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I added another 2kg worth of inverted sugar with lemons to the fermenter, but forgot to take a reading with the hydrometer :( so now I got no idea how alcoholic this will be, it read 1052 with the 3kg of sugar, so adding more 2 more kg, not sure what the total potential alcohol will be (using...

I mean yeah Bud is terrible but those are epic bottles to homebrew in, as you don't want green glass like most others, and the lip of the bottle is solid on the Buds, and they are cheap. Bonus is the labels are paper so easy to get off more so than Heineken or such (plus those are green glass...

It sounds good from what I hear from everyone so far so I may go for it. But 65 Degrees Celcius will not sterilise BUT it sanitises at that temp I am sure of it! With clothes washing a 60 degree wash will always remove all smells as it kills over 95% of bacteria but a 50 or 40 degree wash on...

I also realised that if someone wants to save money on bottling, you can keep the bottles for bottling day to make something without hops (like ginger beer) or a hopped beer as long as you kept it in the dark (since the bottles are clear). So you save money compared to getting a water filter as...

Hey mate, I have the same worries about water, I am going to trial using those 17p 2 ltr bottles of filtered water that Tesco and ASDA sell, I just ordered 24 online with my beer order from ASDA today (it's minimum �£40 for delivery from most supermarkets) but they sell 24 bottles of...

Thanks for the advice mate. I will do exactly that, I want to try to get to 15% if I can and lightly carb it as a sort of ginger sparkling wine, I am estimating this will need 6 kilos of sugar though, as 3 kilos only got me 1052 which can only yield maximum 5.2% I think. So adding an extra 6...

Birmingham possibly has cleaner water maybe? It is a smallish city and thus would not have heavily chlorinated water like a large city. From what I have been reading, Scotland and Tasmania (Australia) have amazing water there since they are not so large and the water is naturally soft. London...

Cheers for the suggestion, I was looking into those tablets, but then stumbled on someone saying I can just leave cold tap water (drawn from the cold tap in the kitchen) to be left with the lid off in a sterile container (with not anything at all added other than the tap water) to let the...

I got 1052 OG from my ginger beer using 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds) inverted using lemon juice. So, I know ginger has no fermentable sugars, so could I potentially wait 3 days, then make a sugar syrup with 2 kilograms more sugar from boiling to reduce to a liquidy syrup, and add it to the fermenter...

major issue here is Chlorine content as this can cause off flavours in the beer. I put my brew in the fermenter yesterday with tap water (as I was not thinking properly and I live in London so water is hard and likely chlorinated highly). The ASDA and Tesco's 2 ltr water bottles at 17p is a good...

I just put the 23 Litre batch down yesterday, but yeah, used tap water, so I am concerned about the chlorine content since I live in London. I used Champagne Yeast to pitch, main ingredients for the boil were, 520 grams ginger (peeled, sliced and blended), 50 cloves, 9 teaspoons lemon juice, 5...

I made the ginger beer (started fermenting yesterday) using blended ginger and spices and chilli etc with inverted sugar with lemon juice. However, when I topped up the fermentation tank with water I used tap water from the cold tap (I live in London, England) and I didn't think twice about it...

I will give those a read, thanks for the tip, I am new the the forum. I guess I am more wondering about champagne yeast. I read the Coopers Ginger beer is not too good as it is too sweet once it is finished (I love the other Coopers kits though). I want a really dry ginger beer with a little...

Hi everyone, I had an idea after some reading, and I am wanting to go "all grain" (even though it's not a typical beer so therefore no gains haha). But my idea is to make a ginger beer using raw ginger 600 grams, and then use cinnamon and cloves in small amounts and chilli flakes, and then use...

Do you use any bleach before or just put them in the dishwasher with no detergent and run a hot cycle? I want to avoid needing to get a specialised sanitiser like Starsan if I can help it as I am not even sure it is available in the UK, and it sounds expensive, so if I (and others) can do it...