thanks mate a friends older brother referred me to the coopers diy kit at first i was stand off ish and hes like well here have one of my home brews, i was expecting an old plastic screw top bottle to be pulled out but then he pulls out a glass stubby with a cap and the beer looked like a normal coopers i nearly **** a brick! and oh my god the taste! he then went onto say it cost him $20 to make 23 litres of beer and you have a variety of flavours my mouth just dropped it dropped even further when he explained to me you cap your own bottles easy as and that he hasnt made a trip to the bottle shop to buy booze in over 9 months (the length of time hes been brewing for) from then i was sold haha.
ive been reading up alot on temperature control and sanitation im going to order a bit of sanitizer to make sure i always have it.. im going to maybe try rig up a box with the stc1000 for a fridge and heatpad so my temps will be perfect.. so many options, so many different beers, bottling options etc the last thing i needed was another hobby on top of cars, guitars and motorbikes but who can have to many??
all i gotta do now is find some padlock for my home brew beer fridge that wont be cut off easy to keep my mates out of my beer!