Advice on a newbies list of purchases

[GazOC]

Hi all,

After a few weeks of lurking and searching this forum for info I **THINK** I'm ready to made my first purchases. My list (from BrewUK) is below, is there anything I need to add or change? My 2 "concerns" are do I need another fermenting vessel besides the one of have with the tap and would I be better off using glucose for the Australian Lager kit rather than beer making sugar (I think I've seen this recommended in a old forum post)?

Coopers Australian Lager 40 Pts
PET Bottles 1 Litre Clear Carton (24) + Caps
25 Litre Fermentation Vessel and lid, fitted with Drum Tap
Saflager S-23 Yeast
Beer Paddle Plastic 16"
Brewing & Winemaking Sugar
Spraymalt Light
VWP Cleanser
Hydrometer
Little bottler

BTW thanks for all the advice/ opinions I've already been able to make use of on this forum!!!

Regards
Gaz

 

[Chris]

Coopers Australian Lager 40 Pts
PET Bottles 1 Litre Clear Carton (24) + Caps
25 Litre Fermentation Vessel and lid, fitted with Drum Tap
Saflager S-23 Yeast
Beer Paddle Plastic 16"
Brewing & Winemaking Sugar
Spraymalt Light
VWP Cleanser
Hydrometer
Little bottler

Coopers brews come with yeast & / or nutrient mate. I got 23 x 1L PET bottles from Tesco, their own energy drink got tipped away, £6.80 for 23. I have the same FV without a tap but a siphon instead, paddle?? Do you mean a long plastic spoon? I use normal sugar, haven't regretted it yet.. Rest look ok.. To me anyway, I'm still relatively new to it all myself. :thumb:

 

[lazydog]

thermometer would come in handy to know when to pitch your yeast
it can be usefull to have a second FV for a/the next brew and b/ treating the water with a 1/2 campden tablet to kill the chlorine
and is glucose and beer sugar the same stuff?
yeast comes with the kit
good luck from 1 newbie to another

 

[GazOC]

Cheers guys! Yep, the "beer paddle" is just a big spoon but I bought as I don't have one of those either !! Thanks for the tip on the bottles and thermometer, I'll look into that.

I bought the different yeast and the spraymalt as I found a forum post where these were mentioned as being more suitable for brewing lager than the stuff that comes with the kit? Can I do without them? Even if they only make the beer only marginally better they've only added a couple of quid to the total.....

I'll pop another fermenting vessel in the cart, I hadn't thought of either of those reasons!!

Thanks again,
Gaz

 

[tubby_shaw]

A second Fermenting vessel WILL come in handy :thumb:
You can use it for treating the water to dechlorinate, speaking of which you will need campden tablets/powder, or to use as a bottling bucket or to start another brew as mentioned above :thumb:
Brewing/winemaking sugar is glucose and I would recommend a 50:50 mix of brewing sugar and spraymalt for your lager kit.

 

[lazydog]

the spraymalt as I found a forum post where these were mentioned as being more suitable for brewing lager than the stuff that comes with the kit? Can I do without them? Even if they only make the beer only marginally better they've only added a couple of quid to the total.....

as far as i know spray malt 500g and glucose 500g = beer enhancer 1kg these dont come with the kit these are what you can add instead of domestic white sugar and well worth the money

 

[GazOC]

Cheers LD, thats pretty much what I read. I'd like to give my first brew every chance of succeeding..... :thumb:

 

[The Seer]

I use brown Bulmer's Cider bottles for bottling. Great thing is I can have as many as I want absolutely free! If you're in the Essex area I may be able to help. Just crown corks and corking machine and you're away!