Beer Brewing

Handcraft your own refreshing Alcoholic Ginger Beer at home with the Buderim Ginger Beer Brew Kit! Each Kit makes 20 litres of our famous ginger beer, perfect for beginner or intermediate brewers who want to experiment with ginger beer brewing.

Crafted with the perfect balance of ingredients for a fresh, zingy ginger beer with a real kick.

Fermentation takes 5-7 days at around temperatures of 25℃, while carbonation takes a further 2 weeks.

• Made with 80% Real Ginger Syrup
• Makes approx. 4% ALC VOL
• Includes our selected “clean” ginger beer brewing yeast and nutrients

A bored silicone bung with a 37-45 mm taper. Fits 5L Demijohn with Screw Lid.

A solid silicone bung with a 37-45 mm taper. Fits 5L Demijohn with Screw Lid.

A bung with a diameter of 46mm across the top, tapering to a diameter of 38mm across the bottom.

Fits the 5L Glass Jar Demijohn with Screw Cap/Lid perfectly allowing an airlock to be attached so it can be used as a fermenter.

A solid bung with a diameter of 46mm across the top, tapering to a diameter of 38mm across the bottom.

Fits the 5L Glass Jar Demijohn with Screw Cap/Lid perfectly.

Calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) is a common substance found in rocks as the minerals calcite and aragonite (most notably as limestone, which is a type of sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcite) and is the main component of pearls and egg shells. 

In brewing calcium carbonate may be used during the mash to increase the mash pH (reduce acidity), however it may not increase mash pH as much as desired. Click here to read a detailed analysis of calcium carbonate in brewing written by A.J. deLange.

In wine making calcium carbonate may be used to reduce acidity levels in must. It should only be used before fermentation and will reduce tartaric acid levels before malic or citric acids. It does not require cold stabilisation to precipitate out like potassium carbonate, but it will take longer and may affect flavour.

Calcium chloride is a crystalline salt with the chemical formula CaCl₂. It is solid at room temperature and highly soluble in water. It is one of the primary components in the measurement of permanent water hardness.

In brewing calcium chloride may be added to brewing water to increase calcium levels. Proper calcium levels in brewing water can:

• reduce mash pH
• preserve mash enzymes
• increase extract yield
• improve yeast growth and flocculation
• accelerate oxalate removal
• reduce colour.

Chloride is believed to promote a palate fullness, sweetness, or mellowness within the flavour profile of beer.

Before adding salts to your brewing water you should obtain a water analysis report to enable you to calculate the amount of salts in your brewing water after making any additions. Refer to the Brewing Resources page for some links to water chemistry calculators.

Click here to read the Bru'n Water Water Knowledge page, which contains everything you need to know about brewing water.

Calcium Sulphate (In brewing calcium sulphate (gypsum) may be added to brewing water to increase calcium levels. Proper calcium levels in brewing water can:

• reduce mash pH
• preserve mash enzymes
• increase extract yield
• improve yeast growth and flocculation
• accelerate oxalate removal
• reduce colour.

Camlock - Female to 1/2" Female (D Type).

Camlock fittings provide an easy way to make connections between your kettles, chillers, pumps, and other parts of your brewery.

This fitting is a part of the Grainfather Camlock Conversion Kit.

Made from: Stainless Steel 316

Camlock - Male to 1/2" Barb (E Type).

Camlock fittings provide an easy way to make connections between your kettles, chillers, pumps, and other parts of your brewery.

Camlock - Male to 1/2" Female (A Type).

Camlock fittings provide an easy way to make connections between your kettles, chillers, pumps, and other parts of your brewery.

This fitting is a part of the Grainfather Camlock Conversion Kit.

Made from: Stainless Steel 316

A Black Nitrile (NBR) camlock gasket with a maximum working temperature between 100℃ - 120℃.

A: 26mm

B: 17mm

C: 4mm

Fill any beverage into any bottle, can, jar or glass automatically with this internet connected, RAPT enabled, Cannular Can and Bottle Filler. More sanitary and easier to use than other competitors.

This Cannular Can and Bottle filler is ideally used for bottle, cans or even glasses.  Using two adjustable stainless steel tubes it will use one to purge oxygen out of the vessel and then use the second one to fill the vessel to a precise level based on an internal pressure sensor. 

