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Page 1: Kegland Beginner's Home Brew Kit
KegLand Beginner’s Home Brew Kit Make great beer or cider at home! KegLand Distribution PTY LTD 12-18 Lascelles Street, Springvale VIC 3171 www.KegLand.com.au Page 1 of 17... -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents KegLand Beginner’s Home Brew Kit ....................1 What’s in the box ......................... 4 The ‘3 golden rules of brewing’ ..................... 5 Step-by-step home brewing ......................6 Assembling the fermenter: ......................6 Cleaning the fermenter: ......................6 Sanitising your equipment and fermenter: ................. 7 Mixing up the wort: ........................ - Page 3 Congratulations on receiving the KegLand Beginner’s Home Brew Starter Kit! This kit will allow you to brew 23 litres (30 bottles) of great- tasting beer at home with ease and affordability. Home brewing can be as easy or as complicated as you would like it to be, and who knows –...
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Page 4: What's In The Box
Muntons™ - Ingredient Can kit (includes brewing yeast); and • 1 x Muntons™ - Brew Enhancer 1kg (KL11990). If you are missing anything in the kit, please contact the retailer you purchased it from. www.KegLand.com.au Last updated 7 May 2019 Page 4 of 17... -
Page 5: The '3 Golden Rules Of Brewing
The ‘3 golden rules of brewing’ Here are a few things to remember before we get started to ensure you get the best possible results the first-time round. You’ve probably heard horror stories from that one friend who tried home brewing once who’s efforts resulted in a fermenter full of vomit-smelling mould? Follow these simple tips to make sure that doesn’t happen! Sanitation is next to godliness! Sanitise, sanitise, sanitise! We can’t stress this point enough: good beer starts with good sanitation! Bacteria and... -
Page 6: Step-By-Step Home Brewing
Please ensure you read and comprehend these instructions thoroughly before beginning. 1. Assembling the fermenter: Once you have unboxed your KegLand beginner’s home brew kit and checked everything is included, begin by assembling your fermenter. The Black Plastic Fermenter Tap will screw into the threaded port at the bottom of your large white 30L HDPE fermenter. -
Page 7: Sanitising Your Equipment And Fermenter
The heavier the soiling, the longer it will need to soak. PBW is a proprietary blend of safe chemicals that do the hard work for you. Any other dirty brewing equipment can also be soaked in the fermenter. After a few hours of soaking, any remaining soiling can be gently wiped away with a soft cloth. Make sure not to use harsh scrubbers that may scratch the plastic and create ideal places for batch-ruining bacteria to hide. - Page 8 pours out easier. It would be handy to take a photo of or write down the instructions for your can here as the label will likely come off in the water Carefully remove the Muntons can from the hot water and carefully open it with your sanitised can opener (we like to use our spray bottle of sanitiser here to quickly sanitise our hands and the top of the can before we open it).
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Page 9: The Fermentation
Take your sanitised scissors and carefully cut off the corner of the small silver sachet of yeast. Sprinkle the yeast evenly over the surface of the wort. Give your fermenter’s lid one last sanitise (make sure to get in around the seals) and screw firmly onto the fermenter. -
Page 10: Trying Your Beer
people like to move their fermenter to the bottling position 24hrs before they plan to bottle so that any yeast and trub that has been stirred up has a chance to settle back to the bottom. Once you are ready to bottle, take your pre-mixed sanitiser from earlier (or mix up a new batch) and put it in your handy tub or bucket. -
Page 11: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Common Problems: Air Lock not bubbling? Probably just the lid isn’t sealed or delayed/completed fermentation. Air locks are only an indicator, so best bet would be to take a hydrometer sample (read how below). Mould on top of beer? Bad sanitation or opening the fermenter too much. Turf this batch and start again as it may no longer safe to drink. -
Page 12: Brewing Techniques Explained
Brewing Techniques Explained Taking Hydrometer readings Hydrometers are used heavily in-home brewing to tell how much sugar is in your unfermented beer, how much alcohol is in your finished beer and whether your beer is done fermenting. You simply fill your hydrometers tube with wort/beer and float your hydrometer in the solution. -
Page 13: Temperature Control
Temperature control The best possible thing a brewer can do is to start controlling the temperatures of their fermentation. This is the single biggest reason new brewers get disappointing results and are dissuaded from trying a second batch. We strongly recommend you pitch your yeast in at a temperature between 17c-20c and keep it steady there for the duration of the fermentation. -
Page 14: Mini Hop Boil
Mini hop boil Are you a hop head chasing more of that fruity, piney hop aroma you have grown to love? Look no further than a mini hop boil to deliver just that! By their very nature, sometimes extracts just can’t capture that super fresh and delicate hop aroma that is easily lost in packaging. -
Page 15: Dry Hopping
2+ batches! https://www.kegland.com.au/ingredients/hops.html Specialty brewing yeast The Muntons kits have quality yeast from a renowned manufacturer included under the lid. However, an easy way to improve the quality of your finished beer is to use more or better yeast. - Page 16 Re-using your last batches yeast cake If you want to use the yeast included with the Muntons kit, we suggest you buy two Muntons cans so you have 2 yeast sachets in total and use both of those sachets in the first single batch of beer (i.e.
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Page 17: Suggested Additional Equipment
Suggested Additional Equipment Looking to improve your kit and have the right gear on hand to do the job in the best possible way? • Ethanol spray (part # KL05371) • Stellarsan (part # KL05357) • Powerful Brewery Wash (‘PBW’) 1kg (part # KL05494) •...