Evening all and warm wishes from (for the majority of you) across the pond in Blighty!
After lots of humming and hawing I decided to give the homebrew a shot (mostly because I'm broke, a little bit because I'm a chemist).
Going to fess up to a heresy right from the get go. My first batch, will be a kit beer a Hamilton Bard Old English to be exact. Just want to minimise the chances of things going wrong with the first batch, get my feet wet as it were.
Originally started to look at wine (which I'm carrying on with) but found this forum whilst looking up the wine and, well, you guys got me converted.
As I mentioned I work for a chemical company over here, so I've pressed some of our gear into service (containers, chemicals, etc) don't worry though, they're all very pure and all cleaned very well. In fact, every container I'm using is certified for chemical transport so there should be no seepage of chemicals from the plastic. Going to start small (25L/80 pints), since it would be a bit of a hassle getting one of the 1 tonne containers up the stairs to my flat
I plan on bottling to start with, because I've been gifted the capper and I live above a pub so have a ready supply of those Magners 1 Pint cider bottles. Of course I'll do my part to ensure I have a good supply
Sorry for the long winded into, but I thought I'd get the majority out of the way here!
After lots of humming and hawing I decided to give the homebrew a shot (mostly because I'm broke, a little bit because I'm a chemist).
Going to fess up to a heresy right from the get go. My first batch, will be a kit beer a Hamilton Bard Old English to be exact. Just want to minimise the chances of things going wrong with the first batch, get my feet wet as it were.
Originally started to look at wine (which I'm carrying on with) but found this forum whilst looking up the wine and, well, you guys got me converted.
As I mentioned I work for a chemical company over here, so I've pressed some of our gear into service (containers, chemicals, etc) don't worry though, they're all very pure and all cleaned very well. In fact, every container I'm using is certified for chemical transport so there should be no seepage of chemicals from the plastic. Going to start small (25L/80 pints), since it would be a bit of a hassle getting one of the 1 tonne containers up the stairs to my flat
I plan on bottling to start with, because I've been gifted the capper and I live above a pub so have a ready supply of those Magners 1 Pint cider bottles. Of course I'll do my part to ensure I have a good supply
Sorry for the long winded into, but I thought I'd get the majority out of the way here!
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