Another Lancashire lad joining :)
I bought a kit at the weekend after bumping into (literally) a stack of Youngs BeerBuddy Lager kits in my Tesco Home. Not sure if they are dumping stock but they are selling them for £6.50 with a free extra refill kit. 80 pints for pocket change!
I started it off in the fermenting bucket on Monday evening and am now thinking of nipping down for a second kit (or a third if the missus doesn't grumble too loudly).
For this first brew I am doing it standard, with granulated sugar and will bottle it into 2l pop bottles as I rescued about 10 from my recycle bin, cleaned and ready for sterilizing. I was going to buy a keg off eBay but after reading a few forums it appears that people recommend bottling lager rather than kegging.
I am planning on putting sugar in the bottle when bottling but am wondering if it is worth getting some of the coopers (or similar) carbonation tablets instead.
Also, are finings (?) recommended or not? I hear that bottles get sediment at the bottom, is there any way to eliminate this?
Cheers,
Mark
I bought a kit at the weekend after bumping into (literally) a stack of Youngs BeerBuddy Lager kits in my Tesco Home. Not sure if they are dumping stock but they are selling them for £6.50 with a free extra refill kit. 80 pints for pocket change!
I started it off in the fermenting bucket on Monday evening and am now thinking of nipping down for a second kit (or a third if the missus doesn't grumble too loudly).
For this first brew I am doing it standard, with granulated sugar and will bottle it into 2l pop bottles as I rescued about 10 from my recycle bin, cleaned and ready for sterilizing. I was going to buy a keg off eBay but after reading a few forums it appears that people recommend bottling lager rather than kegging.
I am planning on putting sugar in the bottle when bottling but am wondering if it is worth getting some of the coopers (or similar) carbonation tablets instead.
Also, are finings (?) recommended or not? I hear that bottles get sediment at the bottom, is there any way to eliminate this?
Cheers,
Mark