Features

OLED Digital Display

The OLED display makes calibration super easy.  It also enables you to keep track of filling speed, number of cycles/fills, purge time, fill height and also enables you to make on-the-fly adjustments to your filling requirements so you can conveniently tweak the settings while filling.

Integrated Ball Lock Connectors

The integrated ball lock connectors allow you to quickly attach your beer and gas ball lock disconnects.  We recommend the use of the Duotight Ball Lock Disconnects in gas and liquid to connected to these input and outputs.

Integrated Pinch Valve

The integrated pinch valve is one of the things that makes this unit far superior to other filling machines.  The pinch valve enables you to easily remove the beer line for cleaning so the stainless tube, silicone hose and yellow carbonation cap/ball lock disconnect removes completely and can be put into the dishwasher or cleaned in the sink.  The pinch valve is mechanically simple and therefore reliable.  It is not subject to small particles like hops getting stuck in the device and eliminates the need for pre-filtration.  It pinches down on the silicone tube to shut off the flow.  This design also enables laminar flow that reduces fobbing.  The pinch valve improves reliability, makes it easier to operate and a piece of cake to clean.

Integrated Regulator

Other filling machines require an external regulator that may need to drop the pressure lower than your normal keg dispense pressure.  This filler has an integrated regulator which saves time and setup cost. The integrated regulator means you will not damage your machine by accidentally connecting it to a high pressure gas source.  You can hook up your gas line without the need for another external regulator or to fool around with your gas supply at all.  Just set the integrated regulator once during setup and forget about it.

Multi-Purpose

The long stainless tubes and adjustable height make this device useful for pretty much any bottles up to 30cm heigh or cans up to 27cm heigh.  It can also be used for still or carbonated beverages.  So this device is useful for wine bottles, beer cans, champagne, crown seal bottles and pretty much any other bottle/can/vessel that has a neck opening greater than 15mm.  It can also be used for filling glasses, jars or other vessels.

Fill Profiles

Some other machines require a full calibration to change from one vessel type to another.  This machine allows you to pre-save fill profiles depending on what you are doing.  Save a filling profile for your 300ml Cans and then save a different filling profile for your 750ml wine bottles.  Use our pre-saved presets or alternatively make your own fill profiles with different purge time and fill height.  These are also synced with the RAPT.io portal so you can save profiles and share them with friends or deploy to several other devices.

RAPT.io Connected (via Wifi)

As well as all the features above this filler connects to your Wifi and keeps track of your Cans Per Minute (CPM), fill speed and even temperature (if you purchase the external probe separately).  It will log all usage information so you can keep track of how your machine is running or even keep track of you staff to make sure they are cycling the machine at an acceptable rate.  The connectivity to the RAPT.io portal will enable you to more easily change settings, update profiles and keep track of your fill days so you can historically keep track of how your fill day went and which day you processed each batch. 

Low DO Pickup

The quality and longevity of your beverage is often defined by how well you keep oxygen off your product.  This filler purges the oxygen out of the can and will enable you to get substantially lower dissolved oxygen.

Wall Mounted Design

This type of can and bottle filler has primarily been designed for wall mounting configuration.  This allows you to bring a can or bottle up to the filler from the underside of the unit.  To wall mount this unit you can download and print this template.

From: Kegland

The Cannular can seamer is a manual can seamer that is easy to use, reliable and beautifully simple and with this Semi-Auto Model it just got even easier. Now you don't even have to pull a lever to seam the can. The seaming process takes only 3 Seconds!

The 24v power supply with a standard Anderson Plug is now optional. A 24v power supply is necessary to run the machine. The power supply for the manual Cannular machine is not suitable for this Semi-Auto unit.

Whether you're a cool bar wanting to fill your own crowlers or you are a home brewer wanting to keep your home brew fresh and protected from damaging light, the Cannular is the answer. The Cannular can seamer is one of the most compact and easy to use benchtop can seamers around. With a single operator you can seam/seal the cans in 3 seconds meaning this compact machine is suitable for small breweries or brewpubs doing small production runs.

Semi-Auto Design
This new Semi-Auto model of can seamer is able to guarantee you get consistent seaming process every time. Like the manual can seamer, this machine has no lever meaning it's even easier for the operator to seam the can consistently and will not vary on how hard the operator is pulling the lever. Once the machine is tuned, only a small amount of oil on the bearings is required and no other maintenance for 50,000 cans. Please note that the beer will need to be carbonated prior to using the canning machine.

Safe To Use with Low Voltage Power Supply
If you have ever used a can seamer you would know that you can sometimes spill liquids while processing cans. As a result the Cannular machine is made with 24v DC so even when you make a mess you don't have a risk of electrocuting yourself. This also makes the machine easier to clean and wash down.

Environmentally Friendly
When compared with disposable glass bottles cans are much more environmentally friendly as they are: - Significantly lighter making them less energy consuming to transport - More recyclable, more cost effective to recycle, and a higher percentage of cans get recycled in when compared with glass.

Great For Outdoor Events
Cans are a fantastic choice for outdoor events, parties, pool events, or at the beach. Broken glass can be dangerous and difficult to clean up completely. Cans on the other hand are the safest choice in this respect.

Preserve the Product Quality and Freshness
Gas Barrier - Although a glass bottle is completely air tight, the crown seals allows a small migration of CO2 out of the beverage and allows small amounts of oxygen to get ingress as the rubber seal is permeable. So as a packaging solution glass bottles are imperfect and the product quality will degrade more rapidly due to this gas migration. Aluminium cans have a hermatic metal on metal seal that is impervious to gas transmission. Light Block - Many beverages, especially beer, can get damaged quickly due to light. If you expose many beers to sunlight for even 5 minutes the beer can become light damaged ("skunked"). Even soft light such as indoor lights will damage beer over time and noticeable skunking can occur with both incandescent and fluorescent light globes within hours. So unless you keep your glass bottles in the dark all the time you will compromise the beer quality. Aluminium cans solve this problem by blocking 100% of damaging light.

From: Kegland
Model: KL15769
Voltage: 24V
Power Plug: Anderson Type 40A

This plastic carbonation cap has been designed to suit soda bottles, coke bottles, FermZilla lids and collection containers. These are great for cleaning your keg lines, or carbonating beer quickly in a bottle, or if you simply want to take beer to a mates.

Liquid and Gas ball lock compatible.

This carbonation cap is also suited to any of the FermZilla products such as the FermZilla Pressure kit.

Made from high quality engineering plastic, it will last a very long time. It is chemically resistant and also designed to resist impact and physical damage.

The thread specification on this product is the PCO 1881 (AKA Coke bottle thread).

Yellow Plastic Carbonation and Line Cleaning Cap or FermZilla Pressure Cap.

These carbonation caps are now available in yellow to help differentiate between gas and liquid posts. Liquid = Gold is all you need to remember. Add your silicone dip tube to this cap and never risk accidentally attaching your gas line. Note: It is a multi post, so it will take both gas or liquid if you want to change it up.

Need to clean your beer line? Carbonate your beer quickly? Or simply want to take a traveller over to a mates? Then do yourself a favour and grab one of these essential tools for your brewing needs.

Liquid and Gas ball lock compatible.

This carbonation cap is also suited to any of the FermZilla products such as the FermZilla Pressure kit.

This product is made from high quality engineering plastic and will last a very long time.  It's chemically resistant and also designed ot resist impact and physical damage.

The thread specification on this product is the PCO 1881 (AKA Coke bottle thread).

From: Kegland

This model of carbonation cap does everything that regular carbonation caps do but with several added features.

The post on this unique carbonation cap has been machined to fit both the black/liquid and grey/gas ball lock disconnects. This carbonation cap also includes a barb-tail on the underside so you can attach beer line to act as a dip tube.

This allows the carbonation cap to be used in several different ways including:
1. Carbonating
2. Cleaning your beer lines
3. Using it to counter pressure bottle fill PET bottles

From: Kegland

Need to clean your beer line, carbonate your unfizzy beer quickly, or simply want to take a traveller over to a mates? Then do yourself a favour and grab one of these essential tools for your brewing needs.

