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I added 15ml of vanilla essence. 120 shakes of my cinnamon sugar. And about 200g of lactose... and it was perfect. The beer is by no means spicey.. I'm actually wondering if I should add more.. but it went from quite rough and bitter. To amazingly drink able

But at present it is in the ball park of what I was after. A beer that tastes sarsi

Ok.. so I'm revisiting this idea... so far I did a tucan dark ale and stout, with 1kg dextrose and 1kg be 3. 300g or 400g lactose not really sure.. put some in my cider and the rest of the bag in my beer. I gave it 130 shakes of my cinnamon sugar.. 15ml of vanilla extract and half a cup of...

I was wanting to add cinnamon sugar and vanillia essence to an imperial stout I brewed. 2can extract brew (coopers stout and dark ale) it's quite bitter. I'm going to add lactose as well.. hoping that will mellow out the bite. Just wondering how much cinnamon and vanilla to add.. planning on...

I ended up using 2 bottles of liquid.. becuse I had no idea about brewing and didnt realise I could have probably just brought more yeast. Anyway.. I love sarsparilla. But it didnt live up to expectations.. but probably because the mix was doubled.. it had a horrible taste of artificial...

I ended up just mixing the tea in 2 bottles to sample

Yes all the time.. they are amazing.. i use them to cook so always have them on hand. And i often drink the tea i mentioned.. but cold as i dont like hot drinks.. i mix chilli kaffir lime, lime juice honey and ginger.. in my ice tea

Yeah it definetly wasn't in the fermentor.. the brew is alcoholic.. but still missing carbonation in bottles.. it is also only mildly alcoholic.. but that is probably the nature of the kit i brewed. Thanks for the advice.. hydrometre worked as normal for my ginger beer.. not sure what happened...

Cheers this is what i assumed they are always kept full hidden from light in boxes. But i just wanted to know.. next im looking at a cider.. and id rather use a more sensible size. 750ml is just too small.

Sweet... this is what i was thinking of doing with cider.. and ginger beer.. any idea how much light effects those too.. i was thinking of just bottling in either 2l or 1.125 soft drink bottles storing in milk crates with a towel over

The different brew enhancers will give different results. Mostly in body, head retention and mouth feel. Also will effect alcohole content.

Can i use clear 1.25 or 2l softdrink bottles to bottle ginger beer and sarsparilla? Or will the clear effect the taste? Or will they not seal propperly with the hombrew shop bottle caps

Brewed the batch.. bottled it.. oly been a bit over a week.. there is no carbination at all. I think possibly the sars didnt ferment. Doesnt taste same as originally but i can't tell if it is alcoholic. If it is.. its very weak.

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Just wonder what other peoples thoughts are on this. I made a ginger beer kit. Be3 and a kg of dextrose. Not bad but i feel like itd be fun to improve on. Considering adding kaffir lime chillie and fresh ginger to the next one. Just wondering. Do you think ill lose alot of the kaffir lime flavor...