PaddyB Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 My local Woolies has deranged the carbonation drops, managed to pick up the last 5 bags @ $1.70 each........if this has been deleted nationally you might want to check out your local Woolies store.[biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Deranged carbonation drop! [devil] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamB8 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I never understood the humble carbonation drop, you spend all that effort keeping everything sanitary then you start pulling carbonation drops out a packet with your bare hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 My local Woolies stopped stocking the Coopers DIY products a couple of months ago. I know we're all for supporting LHBSs and that, but they're often not open when you run out of something half way through bottling [pinched] Luckily my local Foodland still does and, not only that, they stock a full range too. Woolies only used to have the enhancers and "brewing sugar" - no dex or light DME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liamg1 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I never understood the humble carbonation drop' date=' you spend all that effort keeping everything sanitary then you start pulling carbonation drops out a packet with your bare hands.[/quote'] well i can assure you thers a place for them. i travel on the road alot...have to pull up and do my brew........wait a week and i use them..and ive never had a brew with an infectiong since i began using them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamB8 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Absolutely mate, I used to use them myself, Im not talking about the drops themselves. I seem to remember something about bacteria having a hard time infecting 'dry' forms of sugar. Its the way the drop gets from the bag to the bottle which I would worry about....At no other point in the brewing process would you allow your hands to come in contact with your equipment or wort ... Or would you [unsure] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 ....At no other point in the brewing process would you allow your hands to come in contact with your equipment or wort ... Or would you [unsure] It's only beer, not open heart surgery [bandit] [whistling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregT5 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Am I the only person who sanitises my carb drops?? [unsure] ...sorry , only joking...but I suppose you could sanitise some in boiling water then bulk prime [cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Tweezers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 i am sterilizing stubbies and bottles while i'm bottling, so my hands are pretty sterile too. not that i have used carb drops much lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamB8 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 It's only beer' date=' not open heart surgery [bandit'] [whistling Bloody oath it is [rightful] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 CArb drops have been removed from Woolies in my area too.. and the home brand bottle caps are gone too.. only brew mix 2, and 3 varieties of goop, plus home brand lager. i picked up 400 caps for under 4$ and 3 packets of carb drops for under 5$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilbyT Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 CArb drops have been removed from Woolies in my area too.. and the home brand bottle caps are gone too.. only brew mix 2, and 3 varieties of goop, plus home brand lager. Yep the same range here in Melb, only happened in the last few weeks. I didn't even see any items being cleared. Very disappointing cos it is convenient to grab stuff if you don't want to go far. Don't know who they reckon would brew the homebrand goop. I read the instructions, says something like mix this can with 1kg of sugar and ferment at 20 to 27 deg, I don't remember the exact wording but with instructions like that I can't imagine the outcome to be a good one. [pinched] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 BTW, the Woolies reduction of Coopers products is a national snub. That's the way they do things. [annoyed] I did empty the shelf of their remaining crown seals, for less than $2 per 100 though, when I went grocery shopping. [whistling Good brewing guys. Anthony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Makes one glad to be doing all grain and bulk priming... [lol] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Carbonation drops going cheap! Mine have never made any kind of animal noises [pinched] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Never heard them cheap, but if you listen closely you can hear them sizzle as they are absorbed into the brew (though you'd have to take the lid off to hear it). I see how it seems a bit problematic handling carb drops bare handed after all that trouble washing and sterilizing everything, however, once your brew has fermented, the ph level and alcohol level would usually be high enough to inhibit most bacterial growth, hence the preference for dry hopping at about day 3 (you don't sterilize your hops pellets, and seemingly the chemical changes that occur due to hopping also inhibit bacterial growth). Obviously everyone is different, but certainly I have been known to sterilize bare handed, which effectively sterilizes my hands. I have also been known to use dishwashing gloves from time to time, as this reduces the risk of getting blisters from screwing on all those bottle tops. I'd say provided you've done all your washing, sterilizing, and temperature control, provided you don't have a cold or some other contagion, your risk of contaminating your brew from bare handed carbonation drop insertion is negligible. Just make sure you pop the lid on as soon as you've put in the drops and beer, so you don't allow any airborne muck to get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilE1 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 now to go into my local woollies stores for cheap carb drops and bottle caps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Carbonation drops going cheap! Mine have never made any kind of animal noises [pinched] [lol] [biggrin] [lol] My woolies still has carb drops...they just call them csr sugar cubes though [bandit] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Carbonation drops going cheap! Mine have never made any kind of animal noises [pinched] [lol] [biggrin] [lol] Echo...echo...bloody double post....nothing to see here...move along now. My woolies still has carb drops...they just call them csr sugar cubes though [bandit] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 provided you don't have a cold or some other contagion' date=' your risk of contaminating your brew from bare handed carbonation drop insertion is negligible.[/quote'] Imagine that! A batch of beer that gives people a cold! [lol] I could use a few stubbies like that for some of the more 'special' staff at work! [bandit] Edit: Forgot to laugh at the word 'insertion.' [lol] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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