Thread: Home Brew

Hello,

Does anyone else make their own beer here? If so Does anyone have a bottle capper they may like to sell??

cheers
Dingo

Originally Posted by dingo

Hello,

Does anyone else make their own beer here? If so Does anyone have a bottle capper they may like to sell??

cheers
Dingo

I'm very keen to do some homebrewing, I did lots back in the States. My capper is at home, but you could use water bottles with screw on caps....get creative!

I've got a plan to make some mead....any idea where I could get some decent yeast? Interested in helping out or trying let me know!

Yeast; I use 'Bakers bonus' from ABD in Singaraja. Perfect.
Bottles used plastic 1.5 litre fanta, sprite or **** bottles work fine with the top screwed on tight. [have had aqua bottles explode.]
I Make ginger beer.
All you need is a dustbin, black bin liner, a pin, 20+litres of water, kilo ginger, 4 kilos of sugar, 1 table spoon of bakers bonus, some lemon grass, bottles, siphon tube and a funnel.

Originally Posted by mat

Yeast; I use 'Bakers bonus' from ABD in Singaraja. Perfect.
Bottles used plastic 1.5 litre fanta, sprite or **** bottles work fine with the top screwed on tight. [have had aqua bottles explode.]
I Make ginger beer.
All you need is a dustbin, black bin liner, a pin, 20+litres of water, kilo ginger, 4 kilos of sugar, 1 table spoon of bakers bonus, some lemon grass, bottles, siphon tube and a funnel.

ABD - nice - I'm sure i can find that down in Kuta.

Ginger "Ale," yeah that was also on my list - and sounds like a good starter one.

I'd planned on getting one of those 20L Aqua bottles. I brought an airlock back with me. I suppose the recipe goes like: Boil 5L water, sugar, shredded ginger, lemon grass for a half hour to make a nice sugary tea. Mix with 15L water, add yeast at 70F if you can find it that cool anywhere :) Ferment for a week and bottle it up!

Any tricks on fermenting? Does 8kg sugar give ya a nice 7% alcohol and still have a sweet taste? Do you have to reprime the bottles with sugar, and with 1.5L bottles, is that what, 4tsp sugar each?

All very exciting, a cheap and easy way to dodge the sin tax around here :P

Originally Posted by DelMundo

ABD - nice - I'm sure i can find that down in Kuta.

Ginger "Ale," yeah that was also on my list - and sounds like a good starter one.

I'd planned on getting one of those 20L Aqua bottles. I brought an airlock back with me. I suppose the recipe goes like: Boil 5L water, sugar, shredded ginger, lemon grass for a half hour to make a nice sugary tea. Mix with 15L water, add yeast at 70F if you can find it that cool anywhere :) Ferment for a week and bottle it up!

Any tricks on fermenting? Does 8kg sugar give ya a nice 7% alcohol and still have a sweet taste? Do you have to reprime the bottles with sugar, and with 1.5L bottles, is that what, 4tsp sugar each?

All very exciting, a cheap and easy way to dodge the sin tax around here :P

I put the 19ltres of water in the bin liner in the dustbin, chop up ginger and lemongrass [to taste] cover ginger and lemongrass in a pan with water. Boil for 15 minutes add 1kg of sugar, boil till dissolved. Add to bin liner of water [keeping ginger and lemongrass] repeat a total of 3 times, the last time put the whole contents of the pan into the mixture. Add a table spoon of bakers bonus [yeast] and seal the bag tightly. Wait, the bag will blow up like a balloon, Add one [only one pin or needle] prick to the bag, the bag will not deflate. Wait 10 days-3 weeks and the bag will start to deflate, siphon off into plastic bottles that have had 1-2 tablespoons of sugar added. [Don't worry about the sediment , it will go to the bottom or can filter if you like.] This is for the secondary fermentation and to make the beer fizzy. TIGHTEN THE TOP FIRMLY. Store at room temperature. Wait 2-3 weeks, chill and enjoy. Produces a dry [definitely not sweet] fizzy and very strong ginger beer. Orange zest and other ingredients can be added to taste.

Hi dingo

I have a hardly used bottle capper, bought it in Darwin several years ago. Made a few batches but gave up in the end. Maybe I drink too fast.

Send me a PM if you're still interested.