Again, I have to disappoint you guys. I had said that my next brew will be the Apfelwein but again circumstances have forced me to change and now I will be brewing another 2 different beers. One would be a Wheat beer while the other a Draught for my friends. I had told them that I have plans for a cider (that’s the Apfelwein) but they had wanted beers to be ready by the middle of next month for a party or something. So, if I were to make the Apfelwein, it would be way too late and I won’t be ready. I believe that the Apfelwein takes about 4 weeks to complete fermentation so during that time, my fermenter would be out of commission. And when the fermentation is complete, I won’t have enough time to do the Wheat beer and the Draught for my friends for their party.

So I ditch my plans for the Apfelwein and will be doing a Wheat beer first and then the Draught. Actually they wanted only Wheat beer, but my online supplier has offers for a package of both a Wheat beer and a Draught. And the price is just S$60 for the package and it comes with 1kg of Dextrose and 1Kg of liquid Wheat malt. Well, those ingredients make for a very light-alcoholic session beer, just what my friends need for their party. I also got myself a twin level capper and caps as I will be going for glass bottles now. I got my glass bottles from the coffee shop downstairs.They have a lot of these bottles lying around and whenever I have the opportunity I would grab one or two bottles. I would normally choose the Tiger beer bottles as they are the easiest to remove the labels, plus they are plentiful in Singapore. Just soak them in water (or a little bleach) for about 30 minutes and the labels come off when you run your fingers over them. Cool!

Well, here are the photos of what I have purchased for this beer.

That’s the Morgan’s Golden Sheaf Wheat Beer. It’s an awarding winning recipe, so I expect good things from this. Hopefully, the colour won’t be dark like the Blue Mountain Lager which actually scared a lot of my friends off. Let’s keep our fingers cross. I may even be doing a Hoegaarden Clone! Just need to add Corriander seeds and orange rinds, Wheat Malt and some Dextrose.

The back of the Morgan’s Golden Sheaf Wheat Beer can. Some instructions about making the beer which I never read.

Due on the 3rd of October. Good, at least I know it is still okay.

Yes, that’s the Morgan’s Stockman’s Draught. This is a very good party drink as all Draught beers are. Not too strong and surely it will go down easy with casual drinkers at a party. However, I am also very worried about the resulting colour of the brew. If it turns out too dark then it could be a major problem to get people to drink the beer. People will just be put off by the colour.

The back of the Morgan’s Stockman’s Draught.

The due date on the bottom of the can. Those are my toes on the left.

Hoot! That’s the liquid Wheat Malt that will go with the Wheat Beer Kit. Yummy, one kg of Wheat malt ready to be turned to even better tasting beer! I am really keeping my fingers cross that the colour of the Wheat Malt is okay. However, it may be that only barley malts that darken due to age and the Wheat Malt is still okay in terms of colour? We can only hope. However, we all know that the Wheat Malt is actually about 1/3 wheat and the rest is still from barley. So….

The back of the Morgan’s Master Blend Wheat Malt. This can expires in August unlike the two beer kits which expires in October. That’s one of the reasons why I am doing the Wheat Beer first. Actually, I should be doing the Draught first as the Wheat Beer doesn’t benefit from aging unlike barley based beers. However, I think it is better to ensure the freshness of the Wheat Malt and do it first.

That’s the dextrose. For that alcoholic kick we all love so much. However, I think adding too much can really water down the beer. Perhaps just half for the Draught?

That’s the Twin Level Capper. What you do is place the cap on the magnet on the capper, put the capper slot on the glass bottle top and then push down both the handles. This little plastic tool makes the capping very easy. Of course, there are better ones which I cannot afford currently. It’s a bench capper but I think that this will do until I have the money to buy better equipment.

It actually looks like some sort of ancient torturing device. Scary.

Yo, those are the caps for the bottles. You place them on the capper.

Well guys, hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I have enjoyed posting them. I will also be posting the actually brew itself soon. I think it will be next week when I do the Wheat beer. Yes, with full pictures!