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river Forums Junkie Location: Land of Oz Registered: June 2004	Re: Home brewing Tue, 18 January 2005 11:41 Hi, Yeah, I do a bit of home brewing beer. The quickest and cheapest way to start up is to buy one of those generic (ie Coopers, etc) brewing kits. Then, you chuck out the can of extract 'cos it's usually shit and go and get a good one. Try "Black Rock" they have a good range of different extracts and beer types. I've found the ales to be their best - where their "Colonial Ale" is a very nice drop. Also, you can get different sugar/malt packs with varying amounts of each ingrediant and you start experimenting from there until you find a taste that you like. There's quite a few homebrew beer sites on the net, in Australia, that you can check out which will give you a better idea. I find it easier to buy a few dozen clean bottles to start with and recycle them. However, watch out for tight-arse mates who don't return the bottles. Little bottles are okay, but you need to use ones that don't have a screw-cap 'cos the seals don't stick to them very well and as the brew ferments in the bottle the pressure can blow off the cap. I prefer to use the 750ml bottles. I seem to have little trouble slamming down a long neck and it's easier to fill and cap a couple of dozen long necks than 50 little bottles. Also, invest in a good lever-action capping machine. The kits usually supply a shitty litte one that requires you to seal the bottle with a well directed hammer blow to secure the cap. Sometimes, if you're not careful, you can break a bottle. My brews average from 4% to 8% alcohol and taste pretty good. I've got a batch that's been down for 2yrs and I'm going to try one soon to see if it tastes better or has turned to shit. seeyuzz river [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Home brewing	Cool1	Tue, 18 January 2005 10:56
	Re: Home brewing	river	Tue, 18 January 2005 11:41
	Re: Home brewing	EvilJack	Tue, 18 January 2005 11:45
	Re: Home brewing	justcallmefrank	Tue, 18 January 2005 11:46
	Re: Home brewing	causinmayhem	Tue, 18 January 2005 11:56
	Re: Home brewing	Cool1	Tue, 18 January 2005 11:59
	Re: Home brewing	davedrifts	Tue, 18 January 2005 12:50
	Re: Home brewing	Nolan	Wed, 19 January 2005 05:26
	Re: Home brewing	river	Tue, 18 January 2005 20:07
	Re: Home brewing	Cool1	Tue, 18 January 2005 22:19
	Re: Home brewing	river	Tue, 18 January 2005 22:29
	Re: Home brewing	Cool1	Tue, 18 January 2005 23:19
	Re: Home brewing	thechuckster	Wed, 19 January 2005 03:33
	Re: Home brewing	Squid	Sun, 13 February 2005 21:54
	Re: Home brewing	davedrifts	Wed, 19 January 2005 06:30
	Re: Home brewing	Fattony	Wed, 26 January 2005 04:53
	Re: Home brewing	Flem	Mon, 31 January 2005 08:05
	Re: Home brewing	Cool1	Mon, 31 January 2005 08:28
	Re: Home brewing	Cyber-punk	Mon, 31 January 2005 09:21
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	Re: Home brewing	Cyber-punk	Mon, 31 January 2005 09:31
	Re: Home brewing	Cool1	Mon, 31 January 2005 09:34
	Re: Home brewing	Cyber-punk	Mon, 31 January 2005 09:36
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	Re: Home brewing	Cyber-punk	Tue, 01 February 2005 11:05
	Re: Home brewing	Squid	Wed, 02 February 2005 02:30
	Re: Home brewing	Squid	Fri, 11 February 2005 03:45
	Re: Home brewing	Cool1	Fri, 11 February 2005 08:00
	Re: Home brewing	SupraPete	Mon, 14 February 2005 01:41
	Re: Home brewing	HyDrA	Wed, 16 February 2005 21:34
	Re: Home brewing	Squid	Tue, 12 April 2005 00:33
	Re: Home brewing	pjaw11sc	Wed, 13 April 2005 13:07
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	Re: Home brewing	bajabus	Thu, 28 April 2005 01:56
	Re: Home brewing	Bozza	Fri, 15 April 2005 07:44
	Re: Home brewing	Squid	Sat, 16 April 2005 22:55
	Re: Home brewing	le_angel	Tue, 19 April 2005 00:39
	Re: Home brewing	Corona RT142	Tue, 19 April 2005 02:59
	Re: Home brewing	mynameisrodney	Wed, 20 April 2005 02:48
	Re: Home brewing	pjaw11sc	Sat, 23 April 2005 08:44
	Re: Home brewing	Squid	Sat, 23 April 2005 22:06
	Re: Home brewing	bajabus	Thu, 28 April 2005 01:58
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	Re: Home brewing	RobertoX	Tue, 26 April 2005 00:07
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	Re: Home brewing	RobertoX	Tue, 26 April 2005 06:10
	Re: Home brewing	pjaw11sc	Thu, 28 April 2005 00:49
	Re: Home brewing	mynameisrodney	Thu, 28 April 2005 05:36
	Re: Home brewing	Squid	Thu, 25 August 2005 01:52
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	Re: Home brewing	Squid	Thu, 22 September 2005 14:31
	Re: Home brewing	bajabus	Tue, 27 September 2005 09:45
	Re: Home brewing	bajabus	Thu, 22 September 2005 11:26
	Re: Home brewing	h3ff44	Thu, 25 August 2005 02:44
	Re: Home brewing	biggo	Fri, 26 August 2005 01:11
	Re: Home brewing	mynameisrodney	Fri, 26 August 2005 04:13
	Re: Home brewing	mynameisrodney	Thu, 22 September 2005 11:45
	Re: Home brewing	bajabus	Sat, 24 September 2005 10:18
	Re: Home brewing	Cool1	Thu, 22 September 2005 11:54
	Re: Home brewing	mynameisrodney	Thu, 22 September 2005 12:01
	Re: Home brewing	mynameisrodney	Sat, 24 September 2005 10:41
	Re: Home brewing	Fujiwara_ToFu	Sat, 24 September 2005 17:07
	Re: Home brewing	bajabus	Tue, 27 September 2005 09:42
	Re: Home brewing	bajabus	Tue, 27 September 2005 09:38
	Re: Home brewing	Corona RT142	Sun, 25 September 2005 03:19

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