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James P commented on vdog's blog post 'Commissioning the new brewery'34 minutes ago

Great write up vdog, me is very jealous! Is that pump the washing machine one?

Reviled replied to nzbrewer's discussion 'What are you brewing?'54 minutes ago

Well, ive moved my old ale to the hot water cupboard cos theres still nothing happening, hopefully it will start cranking better with the extra heat?? Also, got a 750ml PET bottle with some 2124 at my desk with me, who needs a stirplate, im just ...

Joking replied to nzbrewer's discussion 'What are you brewing?'59 minutes ago

Here's a Hybrid type beer that I've been thinking about for a wee while... I should be able to knock it out during the weekend. It's a mash up of Kolsch, US Pale Ale and English Ordinary. It should be interesting.... basically a 1 week G2B beer K...

vdog added a blog post2 hours ago

Commissioning the new brewery

Simon David kelly replied to Simon David kelly's discussion 'Cleaning up a brew'2 hours ago

I had planned on leaving it in the bottle to mature for 3 months after bottling ... I hadn't planned on the chilling phase, which will require a fridge from somewhere. I think I may use this as an opportunity for experimentation. 1/2 the bottle o...

Joking replied to Soren's discussion 'Pump'2 hours ago

I use mine for everything - including sparging.

James P replied to Simon David kelly's discussion 'Cleaning up a brew'2 hours ago

Lagering has the same problem. My traditional lagers get 6~8 weeks in secondary, and they can take up to three months to carb up in a bottle. I have found there is always enough yeast to carbonate, just takes bloody ages!

studio1 replied to Soren's discussion 'Pump'3 hours ago

You can use this for fly sparging then?

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What are you brewing? 2337 Replies

Since this is the most popular thread on the RealBeer.co.nz forum I thought I would start it here just to see what happens

Tagged: homebrew, ale, brewing, beer

Started by nzbrewer in HomeBrewers. Last reply by Reviled 54 minutes ago.

Cleaning up a brew 7 Replies

Hi All, The Russian Imperial Stout I have on the go has just gone to the secondary with a hop addition. The one thing I noticed is that there is a massive amount of small particles in there. It lo...

Started by Simon David kelly in HomeBrewers. Last reply by Simon David kelly 2 hours ago.

Pump 40 Replies

I have decided I ned a pump. It needs to pump boiling wort and be sturdy. Flowrate, maybe 5L/min or so, maybe less can do it, I don't know...? I would like to be able to whirlpool with it eventuall...

Started by Soren in HomeBrewers. Last reply by Joking 2 hours ago.

Off flavour 5 Replies

Hey all, hoping you might be able to help identify an ongoing problem with some of my beers. Here's the hard facts: Effects darker beers not light lagers. Has cropped up in my old kits n bits beer...

Started by JackoNZ in HomeBrewers. Last reply by Soren 4 hours ago.

When is the next Auckland meeting? 9 Replies

Finally have a leave pass , and canceled all other appointments. Is there an Auckland meeting on the 11th? If so can you please provide details. Be great to get to meet you all. Chris

Started by Beer_ledgend in SOBA. Last reply by Reviled 5 hours ago.

Blog Posts

Commissioning the new brewery

I thought I’d drop a blog on here outlining our first brew in the new brewery – thanks to Barry for advice on the use of hot water cylinders – we’re stoked with the results!

The brew went really well on Sunday, considering that the brewery has been completely reworked so we were starting with a brand new (to us) setup that hadn’t yet been calibrated! I’ll be adding sight-glasses to the vessels before the next brew, so hopefully that will make things a bit easier.

For the sake of explanation, w… Continue

Posted by vdog on July 6, 2009 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

Flander's Red - The Brewday

Thought I'd add a blog. You've probably seen this all before but thought I'd throw up some photos of how my brewday goes.

Recipe for anyone that's interested.

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Posted by denimglen on July 3, 2009 at 4:30pm — 17 Comments

The Wort Recovery Protocol

It's been a while since I've put a blog up - so I thought I'd put up something useful to y'all.

Tyler and Mike were over when they saw me do this, and I think that both of them are doing it now. I don't know how may of you are doing it, but it's worth doing if you're not - as I haven't noticed any detremental effects on the beer when you do it. So, what am I talking about? Wort recovery... thats what.

It starts after you have transferred your wort into the fermenter. Generally I cut off when I… Continue

Posted by Joking on June 28, 2009 at 10:30am — 9 Comments

Hop vines.

Is there anywhere in NZ that sells Hop Vines?

I'm in Wellington and was wondering if there's a place nearby that might have them. Would they be available at any garden centre? (probably not eh.)

If anyone here knows I'd be grateful.

Posted by cerevisia on June 27, 2009 at 4:40pm — 6 Comments

Advice please?

I just recently (Sunday midday) brewed a Bishops Tipple clone. (I'm hoping) It was a partial mash, using:

1.5Ib pale malt,

500gms crystal malt

1oz black malt

1oz wheat malt

A can of coopers real ale for malt extract.

Goldings Hops

750gms Golden Syrup

2oz Molasses

And Safale s-04

The airlock on the fermenter only just started bubbling now when I got home from work. Normally when I brew, the airlock starts to bubble within an hour.

Should I be worried?

Posted by cerevisia on June 22, 2009 at 6:47pm — 11 Comments