Brewing this weekend.

First post by nicko, 9 years ago

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Pale Ales with Galaxy and Citra, can't wait!!

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This should almost be ready now. Details please. How is that hop combination? I'm itching to try galaxy . . .

Galaxy is fantastic. I've made this recipe before with the galaxy and it's about to be kegged again (Batch 2).

I did Daemons recipe of 'sticks and stones' off AHB and it's fantastic. I'll post the BIABacus in the proven recipes thread sometime this week.

Cheers.

Merry Christmas Biabers!

First post by Lumpy5oh, 9 years ago

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Wishing everyone a Safe and Very Merry Christmas.
Enjoy the beers of your labors this holiday season and hopefully Santa brings you something interesting to brew with in the New Year.

Prost!

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I received a couple of books this year. My parents are notoriously bad at gift giving but refuse to just go with gift cards or money. I specifically asked for A Brewer's Tale ( which I got) and the Yeast book (I did not get). My parents instead got me the Oxford reference guide to Beer; which is basically an encyclopedia of beer and brewing terms. It's not really helpful so it will be exchanged for something else.

Christmas beer swap idea - Aussie brewers.

First post by nicko, 9 years ago

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Hi guys,

How about a two-bottle random Christmas draw for Australian brewers? Basically everyone that’s keen answers this thread, I’ll put all the names into a hat (literally), then announce who is swapping bottles.. so for instance if I got PP then him and I would send each other a PM and swap addresses, then whatever brew we’re particularly proud of we’d mail two (plastic I’m guessing?) bottles to the other party. Either two of the same brew, or different brews… either way.

Postage is...

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We'll I was expecting more interest. Bung and PP you're each other's beer Santa. PM each other to get address details. Cheers.

Any brewers using a Windows Phone out there? :)

First post by BryggBuddha, 9 years ago

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I have started a hobby project (besides brewing ;)) to create a brewing app for windows phone. There is one out there but that one has not been updated for two years and it don't work in my region.

The goal is to have an app to aid you on your brewing regarding calculators and converters and stuff.
At the moment it only have a calculator to calculate the final gravity using a refractometer reading.

I would much appreciate feedback and requests for features to be added. Things that would aid...

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You can PM Pat.

Fishing vid.

First post by nicko, 9 years ago

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Hi guys, when I'm not drinking and brewing I like to fish, here's me in action, cheers!

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Nicko, I love to Grouper fish . Here in the Gulf of Mexico it's REAL Grouper. When hunting it's whitetail deer, hogs , or when the opportunity arises turkey .
Would love to get up to where 2trout is at and do some fishing or elk hunting !!!!
Joe

Cool mate, what's a real grouper?

OOOHHH SPIT !!!!

First post by jhough, 9 years ago

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Tryin to keep it clean . :angry: :angry: Computer crashed 2 days ago . :angry: Lost about a years worth of recipes and notes . This SUCKS ! I know I should have backed up but I didn't. All that work down the tubes. :headhit: One of these days my mechanic brain will catch up with my creative brain ! :pray: :pray: Guess I'll have to start anew .
Fortunately , I do have some copies in a notepad... My wife threw out at least 2 though. I WILL Get through this though ! :thumbs: :thumbs:
Joe

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Will brew next w/e when the wife is at work . Post soon.
J

Useless beer gadgets

First post by bundy, 9 years ago

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Mrs Bundy was browsing a Xmas shopping mag and came across this Beauty....

The beer foamer
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Needless to say I declined the offer of adding to my Xmas Wishlist!

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Bundy, Useless beer gadgets ? Did not know there was any such thing !

MS goes to Belize Central America

First post by Mad_Scientist, 9 years ago

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Belize
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We saw Belikin beer being sold at the port of Belize and asked about the brewery, unfortunately
there was no Belikin Brewery Tours anymore. :sad: I would have gone on that excursion. I found
this link at this time of posting; onclick= window.open(this.href);return false; The last
tour review was in February.

So MS walks into a pub and drinks a Premium and a Stout (2 for 5 USD), and my GF has the two lagers.
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Are you visiting any other countries?
We went on a seven day cruise with four port stops. This was my
first cruise. We did not sign up for any official approved excursions
from the cruise ship.

Our first stop was Cozumel Mexico.
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This is a 100% tourist island, they are very appreciative of your money.
After not making it on a large van with a lot of people, that company
pointed us over to another guy who didn't have any takers. He gave us
a good...

Mally does Beck's

First post by mally, 9 years ago

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Just come back from a beer extravaganza in Bremen, Germany (also known as Freimarkt).
Did a tour of Becks brewery whilst there, and must say at source, their local lager (not exported) is the best I have tasted.
It is called Haake Beck, and uses more hops than their standard Beck's export (all Hallertau apparently).

Just some random pics of the tour, nothing exciting I'm afraid. They actually wouldn't allow pictures to be taken inside the mashing room. :angry:

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The building with...

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That is an excellent post kaiserben. I'd love to see you post it in the Beer Appreciation forum. It is very rare to get such a post so please do that and give as much detail as you can.