Liquid and Gas ball lock compatible. 

You may need this fitting to connect to your 8mm OD tubing - Duotight - 6.5mm x 8mm Reducer.

Looking for the barbed version? You'll find it here.

CLEANING BEER LINES IN KEGERATOR
1. Acquire empty plastic PET bottle (e.g. 1.25L Coke Bottle)
2. Add cleaning solution for a 1L mixture
3. Add warm water to 1L
4. Attach Cleaning Cap to bottle
5. Attach Liquid ball lock disconnect connected to your tap to cap.
6. Turn on Tap with a jug or bucket underneath it to catch the beer/cleaning solution
7. Turn bottle upside down and squeeze (you can pressurise the bottle if you want so you don't have to squeeze, but this is just as fast and easy)
8. Wait until liquid out of tap runs clear, we recommend to wait 5mins with solution in the lines
9. Repeat 7-8 on other taps
10. Empty Bottle and fill with same temperature water, flush lines until you're satisfied there is no more cleaning solution
11. Hook up your beer line and pour away

TRAVELLERS
1. Fill beer from your tap, or if you have a Growler Filler tap or beer gun with a CO2 purge option, use that to purge 3 seconds worth of gas into the bottle (e.g. 1.25L Coke Bottle) to 3cm from the top. Beer will last considerable longer with a purge.
2. With one hand ready to screw the cap on, with your other hand squeeze the bottle until liquid is right on the brim. Then screw the cap on to make a seal.
3. Attach gas ball lock and add CO2 to the bottle to punch out the 3cm at the top of the bottle with CO2.
4. If you only finished half the bottle, squeeze out as much air as possible and fill with CO2.

QUICK CARBONATE
This can also be a great way to force carbonate your beer if its just been transferred to your keg and you don't want to wait! Remember your beer will absorb more CO2 the colder it is.

From: Kegland

A 71cm carboy and fermenter stirrer/paddle.

Originating from the USDA-ARA breeding program, Cascade is an aroma-type cultivar bred in 1956 and released in 1972. It was developed by open pollination of a Fuggle seedling. Cascade is the most popular variety in craft brewing and is known for having a unique floral, spicy and citrus character with balanced bittering potential.

AROMA PROFILE: FLORAL, GRAPEFRUIT, PINE

Centennial has become one of the most well-respected hop varieties since being released in 1990. Centennial, named after the centennial anniversary of Washington state, is incredibly well-rounded and useful for bittering, flavour, aroma, and dry-hopping. It quickly developed the nickname Super Cascade for its vibrant citrus and soft pine characteristics. Centennial is the featured hop in legendary IPAs such as Russian River's Pliny the Elder, Founders' Centennial IPA, and Bell's Two Hearted Ale.

It is well suited to Pale Ales and IPAs.

AROMA PROFILE: FLORAL, LEMON, ORANGE, TROPICAL, WOODY

Developed by the USDA breeding program in Washington State and released in 1985 as a high alpha bittering variety, Chinook is a cross between Petham Golding and a USDA male. In recent years, it has found favour as a dual purpose hop in the craft brewing community as a result of its spice and pine aroma characteristics.

It works well at any stage of the boil and in the dry hop and works particularly well in American Pale Ales (APA) and IPA's, but can be used in many styles. 

Chinook feature in Stone’s Arrogant Bastard and in addition to Cascade and Centennial in Sierra Nevada’s Celebration Ale – a beer famous for its piney, citrusy character. 

AROMA PROFILE: GRAPEFRUIT, PINE, SPICY

Cryo Hops® pellets are the concentrated lupulin of whole-leaf hops containing resins and aromatic oils. It is designed to provide intense hop flavour and aroma, enabling brewers to efficiently dose large quantities of alpha acids and oils without introducing astringent flavours or vegetative material. Cryo Hops® pellets can be utilised anywhere whole-leaf hops and hop pellets are traditionally applied. 

Dosage rate: We recommend a dosage rate of Cryo Hops pellets of 40-50% of T-90 hop pellets by weight.

CHIEF ADVANTAGES

• Nearly twice the resin content of traditional T-90 hop pellets
• Intense contribution of hop flavour and aroma
• Reduced grassy and vegetal characteristics
• Increased yield through reduced brewhouse trub

Citra is a very popular American hop with a strong citrus character combined with tropical fruit. 

Developed by Hop Breeding Company and released in 2007, Citra® HBC 394 cv. features high alpha acid and total oil content with a low percentage of co-humulone. It is one of the top ten aroma varieties for craft brewers imparting distinct citrus and tropical fruit flavours.

It is well suited to Pale Ales, APA, and IPA and is prominent in Panhead's very popular Supercharger along with Simcoe and Centennial.

AROMA PROFILE: GRAPEFRUIT • MELON • LIME •GOOSEBERRY • PASSION FRUIT

Citra is a very popular American hop with a strong citrus character combined with tropical fruit. 

Developed by Hop Breeding Company and released in 2007, Citra® HBC 394 cv. features high alpha acid and total oil content with a low percentage of co-humulone. It is one of the top ten aroma varieties for craft brewers imparting distinct citrus and tropical fruit flavours.

It is well suited to Pale Ales, APA, IPA, and NEIPA/Hazy's

Looking for Citra Cryo? Click here.

AROMA PROFILE: GRAPEFRUIT • MELON • LIME •GOOSEBERRY • PASSION FRUIT

A crimping tool for use with step-less clamps. Made from hardened steel with an anti-slip rubberised grip.

NZ Made PBW Alternative

Alkaline powder, cleaner and sanitiser

CLARK PROCESS CS is a specially formulated alkaline powder cleaner and sanitiser primarily designed for pipelines and associated equipment in food manufacturing, brewing, and wine industries. It is non caustic and contains active oxygen ingredients to safely and effectively remove protein soils.

Directions for use

Use at a rate of 10g - 20g per litre of hot water. 

Pump or circulate through lines to be cleaned for at least 10 minutes and then drain. Rinse well with cold water and drain. Safe for use on all metals and plastics, however spot testing is recommended. 

Net contents: 2kg

Made in New Zealand.

74g CO2 Cannister | The Big Bulb | (5/8-18UNF Thread).

Typically you will use about 6g per litre of CO2 for carbonating and/or 6g per liter to dispense. Perfect for parties where you're cranking out more than your average bear!

This CO2 Cartridge has a much larger thread than the standard 16g bulbs. It will require a different bushing if you are to use it with the 360 Core Mini Regulator. It does not suit other regulators in the KegLand range.

From: Kegland

Replacement threaded CO2 cartridge for kegging charger kits and other similar equipment. These premium cartridges are filled with food grade CO2.

Typically you will use about 6g per litre of CO2 for carbonating and/or 6g per litre to dispense.

Size: 16g

A high quality Luxfer C02 Cylinder to use with your Kegerator. You no longer need to search for one of these to complete your package.

Has a 2 kg (3.4 L) capacity and is full.

Not available for shipping. Store Pick Up Only

Your all-in-one solution for kegging. This lightweight, durable aluminium cylinder is pre-filled with 3.5kg of food-grade CO2, ready to carbonate and serve your homebrew with reliability and ease.

Not available for shipping. Store Pick Up Only

Reconditioned steel 7 lb (3.2kg) CO2 cylinder with a high quality valve. A compact, durable tank.

Although this is a “used” CO2 cylinder, in reality, it’s good as new. That’s because this tank has been reconditioned to the highest standard. It has been fully tested and certified in addition to adding a brand new black galv undercoat and enamel top coat paint finish.

Construction and Features

• Durable steel body
• Quality & durable painted exterior in grey
• High quality valve with pressure relief device (PRD)
  
• Square base for added stability
• Tank comes full

Not available for shipping. Store Pick Up Only

Originally selected by Charles Zimmerman for Hopunion, Inc., Columbus is a descendant of Nugget. It is a high alpha variety and is primarily used for bittering purposes. Columbus is often referred to as CTZ, a trio of similar hops including Tomahawk® and Zeus.

Columbus features a punchy hoppiness with a deep engaging aroma and understated citrus character.

It can be used at the beginning of the boil for bittering and as a late addition and dry hop for flavour and aroma.

AROMA PROFILE: BLACK PEPPER, DANK, RED FRUIT