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I was wondering who here does homebrew and what brews have you tried?

I do homebrew, love the stuff
do kit stuff but add different stuff such as malts, extra hops, steep grains etc

do yourself a favour and get onto the Grumpy's website and order yourself some
best homebrews I have done

I found quite a nice little homebrew store in of all places maidstone (near footscray) so i got to have a little looksey on what i can do. I also noticed that the coopers website offers you idea's on what you can make. hehe My talking booney just asked is it time for a beer yet.

Just don't go into a homebrew shop and ask for Coopers kits - for some reason there seems to be some kind of elitist snobbery against them from the beer boffins. Who'd have thought it? Without Coopers opening up the market to the masses in the last few years the home brewing scene would still be a hobby for pot bellied soaks who conjured up potentially lethal slurry in plastic bins out in the back shed.

nothing wrong with Coopers kits, some of the best going around, and they make a good base if you are looking at experimenting with additives
there is a chain of homebrew shops that dont sell Coopers kits because they are part owned by Lion Nathan

I used to do it, made some no name one's and there were mediocre, I made a Coopers Lager and it was absolutely sensational, even my missus who doesn't drink beer loved it, was about 8% alcohol and tasted like Ginger Beer!
Unless things have changed in the last 10 years Coopers is the way to go.

A couple of my mates have theirs in kegs and they're absolutely sen bloody sational!

The kits are the best way to start, very easy to do. Do yourself a favour though and make sure you get a bottler, I used to get RSI tapping all the bastards on with a special mallett!

godoubleblues wrote:nothing wrong with Coopers kits, some of the best going around, and they make a good base if you are looking at experimenting with additives

Agree completely with that GDB. Ther best results I had homebrewing were with Coopers kits bought from supermarkets, but using a special sugar/additive mix bought from a homebrew shop instead of sucrose.

Nothing wrong with Coopers Kits.

I mean, what IS a kit?
A fermenter - and a mixture - and some utensils - it's not actually much different to any other.

My choice of shop is in Holden Hill opposite HJs.

I have my fridge all set - as well as a keg. I just need a regulator, some tubing, the "tap" and other parts, and I'll have the beer on tap at the front of my fridge.

Can't wait.

This is what I'm doing ...

U going to paint it green or red and have a drip tray on it?

pafc1870 wrote:U going to paint it green or red and have a drip tray on it?

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I'll wait to see how successful I am first

But I definately want to paint it. Might wait to see how it looks in the new house first, then decide on the "look"

I am brewing some Draught as we speak i turned an old fridge into a heat box to keep it warm. I am enjoying the process if you want to know i picked up the homebrew kit from Cash Converter never used still in the box. The bloke who sold it thought it was too hard.

Dissident wrote:Nothing wrong with Coopers Kits.

I mean, what IS a kit?
A fermenter - and a mixture - and some utensils - it's not actually much different to any other.

My choice of shop is in Holden Hill opposite HJs.

I have my fridge all set - as well as a keg. I just need a regulator, some tubing, the "tap" and other parts, and I'll have the beer on tap at the front of my fridge.

Can't wait.

allright then, Coopers cans

the Holden Hill shop is one of the better ones in Adelaide
they sell the Coopers premium selection which you cant buy in the supermarket plus some other good brands such as Morgans

if you have not been up to Grumpys at Hahndorf, do yourself a favour, they brew their own beer and have it on tap, bloody nice and you can buy home brew mixes to do yourself, they are the best homebrews I have done

Paint them Eagles colours.

Seems a few of you have had a go at it but given up,too much work?

My father-in-lw used to do a great brew,but quickly grew tired of the bottling bit and wanted to jump straight into the drinking bit,LOL.A mate of mine does his in 2 litre old Coke bottles,problem is he opens 1 beer and......

Id rather just buy beer from the bottle shop. Never tried making my own, dont really want to, tried others and still think the same. I would rather buy beer from the shop.

Just quietly. If you like stella.... Place round the corner from my place in the UK. 20 bottles of Stella for £10 ($24 Aust approx). I reckon that 24 bottles in Australia would be $40 on special and usually around $50. Represents extreme value and with personal taste opinion taken into account "I" like it.

Booney wrote:Seems a few of you have had a go at it but given up,too much work?

My father-in-lw used to do a great brew,but quickly grew tired of the bottling bit and wanted to jump straight into the drinking bit,LOL.A mate of mine does his in 2 litre old Coke bottles,problem is he opens 1 beer and......

Yeah my step dad does it and has for years (he has my kit) but he's retired and has a huge shed for storage.
Its a convenience factor, I spend a bit too much on websites to worry about brewing!

Booney wrote:Seems a few of you have had a go at it but given up,too much work?

My father-in-lw used to do a great brew,but quickly grew tired of the bottling bit and wanted to jump straight into the drinking bit,LOL.A mate of mine does his in 2 litre old Coke bottles,problem is he opens 1 beer and......

I did it for about 10 years, had a break for about 5 years and got back into it about 6 months ago, I am having a ball, trying different things
I have got myself into a pretty good routine and for about 2 hours work all up I can have 2 and a half cartons of bloody good tasting beer for anywhere from $10-$30
went hammer and tong when I got back into it and was putting brews down every week, wanted to get a stock up so when I have a homebrew beer now they are about 3 months old and have aged quite nicely

Probably should bump this thread back to life

@Booney
Are you in countdown mode for bottling day?