Home brewing

[whitelock]

One of my workmates does home brewing. He's been talking about it a bit. I decided to have a bit of a go. Now I'm not really much of a beer drinker, and to be honest it looks pretty complicated, so I thought I'd have a go with some of these.They're lids to fit standard PET bottles, with a rubber valve in them. The idea is you just buy a bottle

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[kyhwana]

Oohh
You can get homebrew ginger beer kits, that you can use standard "kit" homebrew equipment for. (Both alcoholic/non-alcoholic).

(You can get the fermenter + plastic bottles + other bits and peieces for ~$100 from a homebrew shop)

A few places also do cider homebrew kits as well!
(Extract/kit brewing is easy, you just need a) good sanitisation! b) good temperature control, at least consistant over ~5-7 days)

[whitelock]

Yeah, there are a few recipes for ginger beer floating around for Oztops. I think the main problem I'll have is temperature. Might have to get a heat pad or something. As for sanitisation, I'm think all the years of practicing aseptic technique when growing bacterial cultures should serve me well!

[kyhwana]

Hmm, the most important thing with temperature is consistancy.. Had that problem with the first few batches of mine :|

[kyhwana]

http://brewyourownliquor.co.nz/index.php?/Cider/View-all-products.html?TreeId=26 for instance.