I’m thinking of getting some Coopers 500ml PET bottles, are they any good? Does anyone use them in the UK rather than the normall glass bottles you get over here?
The 500ml bottles will be easier to use with Coopers Carbonation Drops.
I’ve been drinking the Brewferm Ambiorix the past couple of weeks and its really good! Not too strong. Tastes like the Belgium beer you can buy in the supermarket, not sure I will be able to put some away for a few months to allow it to ferment further.
Its well worth noting that the sugar you need for primary fermentation is just over 1kg which almost caught me out. I used 1kg of dark candy sugar and 75g of normal brewing sugar.
Definitely recommend this beer kit.
Will take some pictures and upload them soon.
Just bottled a batch of Brewferm Kriek, I made 16 bottles but could have got another 2/3 bottles out of it. Bit annoyed with myself with that but it was too late in the process to start sterilising a few more bottles. This beer kit makes 12 litre, I should have prepared better!
I thought I’d give the Kriek a go despite its more expensive that the rest of the other Brewferm beers. I got my from my local brew shop Brewgenie for £25. I did the Brewferm Framboos a couple of years ago which was really impressive. The brew was very red in colour and smelt fruity as you’d expect.
Its recommended that secondary fermentation is 3 months, so heres waiting till the end of September.