Brewing is good

[Speeding Mullet]

Hiya guys, this afternoon i'd like to put foward a suggestion:

Brewing your own alcohol is another great hobby to get into!

I've got 5 gallons of lager kegged, and will keg 5 gallons of cider tonight. Also I have 40 odd bottles of barolo red wine creeping up on me slowly.

Its a terribly easy hobby, cheap (my lager works out about 20p a pint, the cider about 45p a pint, and wine about £1.20 a bottle) and damn tasty if it all goes right.
For me there is nothing much better than draughting a lager or cider off of the keg and lighting up a fattie of your personal choice on a summers afternoon.

The two hobbies go hand in hand in my very humble opinion. Anyone else got into brewing?

Stay safe as always guys!
SM

 

[Guest]

I have a rye barleywine waiting patiently in my aunt's basement, 100 IBU's and an OG of 1.106, should be nice and smooth after 2 years in the keg!

 

[Artie Lange]

my friend barney told me that mean mr. mustards brew is the best

but seriously, i tried to make my own "moonshine" when i was a young lad. all i ended up making was myself sick.

 

[Guest]

Artie

Did you write something.... only playing Burp Barney

 

[Speeding Mullet]

Haha Artie, did you try it with shoepolish?! Maybe your friend Barney there knows the secret behind the Duff recipe?
Glad to see there are some fellow brewers and growers here. Browers I suppose might be the technical term.
Shipperke - Good on ya, that sounds like a serious brew you got going there, bet you can't wait to drink the fruits of your labour!
SM

 

[Guest]

Do you know of any forums like IC geared towards brewing? Or links in general?

 

[Speeding Mullet]

Dude, check this one out, its fairly helpful. There are many available if you hunt on google for abit. Loads of free info out there, so don't go paying for books or anything.

http://www.homewinemaking.co.uk/cgi/yabb/YaBB.cgi

Hope this helps
SM
P.S. Its fairly basic, does log i.p's and hasn't got nearly the community spirit that ic has. Then again, they're probably not all high

 

[oldpink]

IC Mags own brewing forum, Inc cannabis brewing

http://www.icmag.com/ic/forumdisplay.php?f=107

 

[Guest]

ive been extremely interested in homebrewing..I see recipes have a lot of ingrediants though. If you buy a kit does it come with every ingrediant for that brew? or do you just get the yeast and stuff and then you have to buy everything seperate....?

sorry got a lot of questions..im a compete newb to brewing. I ask becuase I havent even heard of half the ingrediants.

 

[Speeding Mullet]

Everything but water dude!
Take my advice though - If you are going to buy a kit of any sort (lager/cider/wine/beer etc etc) then go for the premium ones. Its easy to do and you get great tasting results every time aslong as you are very careful to sterilize equiptment well. The cheapo ones are definately not worth doing, and may actually put you off brewing in the future.
Once you have mastered the art of brewing with kits (chuck the ingrediants in with the water and wait till its ready!) then you can move on to your recipe type brews, which are a little to alot more complicated.

Stay safe
SM
OP: thanks for the input, and good to see you. Request my post stays in this forum to get more people intersted though.

 

[Guest]

thanks a lot man. What would you recomend? Im just jumping into real beer. Im just getting used to really hoppy and bitter ales. My first brew, I would like to start off with something smooth and pretty easy to drink though, then I can jump in to the more adventurous stuff.