:salute:

MS goes to Boulder Colorado USA

First post by Mad_Scientist, 9 years ago

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We went on a trip to visit my sister in Boulder.

These pictures are from our visit to Boulder Beer Brewery & Pub...
... and free Brewery tour ... :party:

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... hmm, hop plant blocking corner stone, photo bomber
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... who visited from down under, let's see who ...
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Great pics. I should have done something similar with the breweries I visited (over 30 of them) in the Pacific NW. Oregon, Washington and Idaho. T'was a great trip.. needless to say.

What's in your glass?

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First post by redlegger, 13 years ago

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***A WORLD FIRST!***

The worlds first BIAB dedicated, Show us what you are drinking now, thread!

As the name suggests, show us what you are drinking right now. I'll start off with my Choc Porter :)

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Sorry, meant 35C / 95 F.

Burnt my Lager??

First post by aamcle, 9 years ago

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Evening All.

I did a Pilsner a few weeks ago, its in bottles now and it has a fault that seems to becoming more apparent as it ages.

There is a distinct burnt taste to it, I boiled with a 3kw kettle type element and No Chilled in the kettle. Next morning I transfered it to a FV and inoculated it.

I found that there was a considerable amount of crud built-up or baked on to the element.

Is it possible that this buildup caused the burnt flavour?

Is there anything I can do to stop it...

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Thanks All.

Aamcle

A Behind the Scenes Pic.

First post by Pat, 9 years ago

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One of my big worries for this site atm is that information is not easy to find. New members might think, on a casual glance and from looking through 'stickies', that little effort is/gets put into the site. The latter is far from true (see below). Until we get things sorted though please just ask your questions on forum. There is no other forum that has so many members willing to give you their undivided attention. Please respect, respond and acknowledge their efforts as they are...

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Pat, one of the Most Useful options are the Forum Search.

A few of Us that post links to answer questions, use the Forum Search to get those Links.

It may be difficult to make the search auto like Google, but, only you guys will know!

Mally goes to Hawkshead

First post by mally, 9 years ago

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Inspired by Richard's post of brewery tours , here is some from mine during July & August (visited twice)!

Hawkshead Brewery, Staveley, (lake district). It is a small brewery but with some very nice drinks. Head brewer is a Kiwi too!

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The best picture I saved until last, especially for PP. It is a view through the window into the fermentation room. We weren't allowed inside due to contamination issues, but what is that on the ledge outside?...

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I can't believe they have a beer school :shock:

Beer School is a fun, interactive, and informative experience that explains the steps for beer appreciation

I will be doing a Becks brewery tour next month in Bremen (Germany), I guess this will be a little more like Anheuser-Busch though :|

MS goes to Jacksonville Florida USA

First post by Mad_Scientist, 9 years ago

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My girlfriend and I went to Jacksonville on June 20th - June 23rd, 2014 for our birthdays (22nd and 23rd). The following are my highlights.

River City Brewing Company - Jacksonville FL

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Stuffed Flounder and 2 Strawberry Blonde Ales :drink: :drink:

Strawberry Blonde Ale for Two
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Our view looking towards The Jacksonville Landing; onclick= window.open(this.href);return false;
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Mash Tun...

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I'll be doing a lot of #1 in #3 soon! :lol:

Anyone on Untappd?

First post by onkeltuka, 9 years ago

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Untappd is like the Facebook of beer, a fun free app for your phone. You log in the beers you've drank, can add a photo, give stars and add comments. You also get badges for achievements, like 10 different beers in a row , and the like. It's fun. If you are there, give your nick here and I'll add you as a friend. (And I 'll also change to English in my updates).

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Cool!

The Third Chronicles of Skink

First post by Skink, 9 years ago

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OK, folks, here it is - more mind-numbing rubbish from a person with an obviously numb mind. Cue drum roll...

The Third Chronicles of Skink

When Skink, son of Skunk, didst emerge from Castle Biab, his faithful and big-bummed friend Number 7 wast waiting for him faithfully – and big-bummedly.

‘Aiee, my friend,’ he didst say, ‘How goeth it? Are you yet admitted to the Brotherhood of the Closely Woven Fabric?’

‘Nay, not yet, my friend,’ didst Skink reply. ‘King Pistol patch, May the...

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PP , I think thouest is right. I might have had a few tonight and fell on me arse trying to keep from laughing !!

Biabacus on ipad5

First post by alanem, 9 years ago

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I have an old ipad5 sitting around doing bugger all at the moment and thought it would be great out in the brew room to access my Biabacus as I brew instead of copying figures and notes on slips of paper then going inside to transfer them later on.
I read here somewhere that QuickOffice was ok but apparently Google are no longer making Quickoffice available for download but instead have an app called Google Sheets .
Has anyone used the Google Sheets App?.... if so what is it like?...... Will it...

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It's still the best software Tool out there so a few inconveniances arent the end of the world.

