#pragma section-numbers on #pragma keywords beer, homebrew, homebrewing, home brew, home brewing, wiki, paul sorenson, australia, melbourne ---- ''[[RandomQuote()]]'' ---- = Brewiki = The '''Brewiki''' is intended as a resource for home brewers, particularly in Australia. It has grown up pretty organically with material added as I have felt the need. It has a full text search so if you know what you are looking for, that should help you find it. If not, feel free to browse around. I am pretty sure this wasn't the first beer wiki and there are certainly a few around now. If you don't know what a wiki page is, check out the links at the bottom of the page. To edit these pages you first need to set your UserPreferences and having a homebrew close by helps too. ---- ''I knew from a young age that I liked beer'' = Current Popular Picks = 1. BeerColour. Novel chart showing most of the BJCP styles in a one page graphical format. 1. [:Yeast/Culturing:] 1. StirPlate - DIY magnetic stirrer from 12V PC fan. 1. HopGrowing - if I can grow hops then anyone can. 1. CounterFlowChiller do it yourself counterflow chiller. 1. BatchSparge - make beer cordial with your eyes closed, its that easy. 1. CounterPressureBottleFiller the evolution of the sosman counter pressure filler and PET bottle cap. 1. BrewPot with pics of spigot fittings. 1. RollerMill home made roller mill. 1. PartyKeg DIY 5 litre party keg from a garden sprayer. 1. ["Equipment"] 1. PartialMash my blundering attempts at partial mashes so far resulting in a few pics and great tasting beer. 1. AllGrain - after a few kits then 3 PartialMash brews I had a crack at AllGrain. I have never looked back. 1. TemperatureControl 1. CleaningAndSanitation 1. ChillerGallery 1. KeggingAndCarbonation = Brewsta = Also, please drop in at Sourceforge.net to check out [http://sourceforge.net/projects/brewsta/ Brewsta], an open source, cross platform brewing software project I have launched. Some recipes created with Brewsta are [http://brewiki.org/brewsta/recipes/ here]. attachment:brewsta-MakeBeerNotWar.png A screen shot showing the mash calculator: [http://brewiki.org/wiki/homebrew/attachments/Brewsta/attachments/mash.png] = Contents = [[TableOfContents]] [http://www.digitalskydive.com/default.asp?page=weather Is it brewing weather?] 7 day forecasts for various cities in Australia and New Zealand. = Getting Started = First some links: * GettingStarted if you are about to attempt your first brew. * [http://www.howtobrew.com How To Brew] section 1 will get you started. * [http://www.brewery.org/brewery/Library.html#Beg Brewery.org] lots of useful stuff here, not only beginners. * TheProcess == Basic Extract Brewing == * PartialMash my first foray into brewing without a can opener. Easy! ''There are quite a few pics on this page.'' * [http://www.breworganic.com/recipes/extract_brew_instr.htm Basic Brewing Procedures - Extract Brewing] A step by step guide to extract brewing. * [http://byo.com/feature/188.html BYO] article on extract brewing including Porter recipe. == All Grain Brewing == * AllGrain - it was almost inevitable that I would give it a go. Builds on my PartialMash experiences. If you are wondering why this is under "Getting Started" then it shows how I got started on All Grain brewing. Once I had brewed a few partial mashes, I felt I was reasonably confident with the process, it was just a matter of scaling up. = Recipes = (!) If you need conversions there is an online form [http://metrak.com/cgi-bin/unitform.py here]. * HomeBrewRecipes add your favourite recipe here. * [http://www.sfhomebrew.com/recipes.html San Francisco home brewcraft] * [http://www.cyberbrau.org Cyberbrau] * [http://schwedhelm.net/brew/labelsrecipes.html] * [http://www.thbs.intas.net/beer_recipes.htm Recipes] including Australian clones, split