeping but i'm unsure of what i could use so any help
would be appreciated

Look out your bills are about to go up even more.Due to Com govts carbon reduction scheme being approved
electricity bills will rise by approx $4 a week but low income people will be compensated.Better get into some mass
brewing to build up stocks

So who's putting down a special brew to celebrate xmas(besides actually drinking of course)?I'm thinking of putting down a
Cascade Mahogany Porter after hearing a lot of good reports about it and leaving it for a few months.I'd like to also wish everyone a very merry Xmas and happy new year BURP