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Kia ora Sven, or perhaps I should say chur bro! There is heaps of info on here, I've been able to find out about anything I've needed to so far! Also a few other kiwis lurking around!

Okay, so just got a reply to a query I sent to the Coopers website, and they are affirmative. So anyone in NZ or Aus wondering, go for gold with the Coopers 750ml glass bottles!

They are pop-off (spotted that one on here before), but I was just wondering as I'd heard that many non-refillable bottles are too thin and can be too weak to take bottle carbing.

Sorry, I should've specified Coopers glass bottles, the ones that you buy with beer in them. Not sure if you guys have Coopers beer there (other than the homebrew kits). Here's a pic to jog anyones memory.

Hi all, just wondering if anyone has used Coopers 750ml bottles for their brew? They look pretty sturdy, and they claim to be "Bottle Fermented" so I'm picking that they'll be OK. That said, they aren't refillable, by the look of them (unlike the good ol' kiwi ABC "swappa" bottles), so I'm...

Woo hoo! Welcome from a fellow NZ'er, chur bro! Whereabouts are you?

Congrats Fishoe! I'm picking you got the Brewcraft set-up, and the lager was the one that came with that? Same as me. I was stunned at how good it was (because really I didn't have particularly great expectations). It just got better over time too. Believe me, if you leave that badboy for about...

Yep, same here last week. I was a little distracted, and just clear forgot. It looks OK for now, bubbling away quite happily, so it looks like I got away with it.

Hi there, you've got a similar idea to what I am going to try. I was originally going to do pretty much the same thing, but I've revised my recipe. I'm doing a black rock IPA, with a can of Black rock amber malt and 1kg dextrose. I figure that it'll be a bit stronger than the orignal recipe, but...

I used spice in secondary for an apfelwein I've made. I kinda went overboard and used 2 cinnamon sticks, 1 nutmeg about 10 cloves and about a teaspoon of ground allspice (couldn't get whole) all were dried. I just broke the cinnamon up a bit and smashed the nutmeg into chunks. I soaked my spices...

Hi, I have one of these kits too, and I was planning on adding the sugar, but also a 1.8kg can of Amber LME, and I'm planning on adding a 15g bag of cascade finishing hops.... I know it won't be conforming to a style or anything... this will be my first experiment, so just interested to see how...

Well I was sitting at home a few months ago, drinking an imported beer (not sure what it was) and I though, with all this recession talk and such, why am I drinking imported beer? I should be doing my bit and buying NZ beer. So, next day at work I started telling one of my workmates about my...

Hi there, I'm pretty new too, and so far dextrose has worked out fine for me, no it's no the purists way, but it will still give you a drinkable beer. If you just use the can then I think that it'll probably be very watery, with no body to it. Another option could be to use less liquid, but then...

Hi there from a fellow Kiwi, who can confirm that Swappa bottles are the business for homebrew! They are absolutely ideal, plenty strong, made for refilling, they are the money, and best of all a source for cheap bottles. Just get all of your mates around to drink the swill that comes in them...

Interesting to see that this is being proposed in the US, we've got similar legislation being debated here, under the pretence that excise doesn't even come close to the social expenses of drinking in NZ. The counter argument being that craft brewerys don't contribute to binge drinking, and that...

Welcome from a fellow Kiwi, in a similar situation, I've got my 3rd on the go at the moment. This site has been a huge help for me so far, and I'm sure it will for you too!

Hi from a fellow Kiwi! I'm sure you won't have too much trouble keeping your temps down over winter down there in Arrowtown!

Well, I think I've cracked it, with inspiration from the Missus. "Two Hands Brewery" is born! Long story, but basically on one of our first dates we went to an ice bar (where everything is made of ice) and were told on entry to use two hands to pick up the glasses, which were also made of ice...

Wicked, thanks for the help guys! These are great ideas! Really getting the creative thoughts going! I've also been looking at anagrams, and had some interesting ones..... a couple I thought of was "1 Fathom brewing" being that at 6'2" I'm pretty much dead on 1 fathom tall..... or really simply...

Liking Zealot, that could lead to a range of related brews, Fanatic, Unhinged etc......