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Editiion	Features	pdf
February 2000	What's Brewing in 2000; How to extend the life of your brewing fermenter; New Nomacork now available; How to prevent popping corks and leaking wine bottles.
June 2000	Save Valuable Time by Bulk Fermenting; Tips to make great lager this winter; Quality Turbos from Scandinavia ; Activated Carbon; Is Beer really Healthy; The next generation of coolers
October 2000	Celebrate oktoberfest with Bett-A-Brew Bavarian Bock;New Mini Jet filter from Canada, makes your wine shine;Spremi Press, manual screw press from Italy; Prestige Fruity Shots, setting the scene to flavour your alcohol this summer and Johns best Ever Brewing Tips
February 2001	Bett-A-Brew expand into Toowoomba; Home Wine Making Improved by Professional Yeast Strains; Nutrients Enhance Fermentation Bentogram for Clarity More Brewers Make Cider a Regular Choice
June 2001	Australian Grape Concentrate....Huge benefits for the Home Winemaker Honey in Beer. New Release Festival Ale...Summer in a glass How to filter your beer prior to Kegging Automatic Bottle Filler Belt Heaters or Plate Heaters....Which are the best Imperial Stout...New Huge 3kg pack available
October 2001	Home Brewers make easy transition to wine making Bentogram, for superior Fining Racking wine for Clearer result American and European Oak Chips give maturing Edge Austinfest, Home Brew Festival
March 2002	Making Sparkling Wine Bottle Carbonation adds Quality to Beer Crown Capping Machines New Spirit flavours arrive from Sweden Enolmatic Vacuum Bottle Filler
July 2002	Simple Brewing, Simply Better Winemaking Disasters Easily Avoided Take the first Step to Better Beer & Wine Sparkling Wine: Ausro Vino Sparkling wine Concentrates Make our own delicious liqueurs
November 2002	The refreshing Taste of Ginger Beer Beat the heat: Best Summer Fermenting Tips Sulfites, friend or foe Aqua master 5 litre capacity Distiller Low Alcohol Beer: ideal for summer entertaining Grape crushers and Presses
March 2003	Brandy matures & enhances Port Killer Active Yeast Refractometers and Hanna Precision Instruments Apricot Wine recipe with grape concentrate Should I ferment my wine in Stainless steel, glass or Plastic
August 2003	What makes Prestige Turbo yeast Special The Science of High Alcohol Fermentation Sucrose Tolerant yeast strains TAP-A-DRAFT Beverage Dispensing System from U.S.A. DrinkArt Ginger Beer
February 2004	Digital Probe Thermometer Beer on the Move. Filters give a 'Sparkle' to wine and beer Specific Gravity Hydrometer and its uses Synthetic Closures
September 2004	Okanagan oak barrels arriving from Canada..your chance to win one Therminator Stainless steel Brazed Heat Exchanger ThruMometer from Blichmann Engineering Conical Fermenators arrive from U.S.A. Wine clearing agents: Kieselsol and Chitosan
December 2005	WEYERMANN malt beer pack...introducing new release beer packs made from fully imported German Weyermann malt. Introducing the new Blichmann Engineering (U.S.A) BEER GUN Getting the best from Your Tap-A-Draft System Unique Oak Barrels....a selection of oak barrels including French and American oak.

Miscellaneous Articles:

The following list of articles provide some informative reading on brewing and winemaking topics

Articles	Features	pdf
No.1	Summer Brewing : Tips to make your home brewing better during the hot months
No. 2	The Smart Hydrometer Why an hydrometer is so useful . How to read the Hydrometer
No.3	How to achieve crystal clear wine Techniques for making crystal clear wine
No.4	Water Quality The First Step to Better home made Beer ,Wine and Spirits
No. 5	How to bottle clearer, sediment reduced Home Brew. Champagne and Home Brew have more in Common than you realise
No. 6.	Increasing the purifying power of activated carbon Purify you own spirit 100% better with the correct use of activated carbon. This article is kindly contributed by Gert Strand (Sweden) renowned expert on the art of distillation.
No. 7	Blending, the Secret of Better Wine. Professional winemakers know the advantages of blending wines to give an overall more desirable finish.
No. 8	Stabilising your Wine.How to avoid unstable or secondary bottle fermentation of your wine.
No. 9	Racking Your Wine For Clearer Results: One of the most important stages of the winemaking process is after the wine has finished fermenting