Happy brewing! :thumbs:

Bundy

Couldn't agree more Bundy, Biabacus is so much more advanced than any other software available
:salute:
Cheers
Al

Milo is made from barley malt, beer is milo

First post by slash, 9 years ago

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(Milo is a yummy chocolate flavoured drink for those who don't know)

staring at a jar and realising milo is made from malted barley. I decided to Google a good recipe, has anybody tried to make it milo from scratch?? I'm going to give it a go when I’m back in my home country, here’s the recipe I found.

To the equivalent of either 1 cup of milk, or water (in a saucepan), add:

2 1/2 tsps of Malt Extract (8.4g)
3 1/2 tsps of Milk Powder (5g)
1 tsp of Sugar (Xylitol, or Dextrose) (4.2g)
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well ive just learnt I'm moving countrys for my job....there goes my beer brewing for the rest of the year..(unitl i get re-established)...hello milo making !

Brewer discretion is advised (a BobBrews video)...

First post by nicko, 9 years ago

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Just for anyone that hasn't seen this informative and entertaining video by Bob.. Nice work Bob!

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nicko,

Thank you. Call before you visit. I need time to empty a case of good craft beer into one of my kegs to pass off as one of my own! For my brew club meetings I only have to scrape off a label or two!

Mate I'll have to call as I don't know where you live! :lol: I've only just upgraded from Aus-mega-swill lol, you could serve almost anything! :drink:

Shrinking my brew length.

First post by aamcle, 9 years ago

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I need to reduce I can't get through it fast enough so I want to brew enough to package 12litres, two crates. There is something special about a nice full crate :).

I have a smaller urn, 23litres to the brim with a recommended Max boil volume of 19litres.

Will this be big enough as it is or will I need to Maxi BIAB?

Thanks All. Aamcle

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Bob, I had a look at the video I wasn't sure it was the right one but I'll go back to the site.

Rick.

My Nexus 7 seems to have welded itself to my hand and I can't get Biabacus to run :(.

I touch a PC about once a week to do my wife's expenses...

Your right of course I need to get familiar with Biabacus.

Thanks All. Aamcle

Windows 8, iTunes etc. General ranting on software :).

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First post by PistolPatch, 11 years ago

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MODNOTE: Changed the topic tile on 4th July 2014 to better match the direction the topic has turned.

Just received an email from Windows re Windows 8. I thought it must be spam as I haven't even heard of Windows 8.

Double-checked on the MS site and it seems to be real. This is the weirdest upgrade offer I have ever seen. You click on it, it 'examines' your computer for a few minutes, offers you a pretty crap report that you can't get any more detail on and then entreats you to get Windows 8...

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:shoot:

OK! Good! When things slow down (if ever?) I want to rebuild a spare computer to run some kind of Linux? I will have to research all versions. I have two tower computers with two monitors each that work perfectly. I don't see the point of screwing with them. I just need one to play with Linux. If I buy another monitor. I will be killed by the boss! :argh:

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My first NoChill

First post by bionut, 9 years ago

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Hello guys,

today i managed to brew my first no chill batch. I had some troubles with the siphon, as i wanted to start it by filling the tubing with Star San (now they sell it in Romania too :clap: ) and, with the copper racking cane i made in the wort, let the Star San solution flow. I could not make it work this way so i literally sucked it :lol: In the future i will try to fill the whole siphon (cane and silicone tubing) with sanitizer before i put it in the wort as i am affraid of sucking...

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I know the design, i have a T siphon that i use when i chill my wort. I could not find the materials for making a heat resistent one. Silicone tubing is hard to find in small quantities, and for the 10 mm one that i bought from my homebrewing shop i can't find a metal T. I think that the smallest copper tee i found was 15 mm. I have no idea what else could i use.

This morning i transfered the wort from the cube to the fermentor and now it's bubbling hard and the smell at the airlock is nice,...

BIAB Pilsner and No Chill?

First post by aamcle, 9 years ago

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I'm going to give my recirculating BIAB rig an outing this week using an AG Pilsner kit and I thought I would ask for some advice.

As I'll be no chilling and I know there is debate about the hop schedule, are any changes needed?

I will use a hop sock to prevent hops getting into the fermentation but I'm concerned about the break material is it an issue?

The instructions indicate that it should be a single temp plus mashout so I'm only recirculating to maintain temperature.

Many for your...

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I'm considering no chilling in the kettle prior to transfer to a FV and further chilling to about 10°C and pitching as soon as its all at temperature.

I shouldn't get a huge amount of stuff through, I looking forward to this brew.

Aamcle

BIABrewer Milestone

First post by mally, 9 years ago

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Just noticed today was the 10,000th registered member! :champ:

Do they get a prize by the way? :lol:

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They only have to do the Captcha once when registering Jack. Of the 16 new regos in the last 16 hours or so, all seem genuine so I'll leave this system in place for a while and then rotate to something else. A confirmation email apparently fixes a lot of spammers as well so after new site structure is laid out, we might write an informative confirmation email, that tells the new member where to start as well as confirming their membership.

I'll also do a major cull once the new site structure...