Does anyone else brew their own grog?

I was given a home brew kit for Christmas and now I have two and slowly building up my stock of beer.

I discovered today that BigW sells ingredients at half the price of my local brew shop.

It works out to about $20 for 24 litres of beer. Almost a quarter the price of stuff bought in the bottle shops.

Still trying all the different type of beer available. Started mostly on lagers, but will experiment with ales and maybe a stout or two.

Share your experience, ideas and choice of beer etc...

I have 96 empty home brew bottles in my garage if you want them

mate does coopers $11 per tin plus bag or sugar makes 36 litres

Thanks. I've just bought a whole lot.

What type are? PET, glass, new or used?

Yeah got some Coopers today just under $11 a tin.

Do you have a link?

coopers was on special at $7 last week he got about 12 tins he does one brew every week.

Tall brown re cappable ...

Yep, don't bother with lager unless you can keep the fermenting temp at 12 degrees. Coopers lager does'nt have true lager yeast btw.

Stout is my thing atm, but get to the lhbs and get some dark malt for it. If you shop around it should't be more than $10 kg.

Here is your new home
http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com.au

Next week I's trying a fresh wort kit to 'up my game 'so to speak as I've got a kegging system raring to go.....

Time for one now I think? hic.

Oh and give it 2 months in the bottle.

I've been brewing for about 4 years now and saving a considerable amount.

I normally brew Coopers Canadian with brew enhancer 2 and a Saf lager yeast.

Next weekend I'm going to get a kegerater system for my existing fridge for $650.

Keel

Thanks for the link. I decided to try all I can to start with. I've created a spreadsheet to log everything and rate the taste/quality.


I was looking at Coopers Canadian yesterday and will give it a go next batch.

Be a while before I do a kegerater though.

http://www.djsoftware.co.nz/html/download.html

Thanks. Looks very comprehensive.

My husband and his mates go to The Beer Factory in Seven Hills Sydney to brew theirs. http://www.thebeerfactory.com.au/whoweare.html So no mess or hassle at home. Works out at about $1 per bottle, bought himself a keg now. Only issue is that it does not contain preservatives so must be kept in the fridge. Got one on ebay for $30. I believe they have over 200 recipes, he normally makes a pale ale but, made the most delicious alcoholic ginger beer (6%) for the me last year, yummy but lethal. Dont know how we will ever go back to the commercial rubbish after tasting the real thing. No hangovers either, bonus.

DEB68 HUBBY.

I am still wating for our container to make its way here been making my own beer for about a year now, when you get it right it is wonderful, also very cheap
The prices here for the local stuff are ridiculous, shop stuff i mean.
We went it the local Kmart yesterday they had coopers at $9 a go, brewing sugar was $5 a bag, and i thought to my self shall i buy a full kit, or hold out for the container?
i am has dry as a nuns dry bits my tongue thinks my throat has been slit, need a drink soon or i will turn into cliff richard

Get a kit. About $70 for tha barrel, bottles and brew. With this weather it'll be brewed out in 7 days, ready for drinking by 9.

I normally leave it in the barrel for 2 weeks then bottle it and leave it for about 6 weeks. But when I get my new kegerator it should be ready for drinking in 2 to 3 weeks as there is no 2nd fermentation.

Ive found a new brew shop recently in Bibra lake called T.w.o.c. that has a good range.

keel

Yeah I see a few of these factories around. I must try ginger beer sometime too!

Yep buy another kit.