v8r
Well-Known Member
hi all
first post here so be gentle
after getting bored (and broke) with most of the commercial offerings, ive decided to try my hand at home brewing.. ive brought myself a coopers brewkit (thanks big W), a "spare" carboy (bunnings) and fridge controller (thanks craftbrewer!) for my spare fridge.
Ive also spent the last month or so soaking up all of basicbrewing radios pod and video casts, along with the vast majority of your great site here.
My first K&K (coopers "lager" as per brewkit, inc brewsugar) is going down on sat, with the help of a mate who homebrews (but follows the pack instructions.. including ferment temps ). I dont envisage any problems, but suggestions are welcome. Im going to put this one down as per the instructions (except ferment temp, i'll lock that in to 20c in the fridge), so i can hopefully acquire a "baseline".
One thing i was wondering about, can i re-use commercial "coloured" stubbies, with crown seals? I have the 30 pet bottles that come with the coopers kit, but i reckon im going to be needing more brews than one in the cupboard, and i have access to plenty of stubbies. Just not 100% about capping them off. Bound to be more questions, but that'll do for now
thanks all
joel
first post here so be gentle
after getting bored (and broke) with most of the commercial offerings, ive decided to try my hand at home brewing.. ive brought myself a coopers brewkit (thanks big W), a "spare" carboy (bunnings) and fridge controller (thanks craftbrewer!) for my spare fridge.
Ive also spent the last month or so soaking up all of basicbrewing radios pod and video casts, along with the vast majority of your great site here.
My first K&K (coopers "lager" as per brewkit, inc brewsugar) is going down on sat, with the help of a mate who homebrews (but follows the pack instructions.. including ferment temps ). I dont envisage any problems, but suggestions are welcome. Im going to put this one down as per the instructions (except ferment temp, i'll lock that in to 20c in the fridge), so i can hopefully acquire a "baseline".
One thing i was wondering about, can i re-use commercial "coloured" stubbies, with crown seals? I have the 30 pet bottles that come with the coopers kit, but i reckon im going to be needing more brews than one in the cupboard, and i have access to plenty of stubbies. Just not 100% about capping them off. Bound to be more questions, but that'll do for now
thanks all
joel