G'day guys,
Got a Coopers Micro Brew kit for Chrissy and have been reading up on brewing, daily. Once i get into a hobby I get riiight into it. All the talk of "my mate tried to make it and it was crap." makes me want to make a good homebrew all the more!
My brother did a few batches around 2004 and has some left over supplies - Caps, A capper, some sodium metabisulfite and some priming tablets.
I've heard that sodium met is garbage and I'd be better of just sticking to bleach and boiling water before getting into something like Sodium Precarbonate for Sanitising. Agree?
What I'm curious about is the priming sugars. The use by date is 2006 but do you think they could still be used? I'm on an extreme budget at the moment after losing the last 2 months of a contact prematurely so want to salvage any gear I can find.
Looking forward to learning from you guys and hopefully brewing up something worth sharing with the family. :icon_chickcheers:
Got a Coopers Micro Brew kit for Chrissy and have been reading up on brewing, daily. Once i get into a hobby I get riiight into it. All the talk of "my mate tried to make it and it was crap." makes me want to make a good homebrew all the more!
My brother did a few batches around 2004 and has some left over supplies - Caps, A capper, some sodium metabisulfite and some priming tablets.
I've heard that sodium met is garbage and I'd be better of just sticking to bleach and boiling water before getting into something like Sodium Precarbonate for Sanitising. Agree?
What I'm curious about is the priming sugars. The use by date is 2006 but do you think they could still be used? I'm on an extreme budget at the moment after losing the last 2 months of a contact prematurely so want to salvage any gear I can find.
Looking forward to learning from you guys and hopefully brewing up something worth sharing with the family. :icon_chickcheers: