Rah

Yeah I know what you mean with the secondary fermentation. I can pour from the keg to bottles if I want to take some with me.

Thanks everyone. Happy to tick this one off the list and start on the upgrade. Haha. Next on the list might be a king. Cheers Tara

Tell me about it Deano. He would have been spewing if it got off. Haha. Yeah definitely come next time Donna. And the go pro would make it much easier to get the fish aboard. Haha

Haha JD who knows what's in the bottomless tackle box of his.

He is good. That's for sure. But don't tell him that. Haha.

Still cheering. The master was good. He makes a good net man. Haha That's right Wellzy, time for him to catch a few. Cheers Neil. Still smiling. Wouldn't we all mate.

FINALLY LANDED MY FIRST JEWIE!!!! G'day Raiders, Today is a good day. It was Jewie day, and Swordy strikes again. It was set that everything was to align, the call was made to meet at the cooks early, but not to early. On the water a little after 6, and it wasn't toooo cold. Cruised up to the bridge and start flicking the sp's for no joy, so over to the other bridge to see if there are any fish to snap up the plastic. Both Stewy and I had a few hits but couldn't connect to anything until i landed my PB taylor and next cast... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Stewy motored out from the bridge and after a short tusel my first jewie was in the boat, going about 80cm lots of cheers, woohoos and high fives followed before she was released to swim off to hopefully make some baby jewfish. After that there was no more taylor so no more jewies, but i was super stoked to even get one after quite a few trips with nothing but missed hookups. Drifted down stream for a while flicking little prawns around for 0 until Stewy changed to a small blade and first cast he was onto a monster bream. More cheers. That was it for the day and home before lunch and in time to do some work. Thanks again Stewy for helping me get my first Jew on Swordies Cooks Charters. Pics to follow Cheers Tara

Some very nice fish there. Well done.

Top effort with the Kingy and battling the cold. Cheers Tara

Top stuff Scratchie. Amazing you landed that one with the busted jighead. Well done.

Shame there wasn't much action mate. great to just be out there though, aye. cheers

I'm not sure on 14 years. Was always my understanding that as there is little to no preservatives, can go off quick. In saying that, the bloke at my local homebrew shop was telling me about someone who has kegged beer that is almost 10 years old and they are planning on drinking it. Also that a keg that has been carbonated can least well over 2 years just being stored. Give it a go, what's the worst that can happen? ha ha

Cheers Mate, will have a bit of a looksee.

Thanks Neil, That dark ale with the honey sounds pretty darn good. I would make some more for sure. I might have to invest in a few more kegs for storage. ha ha If anyone has some great recipes that they want to share, feel free.

Not bad for a few hours. Well done. Cheers Tara

Dam.. Will do. Hope the pilsner turns out good. nothing worse than a bad brew.

I think you might be right Dave. I just use the fermenters you get from homebrew shops. Might be a weird infection. Will use the one I did the pale in for the pilsner and give the other a very thorough clean and hope for the best. Might head to the brew shop and get some extra hops and do a hop bomb. Have heard that can fix some taste issues. Cheers

Cheers Luke. No issues with bottles here as I only keg. Yep got the temp stable as can be at 16 Bloke at the brew shop says that's perfect for the lager yeast Will give the filter water a go for the pilsner that's waiting to be brewed. Cheers

G day raiders. Are there any home brew gurus in the house? After some advice on an undrinkable Mexican cerveza. Have just kegged a pale ale which is probably the best one that I have ever done and very tasty!!! and a Mexican cerveza that is undrinkable. It tastes watered down and a very strong chemical taste that I can only describe as kinda like sanitizer. Now I don't think it is sanitizer I can taste as I made both brews at the same time. Cleaned all the gear at the same time and used Milton tablets that are generally used to sterilize baby bottles etc. Had a taste before kegging and I think the taste is getting worse. Any ideas? I have extensively googled but can't find an answer. They were both kit beers and all instructions were followed correctly. Any advice would be awesome. Cheers.

Ive got one too and think it's good but I have limited experience to calm water bass fishing in mine.

Looks the goods mate. Can't wait for the reports once it warms up. Cheers Tara

Keep at it Neil, they have got to show up eventually right? Iv had a few donuts while trying to find some productive water in the illawarra since moving. But have the next week and a half off work so ill hit it hard. Cheers Tara

Some nice squid there mate. Cheers Tara

Check those teeth. Wow. Great pics. Cheers Rah

Great report mate. Shame about not getting the pic of the PB flatty. Sounds like a great weekend on the water. Cheers Rah