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Well as the baby is due in 2-3 weeks if I put it down now I could be ready to birth and bottle at the same time

Bum: I still a few weeks away from actually putting this down as I don't have my own cellar and have to do it at my friends house, also my partner is 3 weeks away from giving birth so who knows when this will actually happen...

DrSmurto: Thanks again for your assistance.

Ok, I've decided to take my chances and make the beer from a recipe and forget the kit.

It's going to look like the same recipe as above except 500g of LDME, 500g of wheat malt, 1kg of raw sugar and 500g of lactose (or something like that) and an ale yeast, hopefully lots of ginger and spices will ...

I think I might try a different kit, maybe Beermaker's or Morgan's? I'll still add cinnamon, lemon, cloves and more ginger to improve the flavour.

One question; do the kits come with the sweetener separate, so I don't have to add it all?

Ok so I'm going to just use a kit to begin with but add spices etc. thanks for your advice Dr Smurto, however contradictory it may be (just kidding).

Ok after much searching in this forum I'm far more informed and kinda confused.

The suggestion of using LDME for a sweet, alcoholic ginger beer seems good however will this result in a heavy, malty flavour rather than a light fresh beer?

I'm starting to think I need to change my recipe to replace ...

What do people think of the Brewcraft Ginger Beer kit?

Edit1: Also the only reason I thought adding honey would make it explode is because I know virtually nothing about brewing and somehow got the impression that if I added too much sugar then that would cause explosions.

However I think I get ...

So let's assume I want a sweet ginger beer without artificial sweeteners, is a huge amount of lactose a possibility?

Also if I add honey to the coopers can will I be in danger of exploding bottles, if so how much is safe to add?

Thanks Bum, I read your post, and actually your problems made me feel that I need to make the kit version rather than my own recipe in case I make a mistake. I was hoping that by adding more flavours to the Coopers Can I would get something ok but now I think I'll follow your brewing adventures and ...

Hi, I've never brewed beer before (or anything else for that matter).

I want to brew an alcoholic ginger beer that is sweet and tangy, not as sweet as Stones alcoholic ginger beer, but not a dull-lager tasting ginger beer like Bluetounge.

I thought about buying the Coopers Home Brew Kit because ...