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Are you a backyard brewer?
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SykomantiS
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Mangrove Jacks Starter Brewery Kit
A complete set of quality brewer's equipment and specialised ingredients to get you brewing today! Everything you need is in the kit (except bottles). The kit also comes with thorough instructions to make sure you first brew is a success and you gain the skills to get you up and brewing in no...
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Just add bottles.
I've been brewing since around maybe 2014 or 2013. First extracts, then partial mash, now all-grain.
Have made everything from lagers to stouts, ciders, pineapple and ginger beer and mead.
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Kveik can get you there in ~2.5 weeks
LOL, bucket fermentation is usually two weeks, plus another two weeks priming in the bottle.
So 4 weeks, although the beer generally improves the longer you prime it in the bottle.
You can get away with shorter fermentation and shorter priming.... maybe 10 days fermentation and a week bottle priming.
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Typically 2-3 weeks I prefer 4 weeks but have drank beer after just a week from start with the right yeast and equipment.
I just sent a similar message to someone I know...And as I was finishing post #10 ranting about it I received a WhatsApp... “Hi buddy, how are you? I remember you make beer...”. First message from this person since the last alcohol ban.
Anyhow I'm going to be buying some wort and yeast in the near future just to see how it turns out.
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Go for it, its a really easy way to make great beer with very little equipment. Its a bit expensive during non prohibition but right now it's a bargain. Just ferment, bottle, condition and enjoy.
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You will end up with very nice beer and the start of a great new hobby
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Kveik can get you there in ~2.5 weeks
My nitrogen just ran out so I have to get that refilled. Fact is, going to keg you can cut it down to a week. I have a 10L lager (leftover grains that I just moered together) and a 20L bitter just waiting to go to keg. The lager will get there first since I still have CO2.
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@Toxxyc is also selling wort, might also be something to look at.
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True, but for the purposes of start-up we can assume forum members don't have kegging equipment and will have to bottle, and bottle carbonation will take a bit longer (though still faster than traditional yeast)
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My quickest batch was a pale ale from grain to glass in 10 days. Fermented at 20c (7 days) and bottle conditioned for 3 days at room temp (summer).
Unfortunately he's a little outside the PE area
But thanks! I need a hobby at the moment.You will end up with very nice beer and the start of a great new hobby
I can brew pretty much anything I want, anytime I want.
I think I am doing pretty darn well, think im on batch 10 all great, but every batch better than the last. At the moment im even doing experimental batches. Brewing since may 2020 I think
This was a 6% smokey porter
def a hobby im going to do way into the future
I think I am doing pretty darn well, think im on batch 10 all great, but every batch better than the last. At the moment im even doing experimental batches. Brewing since may 2020 I think
This was a 6% smokey porter
def a hobby im going to do way into the future
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I've shipped wort kits to Namibia and Swaziland before...Unfortunately he's a little outside the PE area
Wow - surly the shipping costs on 20l must be fairly substantial?I've shipped wort kits to Namibia and Swaziland before...
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Well, people want booze. Main centres aren't that bad - around R180 per kit shipped countrywide. The outlying areas carry a heftier fee, unfortunately. The kits to Swaziland I didn't book, so I don't know what the guy paid for shipping.
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Looks pretty good and well-made at that too.
I'm planning on buying 20l of fresh wort and yeast from a local small brewery the first time around but who knows what the future holds. Your kits look amazing.
I haven't for a couple of years now but I used to do a lot, always had a brew on the go. Used the Coopers kits so fairly easy and nice drinkable results. All the equipment is standing ready, should think about starting up again. If the kits are not like hens teeth.