I’m looking for some printed cable ties for a friend and would fancy some printed cable ties for keeping some of my brew kit in order, is there anywhere out there that’ll do a good price?
Got a Coopers Ginger Beer on the go at the moment, it’s not frothing up as previous batches have done but I’m sure it’ll be fine.
Currently drinking a couple of Woodfordes Ales and have Brewferm Diablo and Brewferm Kriek in secondary fermentation.
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.
I’m back up and running with the home brew for this year. I’ve just bottled 24 bottles of Brewferm Ambiorix just 1kg of dark candi crystals. The secondary fermentation takes 2-3 months so it’ll be June before I give it a go but during the bottling I had a quick taste and it was very nice. Should be a good one for the summer.
Also got a Cooper’s IPA in the fermentation bucket at the moment, that should be ready soon.
Just ordered some t shirts from Acorn Printing, for beer zombie as the weather warms up I can start brewing again. I’ve got a Brewferm kit and a Coopers IPA to get done before May. Keep an eye out for progress on these kits as I get back into the home brewing! Many thanks to Acorn Printing who offer t shirt printing and hoodie printing services.
My friends have just launched a new website called the Workwear Shack. They sell top Brands of Workwear with 24 hours delivery. The website includes work clothes, footwear, boilersuits & coveralls, corporate wear, fleece jackets, hi viz, hoodies and sweats.
I certainly could do with some coveralls whilst bottling my beer, it gets very messy!
If you’re going to make your own ginger beer that’s alcoholic of course, I highly recommend using Cooper’s Ginger Beer Kit. It’s easy to make, you just need 1kg of sugar and approximately 35 bottles or a keg.
The results are a really good ginger beer that tastes just like the ones you find on the high street shelves but a lot cheaper! The alcoholic content is about 3% takes about a week in the fermenter then a further 2-3 weeks secondary fermenting in the beer bottles.
I’ve made the ginger beer in a keg last summer but not being able to easily chill the keg made the bottling a better choice.
Found a can of Coopers Dark Ale
in the shed that I bought ages ago this week and found this recipe on the Coopers website suggesting adding ground cineman into the fermenting bucket so I thought I’d give it a go. The whole process seemed to be straight forward, I threw in some light malt extract as well so it will be a experimental beer! Hopefully it will work..
Ingredients
Method
Got some bottle boxes from Kilby Packaging yesterday for my ever growing out of control home brew. Easy to make and study for keeping empty and full bottles in and will certainly help keep my shed in a much tidier state! The boxes are for wine bottles but fit the home brew bottles including the grosch style swing top bottles which are taller than the bottles you need to cap.
