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BEER BREWING LINKS
AllAboutBeer.com/homebrew/
Home Brew Digest
How To Brew online book by John Palmer
Homebrewing (BBC H2G2)
Hasher.net - Home Brew Beer Wine and Spirits includes 'The Expats survival Kit'
Home Brew Online Dedicated Service and Fast, Low Postage
Homebrew Beer Discover the world of homebrewing
Beertech.co.uk Beer Kits, Home Beer Making & Homebrewing, international delivery.
 


BEER BREWING RECIPES

The Boro Spitfire:

Minimum requirements:
1 x 5 gallon plastic bucket, (ideally with lid)
15 x Rauch flip top bottles or clear plastic Pepsi type bottles
1m x plastic tubing 6 - 8mm (1/4" to 3/8") internal diameter
Drinkable water, ideally potable tap water.
Warm storage space 20 - 30 degC, ideally 25 - 27 degC
1.5 litre jug
Beer hydrometer

Ingredients for 20 litres (4 gallons):
1 case 'Dark Mouse' near beer (24 x 0.33 litre)
8 litres water (same volume as near beer)
2 kg sugar
6 large potatoes, washed and halved
Juice of 1 lemon
500ml bottle dark molasses
250ml jar malt extract (optional)
1 sachet beer yeast

Method:
Cleanliness is next to godliness! Everything should be as clean and sterile as possible. 
Fill the bucket and bottles with water and small amount of Chlorox for 2 days.
Wash out the bucket and bottles thoroughly, ideally in hot water.
Place / pour ingredients in the bucket.
Cover bucket with loose fitting top or cloth.
Leave for 5 - 6 days, and check the gravity with the beer hydrometer, if it indicates ready, start bottling, if not ready, check the gravity every few days until it is.

Bottling
Put 1/2 teaspoon of sugar in each bottle
Siphon beer mash into bottles, leaving a 1 inch air gap, avoid siphoning the sediment. 
Leave for another week.

Decanting
Pour beer out of the bottles into a serving jug, taking care to leave sediment in the bottle bottom
Sample.

Cheers!