Got a new Glass Carboy

Pin It Now! I decided I want to have two brews going at once. I have a second bucket and was going to use that but i figured I would miss it at bottling time so I ordered a glass carboy from the good people at The Homebrew Company. I ordered Saturday and got it this morning. I also got a handle and rubber vent cap. When not being used for Beer I can use it for wine. I have to say, I had heard they were very heavy but I do not find that this is the case. Perhaps when its full I might see what people are talking about.

Now I just need to wait for my second order from the UK. My wife wanted some fruity wine kits and I do not seem to be able to get them here so Hop & Grape it was. To make up for the €20 shipping (and sterling rates) I ordered other stuff from them like a bottle drainer tree and rinser attachment. I also ordered some Whirfloc tablets, Flavapak beer kit enhancers (contains grains and hops). I also ordered some larger tubing that should fit my large Auto Siphon.

I will be combining two different beer kits in an experiment. Im hoping to have a bitter at the end of it but with a bit of Bock going on also.
The kits i have left are a muntons Mexican cerveza, a Muntons Bock style kit and finally a Brupaks Beers of the World London Bitter.


I was considering combining the Bock and the London bitter together. Has anyone done something similar with a Kit? Any advice?

Here are the two: Muntons Bock and Brupaks London Bitter.

The reason I want to mix the london bitter is that unknown to me at the time, it is designed for a smaller container and in fact designed for a brubox.
I would rather make a full 23L batch than a 10L batch, hence the combination of two kits.

I will be replacing the yeast in the two kits and using a safbrew s-33 packet.
The London bitter kit comes with Hops so I will use them and also add a flavapak to get something extra out of it.

Finally, I am going the whole hog here with regards water. This time im using natural spring water. I picked up 30 litres last night. It only costs €1.49 for a 5 Litre container at Tesco so I got 6 of them. I can also use the containers themselves to store sanitising solution.

I will also start the Cerveza so I can get rid of it and then I should be ready to start extract brewing.

I am planning to start on Saturday or Sunday, assuming I have my other delivery by then. I also need to bottle my Wheat Beer which has been in the fermenter for a month now. I am not sure how it will turn out but I will have to wait to find out.