 

[Speeding Mullet]

JayRoach420 - The best thing you can do is check out your local brewing shop - they will have plenty of good advice, and most probably years of experience under their belt.
If you have no brewing shop locally, then go to an website to buy. Muntons are good, as are young's, and Coopers. I've just barreled a Tom Caxton lager beer which comes with a hops additive for the personal preference of the user. Add it all. Its a really nice smooth beer to start off with, you won't be dissapointed. If you are looking for real quality right outta the barrel, go with a Muntons Connoisseur range, or alternatively a John Bull Masterclass.
As I said, the best bet is your local brewing store, the shop owner will be able to recommend a really good one to start you off, based on exactly what you are requiring from your brew.
Hope this helps
SM
P.S. Also check out the forum I linked to above, or the section of ic that OP linked to. Noone will mind you posting Q's about a good starter kit.
Do not got cheap and nasty is my everlasting advice

P.P.S. Temperature control is everything aswell. If you live in a cold house, or cold climate, remember to tell the guy. My house is cold over the winter, so when it comes I switch to Bavarian Lagers, which can ferment at down to about 13 centigrade. Normalyy you are looking for 19-23 degrees for best results.
SM

 

[mean mr.mustard]

realbeerdotcom is a good site for brewers. Say high to Barney for me Artie

 

[Speeding Mullet]

my friend barney told me that mean mr. mustards brew is the best.

And there was a post by the estemed member.

The mean Mr. Mustard: Is your mean brew recipe a family secret, or for open sharing? Furthermore, I accuse you of commiting the crime, in the drawing room with the cider press.
SM

 

[robobond]

I tried it in a real ghetto way a long time ago. It made alcohol alright but what I was hoping for as wine turned into some serious hard liquor. Hard to drink lol but man it did the trick.

 

[Artie Lange]

yea robo, pretty much what happened to me. i underetimated it and tried chugging it because it tasted bad. bad idea.

 

[JARofHERB]

I agree with the home brewing,its cost effective and fun at the same time. Ive made home brew porter & oatmeal stout for the last 3 years..5 gallons every 25 days..10-20 dollars for 5 gallons for some super smooth&creamy porter & stouts cant be beat.. Allthough I cannot for some reason make any IPA's or Amber ales...hehe.. I can, but they are all wayy to strong with hoppyness,
I live in the N. Willamette valley,in oregon.. we have the best hops in N. America.. In portland alone, we have 33 Micro Brewerys , the most out of any city in the World..
Anyhow Im always turning out experimental brews, and as long as there dark, its beyond basic in my opinion, ive tought more than 30 people in my town to homebrew dark porter&stouts..but lighter beer is wayy harder for me for some reason..but I keep trying anyhow..

 

[treble]

I love brewing.... I haven't done a brew at home... we have a micro brewery here that is not your boutique beer and restaraunt type o microbrew.... this place is for brewing and bottling by the public... they have about 100 recipes... you pick the style you like... most are copies of local and international beers

so if I do a heineken it is actually just called dutch lager and stella is belgium pilsner...you go an choose your brew.. measure it out... they have all these kettles... they brew it up. keg it for fermenting for you and then in 2 weeks time you go back with your bottles. They gas it up... its single ferment... and then hook you up to a tap, you fill and cap your brews...you have to "test" your beer for quality as you go... many times

downside is it all has to be refrigerated as it has no preservatives. You get 150 odd bottles for your brew so I usually split with a friend or 2. I can manage 3 x 24 in my fridge

Now a friend of mine who put me on to this has actually started doing his brews at home... he has two 25 liter fermenters and runs both. He managed to get these small kegs that I think are used in post mix... thats the stuff they calll coke or pepsi that they pour in your spirits at bars

he uses 4 of these... they hold 19 liters each.. he puts his brew in those... scores some c02 and stands the kegs in a fridge... he can get 3 in there at once... hooks it all up to the gas and he has a trigger type tap for pouring

never runs out of brews... can do 4 kegs a fortnight and drinks all of what he brews..... costs him about 1/2 what I pay at the mirco and I am paying 1/2 of what it would cost me at the store

I think its a great way to get your beer
treb

 

[JARofHERB]

Dam treble, that sounds like one nice ass homebrew setup..and sounds like you also have a nice local microbrewery.. Are you in cascadia also?..
I think organic is the way to brew also..This is my good friends local brewpub Roots Organic Brewing Co.

 

[Guest]

canadian red lager...homemade brew kits..the besta da best...
thats shit gets me ripped!!!