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    What's your best tip for making brewing easier and better?

    Yeah. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with extract brewing either. Just saying, it's OK to start out on all grain if that's what you want to do.
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    What's your best tip for making brewing easier and better?

    Have to agree with this. Also, I don't get the great virtue of starting out with extract brewing, like it's some kind of rite of passage. It's not like extract brewing was the original or traditional method, in fact it only really took off as a means of 'sly grog' brewing during the...
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    Oatmeal Stout turned sour. Is it spoiled?

    Just a possibility... but I had a stinker of a tropical stout that actually came good (well drinkable in an interesting kind of way) after about 6 weeks. In the end I put it down to what the style guides would call ‘inappropriate hopping’. It was a leftover situation and I thought I’d just...
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    You know you’re a homebrewer...

    Every spare room, shed or basement starts to look like a nano brewery.
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    What are your favorite hops and why?

    Hello ACBEV, I like it. I only discovered after I started brewing that mild really meant ‘malt forward’ as opposed to something for the girls to drink in half pints. I have been intrigued by the idea of a strong mild for a while. I know you saw my comments on the intro thread about English...
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    Hey from sunny South Australia

    Agree about the temperature, ACBEV. I I’m heading in the direction towards ordinary bitter, but I honestly think that if I could get into the style parameters of Best Bitter (<1.048 OG), then that would indicate great constraint and balance on my part ;). One step at a time.
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    Hey from sunny South Australia

    I’ve never tried either but just doing some googling I should be able to remedy that.
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    Hey from sunny South Australia

    Hi Mark, Yes I've had a few misses, but getting there. I have a Bishop's Finger clone in the FV right now. I did find that mine improved down at around 1.050 OG (ie, after I got over the initial home brewer's idea that every batch should be at Moonshine strength. ;))
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    Hey from sunny South Australia

    Hey Trialben, I like a lot of the craft stuff from around here that may not find is way to your part of the world. Coopers is the famous brewery from Adelaide that is selling globally, but I'm not a huge fan. One thing you should try is Australian Galaxy hops if you haven't already. Peaches...
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    Hey from sunny South Australia

    Howling, I have found, as a few people have pointed out here, that English ales are not as simple as they look. Big hoppy American IPAs are hard to miss I guess because balance is not an issue. Similarly big stouts are pretty forgiving. One thing I would say to those who are daunted, is that...
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    Hey from sunny South Australia

    Hey Everyone, Thank you to everyone who replied to my greeting. Happy brewing!
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    Hey from sunny South Australia

    I'm a Grainfather jockey with about 16 batches under my belt (not kidding there either...). My main goal is to create English beer in the cask ale style. Having fun with American ales also.

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