Hello all
Another newbie from UK here
Looking to bottle my first batch tomorrow (Wed). I'm not strictly a newbies as I did a bit of brewing a few years ago - just tins of extract though - bottled and in a pressure barrel
Anyway after a clearout I 'discovered' the brewing kit and with the addition of some gear from Freecycle decided to start up again. I started with a Coopers Stout (Australian) extract kit
Main question is that a lot of the bottles I was given have fairly tight fitting plastic caps. I also have a brand new bag of them. Are these supposed to replace crown caps? I can't see that they do myself
I have a large supply of crown caps and a double lever capping machine (hammering them on last time was one of the reasons I stopped brewing, broken glass and beer all over the kitchen floor, it was just like my local ;-) and intend using those
I'm brewing in a large fermenting bin, lidded, but this time I modified it and fitted it with an airlock after reading posts on this group
One thing I have found is that the bottle carriers that you get from Sainsbury's etc. in UK are excellent for 6 x pint bottles. Just right for taking one or two 'six packs' to a friends for some quality assurance ;-)
Any constructive advice welcome
Slainte
Ian