Brewing your own beer..

drokkr · Post by **drokkr** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:45 pm

LEQ wrote:Hahaha you know it mate. Some of my mates have got into it as well so turned it into a comp to see who can brew the nicest. Good excuse for a piss up. Think it takes around a month before you can drink it maybe less.

ha. very tempted myself too. nice little project fo the shed i think

and an excuse for a piss up...

not that i need much encourgement there tho'

reason · Post by **reason** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:02 am

Def a good idea! Where's Sterling at, he's a champ at the home brew, usually brings my a sixer every time I see him. I've brewed prolly 15 batches myself and its a pretty good feeling having 2+ cases of decent brew for about $30.

Pi-Krust · Post by **Pi-Krust** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:33 pm

Just ordered myself this http://www.play.com/Books/Books/-/159/2 ... type=genre i'm hoping to make me some dark,twisted badboys.It's all about the stouts,porters and strong ales IMO.

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:21 pm

It has arrived. The brewing begins tonight.

pdomino · Post by **pdomino** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:47 pm

You been watching James May and Oz Clark ....

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:49 pm

pdomino wrote:You been watching James May and Oz Clark ....

I'm all over it, and it shows

dubluke · Post by **dubluke** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:51 pm

not quite beer, but sometime next week my mate max and I are going to try and make some moonshine, just to see what its like

pdomino · Post by **pdomino** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:51 pm

Could spot it a mile off he he, well done anyway, some interesting stuff to be viewed ! Oz Clark goin on about beer like its wine zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Train station pub crawls FTW

ramadanman · Post by **ramadanman** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:53 am

i used to make beer and cider, was much fun!

you need a lot of patience and you need to be very precise. EG every bit of kit has to be thoroughly sterilised before you start etc

diablo · Post by **diablo** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:50 am

How bout a How to cook Crack thread ????????

Much easier

abZ · Post by **abZ** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:31 pm

ramadanman wrote:i used to make beer and cider, was much fun!

you need a lot of patience and you need to be very precise. EG every bit of kit has to be thoroughly sterilised before you start etc

Yeah that is kinda what put me off as I am a slob. If you accidentally introduce unwanted yeast it can easily come out shit. It could happen just touching your spoon to something that isn't sanitized. I have been wanting to do this for years tho. Read all kinds of books and stuff on it. One day!

janner · Post by **janner** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:18 am

Paradise wrote:How long do the kits take from start to pint?

when i did it it only took about a week to brew bitter!

drokkr · Post by **drokkr** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:36 pm

LEQ wrote:It has arrived. The brewing begins tonight.

let me know how you get on

Elkie · Post by **Elkie** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:50 pm

dubluke wrote:not quite beer, but sometime next week my mate max and I are going to try and make some moonshine, just to see what its like

careful mate, that shit can make you blind if you dont syphon off the first bit...

well want to get on the homebrew thing though, just dont have the patience!

plus id be too tempted to add other random shit to it haha

surface_tension · Post by **surface_tension** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:55 pm

I know how to make the prison punch, so to speak. Made it a few times.

As far as home brew beer, definitely only use distilled water.

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:16 pm

It's looking good. nice crust forming on the top, temperature is OK. Going to keg it on Thursday, maybe Friday depending on what the hydrometer says. I'll stick some pics up later

BLZDub · Post by **BLZDub** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:08 pm

LEQ wrote:It's looking good. nice crust forming on the top, temperature is OK. Going to keg it on Thursday, maybe Friday depending on what the hydrometer says. I'll stick some pics up later

I'm actually excited.

.spec · Post by **.spec** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:50 pm

I keep meaning to post in this thread since outside of music brewing is just about the only other thing I pour as much time/money into. I've lost count at the number of batches we've done over the past couple years but it's safe to say that there's always at least 10 gal. fermenting and then another 5 gal. bottle conditioning. If you're just starting out with pre-hopped kits a few really easy things you can do that will help the taste of your beers are

- making sure the temperatures are as stable as possible when you're fermenting. Yeast doesn't like large temp. swings. A couple degrees is fine, but if it's more than 4 degrees Celsius you may want to consider moving it.

- make sure the wort is either in a very dark place, or covered with a blanked while it's fermenting. Sunlight can introduce some off flavors.

As far as home brew beer, definitely only use distilled water.

- don't listen to this. One of the most important ingredients in your beer is the water. If your area has decent drinking water then the mineral count in the water can bring some really nice flavors to your beer. If you're really serious you can get a water report from your city which will tell you whats in it, and most homebrew books have a good rundown of what different minerals will bring to a beer. Distilled water is fine, but you could be really be missing out by using it.

If I can find some, I'll post some pictures of the setup we use at home. It's not super fancy but it works.

Also one of my favorite brewing sayings:

Give a man a beer, and he wastes an hour, but teach a man how to brew, and he wastes a lifetime.

Pi-Krust · Post by **Pi-Krust** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:30 pm

.spec wrote:I keep meaning to post in this thread since outside of music brewing is just about the only other thing I pour as much time/money into. I've lost count at the number of batches we've done over the past couple years but it's safe to say that there's always at least 10 gal. fermenting and then another 5 gal. bottle conditioning. If you're just starting out with pre-hopped kits a few really easy things you can do that will help the taste of your beers are

- making sure the temperatures are as stable as possible when you're fermenting. Yeast doesn't like large temp. swings. A couple degrees is fine, but if it's more than 4 degrees Celsius you may want to consider moving it.

- make sure the wort is either in a very dark place, or covered with a blanked while it's fermenting. Sunlight can introduce some off flavors.

As far as home brew beer, definitely only use distilled water.
- don't listen to this. One of the most important ingredients in your beer is the water. If your area has decent drinking water then the mineral count in the water can bring some really nice flavors to your beer. If you're really serious you can get a water report from your city which will tell you whats in it, and most homebrew books have a good rundown of what different minerals will bring to a beer. Distilled water is fine, but you could be really be missing out by using it.

If I can find some, I'll post some pictures of the setup we use at home. It's not super fancy but it works.

Also one of my favorite brewing sayings:

Give a man a beer, and he wastes an hour, but teach a man how to brew, and he wastes a lifetime.

Do it man,get some pics up there please.I'm about to start brewing for the 1st time and am just getting me kit together so any pointers will be most useful.

Pi-Krust · Post by **Pi-Krust** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:32 pm

LEQ wrote:It's looking good. nice crust forming on the top, temperature is OK. Going to keg it on Thursday, maybe Friday depending on what the hydrometer says. I'll stick some pics up later

Yay Beer Porn,bring it on baby!.

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