Ginger Beer, a success

The Redbox ginger beer made from the Coopers mix was the final brew for the Bruce brewery with the brewery relocating to the city. This brew we had a couple of small problems with the yeast not starting, a lazy bottler the brew sat in the vat for over 3 weeks and the seal on the vat may of been a little dodgy. Due to impatience and the desire for ginger beer the first bottle was cracked 2 weeks after botttling, and we wait with baited breath to see if this met our lofty standards. We were all very satisfied and I may say the head brewer was quietly surprised due to the earlier issues and knowing that sometimes homebrew can be a fickle beast. So now we have a nice ginger beer, which has quite a nice little bite and just in time for summer. I think the next brew will be an amber or golden ale style beer, probably brewed after house guests consuming all of our wheat beer.

DEAD YEAST

Started brewing of the Second Red Box brew after a successful Wheat Beer, of course there was to be problems.
The room temperature is at a steady 22-24C, yeast paradise - the yeast was that which comes when you buy the can and I suppose there is always the risk that this could of been too hot, cold, old or just dodgy.
I have replaced the yeast with some more and will see how this goes, the other big thing is with Ginger beer it does not ever seem to take off or react as much as the other brews. This is one thing to keep a close eye on as bottling early can lead to explosions and losses as well as sticky mess to clean up.
Jealous of the Fox keg set up and think in the next house there must be enough room to establish a set up to rival it. Loving the summer weather and definately looking forward to more ales in the sun