It took about 3 weeks to arrive, probably due to the incomplete address of the parcel. I am not someone who complains a lot, but this got me a little pissed. The seller did not use the correct address from eBay (which I had updated correctly) but instead made use of the address of my Paypal account (which I used to pay for the stuff). I don’t understand why they did not use the mailing address as this is supposed to be the correct address to use when sending to their customers. Well, luckily, the name was correct and the delivery person finally got the parcel to me, one week late. Nevertheless, I have received the parcel in good order (and very well-packed) and I have taken photos of the stuff I bought.

The stuff I bought online are the Ginger beer concentrate, the Safale US-05 Ale yeast and a reusable nylong hop bag.  Yes, all of them are available in Singapore, but sometimes it is cheaper to get them from overseas and delivered to Singapore.

This is the 10 packs of Safale US-05 dry ale yeast. I have heard great things about this yeast and I am very keen to try this yeast out on my brews. Of course, this is not to say that the Nottingham yeast which I have been using is not good, just that I would like to try something new. And the price of the 10 pack is about US$16. Once converted, it is about S$27. If you purchase from the local homebrew store in Singapore, it would cost about S$75. Surely this is something to consider.

Due date is May 2009 which is quite good. The yeast packs will be kept in the fridge and hopefully, they will still be in good condition when the time comes for me to use them.

This Safale US-05 is an American ale yeast which will produce a well balanced beer with a very clear crisp end palate. That’s what I am looking for in my beers. I guess in Singapore we can only drink lagers. Looks like the sedimentation is medium which means that it can turn out to be a bit cloudy.  I wonder how well would it work on the Cooper’s Australian Pale Ale?

Lol, this is for making homebrew ginger beer. Not the alcoholic kind but those for the kids. Looks like this is an “old time flavor”, whatever that means. You cannot judge by the picture above, but the bottle is very small. And it is supposed to be about to make 4 Gallons of Ginger beer? I find it very doubtful that it could without making the end product taste like plain water.

Nice man, it contains natural gingers and ginseng flavours! Too bad it does come with preservatives (sodium benzoate). I wonder whether that would affect the yeast during carbonation.  Anyway, this would be a great way to try out ginger beer. I had been thinking of making a Ginger beer for sometime already and unlike the Cooper’s Ginger Beer kit which requires some work, this kit seems simple enough. Just pour a tablespoon of the concentrate into a soda bottle, add sugar, top up with some warm water, dissolve, then top up with some cold water and then add in the yeast. After a few days/weeks, you will get carbonated Ginger beer.

Yes, it is a tiny bottle. I still can’t get over the thing that this tiny weeny little bottle can make 15 litres of Ginger beer.  In the box, there are some instructions. Well, when the time comes for me to make the Ginger beer, I will sure to read them. For now, it goes into the fridge.

That’s the 8″ x 9 1/4″ Nylon hop bag. Nothing spectacular here. Just a bag for holding hops when boiling the wort. Since the tea bags which I have been using is now running low on stock, I guess buying something which can be reused makes sense.I am thinking of just going to those convenience store and buying nylon covers for taps. I have seen them selling and it cost like S$0.50 per piece. Cheap, much much cheaper than this “special” nylon bag.

Anyway, that’s the end of the photos which I have taken. Bye.