into kit, extract and all grain. * [http://www.stoutbillys.com/] Lots of recipes. * [http://www.assemblyrequired.com/ Assembly Required] their recipe page has lots of recipes and style notes. * [http://www.bodensatz.com/sb/ StrangeBrew Recipe Archive] official recipe archive for the StrangeBrew software. * [http://beerrecipes.org] * [http://www.grainandgrape.com.au/articles_grainbrewing.htm Grain and Grape] AG brewing 101. = Resources = These are generally organised by State: * HomeBrewSupplies * HomeBrewClubs * ["Breweries"] [[Anchor(OtherResources)]] [[Anchor(links)]] = Links = There are many great home brewing resources on the web, some "locally brewed" others more of an international flavour. See also HomeBrewSupplies and HomeBrewClubs for regional resources. Predominantly Australian: * [http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/index.php The Aussie Homebrewer Forum] This forum is probably the friendliest I have come across and people of all skill levels interact in a positive way. * [http://craftbrewer.org/ Australian Craft Brewers] Includes a mailing list with lots of Aussie and international participants. Topics tend to be weighted towards the more esoteric which probably reflects the experience of the active participants on this forum. * [http://www.grumpys.com.au/ Grumpies] includes an online forum /!\ * [http://brewgoliath.com.au/ Goliath Brewing] has an online forum /!\ * [http://www.malthouse.com.au/ Malthouse] Malthouse home brew in Perth offers friendly advice * [http://www.homebrewandbeer.com/ Oliver and Geoff's Homebrew and Beer] * [http://www.significantbit.com/Beer/ The Great Aussie Beer Page] * [http://users.bigpond.net.au/RBI/About%20Homebrew.htm RBI] These guys make 22 litres of beer a week according to their web page. * [http://www.luna.spaceports.com/~mitch60/ Home Brew Australia] Has recipes which include mods to coopers kits. * [http://www.cryermalt.com.au/ Cryer Malt] * [http://www.morgansbrewing.com.au/home.asp Morgans] Info about their kits and brewing stuff. * [http://www.brewiser.com.au/ Brewiser] Australian brew kits. * [http://www.brewcraft.com.au/ BREWnet] "Australia's Network of Brewing Specialists" /!\ Forum connected to a commercial homebrew outfit. If they are moderated, it is possible that some topics may not be welcome at these sites that would pose no problem in an "open" site. On the other hand, you could expect to receive timely and informative answers about their own products. International: * (!) [http://www.howtobrew.com How To Brew] A fabulous on-line book by John Palmer. Everything you need to know to get started. * [news:rec.crafts.brewing rec.crafts.brewing] and [news:alt.beer.home-brewing alt.beer.home-brewing] are a couple of newsgroups where you can freely answer questions (and ask too). * [http://hbd.org Home Brewers Digest] contains a wealth of information with searchable archives. * [http://www.bodensatz.com/ Bodensatz Brewing "The Beer Site"] Everything you ever wanted to know about beer, and more. Brewing, Drinking. Beer News. Beer Recipes. Forums. * [http://www.schwedhelm.net/brew/index.html Illustrated Brewing] * [http://www.listermann.com/Store/WannaMash.asp So You Wanna Mash...] Dan Listermann * [http://smurman.best.vwh.net/zymurgy/acronym.html Homebrew Acronyms] * [http://www.zymico.com Zymico] home brew gadgets and other stuff. * [http://dmoz.org/Shopping/Food/Beverages/Home_Brewing,_Winemaking_and_Distilling/ DMOZ links] * [http://home.howstuffworks.com/beer8.htm How Stuff Works] has a good overview of the brewing process. * [http://www.ipass.net/mpdixon/ Mike's Homebrewing Page] * [http://www.wikibeer.com] This beer wiki idea is catching on (not that that brewiki was the first mind you). * [http://wikibraeu.sciam.de wikibraeu] [[Anchor(blog)]] Blogs on beer and brewing: * [http://www.brewingbooks.com/ Brewingbooks.com] - Blog for discussing brewing books * [http://blog.homebrew.com/blog.shtml The BrewBlog] * [http://hopbonkle.blogdrive.com Hopbonkle brewing Co.] * [http://www.suckerfish.net/~matt/beer/blog/ Matt's Beer Blog] * [http://www.beerdrinker.org/ beerdrinker.org] * [http://www.tastybrew.com/journal/rob TastyBrew.com] * [http://www.beerblog.com/ Beerhound's Beer Blog] * [http://realbeer.com/library/beerlog/ Realbeer.com BeerLog] * [http://www.beergeek.com Beergeek.com - Grumpy Beer Geek] [[Anchor(techniques)]] [[Anchor(equipment)]] = Equipment and Techniques = * [[Anchor(temperature)]] TemperatureControl resources for keeping ale cosy or your lager cool. * [[Anchor(kegging)]] [wiki:KeggingAndCarbonation Kegging, carbonation] and beer lines. Everything but drinking it. * ["Equipment"] Mostly ideas on do it yourself construction. * ["Techniques"] and howtos. * [[Anchor(cleaning)]] CleaningAndSanitation cleaning and sanitation. Contains links to properties of some products. * ChillerGallery The good, bad and ugly of home constructed chillers. * MiscIdeas * [http://sdcollins.home.mindspring.com/ HERMS] He has a page on plumbing. * StainlessFermenter an ongoing project. [[Anchor(yeast)]] = Yeast = * ["Yeast"] [[Anchor(hops)]] = Hops = ["Hops"] now have their own page. Also pics of my hop vine at HopGrowing. [[Anchor(grains)]] = Grains = * [http://www.bodensatz.com/staticpages/index.php?page=Grains Bodensatz Grain Page] Some tips on brewing with grains relevant to kit brewers through to all grain. * ["Fermentables"] Other fermentables. [[Anchor(water)]] = Water = * [http://www.yvw.com.au/NR/rdonlyres/A66EA95A-2EFC-4B19-A653-0F7E938D7414/0/200304_Water_Quality.pdf Yarra Valley Water quality report] Has tables for various parameters including hardness, pH for many suburbs of Melbourne. * [http://www.sewl.com.au/downloads/conserv_and_Environ_brochures/Water_Quality_Report_2003.pdf South East Water quality report] shows analysis from several reservoirs to the east of Melbourne. * [http://www.gvwater.vic.gov.au/Publications/Water%20Quality%20Annual%20Report%202002-03.pdf Goulburn Valley water quality report] * [http://www.sydneywater.com.au/Publications/_download.cfm?DownloadFile=Reports/TypicalWaterAnalysis.pdf Sydney Water] * [http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:BRISWATER:291002974:pc=PC_1486 Brisbane] * attachment:adelaide04.pdf Adelaide water report (thanks pedro). [[Anchor(maths)]] [[Anchor(chemistry)]] = Brewers Maths and Chemistry = ''If only my maths teacher had told me that if I studied maths I could brew the perfect beer. Instead he told me it might save my life one day - paul sorenson'' * (!) [[Anchor(units)]] [http://metrak.com/cgi-bin/unitform.py Online Units Conversion] * (!) [[Anchor(sg)]] [http://metrak.com/cgi-bin/sgform.py Online SG Temperature Conversion] * BeerFlavours some quotes and references to influence and sources of phenols, esters and other beer flavours. * [http://bavarianbrewerytech.com/news/boilhops.htm Boiling] article on the importance of the boil. * [http://www.primetab.com/formulas.html Formulas] including C source code * [http://www.indata.com/collectionsoft/mybrewcollection/brewtools.html Brew Tools] * [http://home.elp.rr.com/brewbeer/files/heatcalc.html Ken Schwartz] * [http://www.abtonline.com/dms.html DMS] Where it comes from and how to minimize it. * IodineTest - a time series of pics from a single mash. = Related Stuff = * [http://winemaking.jackkeller.net Wine Making] * [http://www.mwsoa.org.au Malt Whisky Society of Australia] * [http://www.smws.com.au Scotch Malt Whisky Society in Australia] * ItsJustNotBeer a page with some other drinks you may or may not want to try (consider it experimental). 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