hi and welcome to episode number 527 with watts for child comm just before the festive season I stumbled across a rather unique product called Tech Max brewing caps the kit comes direct from Pat Mac and it allows you to brew carbonated alcoholic beverages in regular soft drink bottles the kit comes in various options however the one I chose includes five of the caps enough heart quality Brewers East for 300 liters of brew and the full instruction manual with a load of recipes and a download ebook with recipes and information anyway today I'm going to make a batch of real ginger beer to show you all how it works let's first have a close look at the caps these are standard bottle size caps and insert it into each cap is a flexible diaphragm type valve this allows some of the co2 to escape in order that the bottle does not burst the remaining co2 remains in the bottles adding the carbonation to the contents to start add the water roughly chopped ginger sugar zest and juice of one lemon and the cream of tartar to a large pot bring this to a boil reduce the heat and simmer the mixture for 30 minutes strain the mixture through a large serve and allowed to stand and cool to 30 Celsius before adding the yeast add 1/8 of a teaspoon of the supplied yeast and stir this in add the salt honors to the bottles and pour the mixture into the bottles screw on the green caps and transfer the bottles to a warm that shady place if they're mint though charlo the valve in the cap is setting before fermentation allow these to ferment for three to five days the longer you leave them the higher the alcohol content will get and the drier the drink will get as eventually all of the sugar is consumed after three to five days you'll notice the valves in the captain bulging upwards due to the co2 bar up in the bottle the instruction manual supplied gives a very good indication of what alcohol content to expect with various fermentation times and sugar quantities notice the slight sediment of yeast at the bottom of the bottle I've allowed minded ferment for five days now it is time to clear the ginger beer to do this place the bottles in your refrigerator for two to three days the fermentation will stop and most of the particulates in the beer will precipitate to the bottom at this stage the ginger beer is ready to consume open the bottles very slowly to avoid spraying your precious cargo all over the kitchen and serve notice how fizzy clear and freshness looks and it tastes quite as well this batch has come out at 8 percent ABV while a two-day fermentation would probably come out at between 3 and 5 percent you can find pet max details below in the description box thanks for joining us today please subscribe to our Channel and we'll see you again tomorrow you