Home Brewski

gangsta · Post by **gangsta** » 30 Mar 2008 12:20

39 bottles of 'Rinowski's Tripel' (~10%ABV)

Does anyone else brew their own brew? I've made 4 batches and have a Wheat brew in the primary right now.

Some Red Ale. Mmmmmm..

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 30 Mar 2008 16:39

I saw this thing called Mr.Beer

I'm going to get it for his birthday.

micro micro micro brewery

and apparently it's not considered alcohol because it doesnt come pre-brewed or something like that, so i'm all for it

Blue_turnip · Post by **Blue_turnip** » 31 Mar 2008 23:04

Oh that looks good. That conical pint glass is like the biggest turnon.

mc · Post by mc » 01 Apr 2008 09:49

i love homebrews. what do I have to do to get a 6 pack?

matt

mikep · Post by **mikep** » 01 Apr 2008 10:22

I brewed beer for a while. All of the cleaning got on my nerves eventually so I stopped.

I do admit- it is a great feeling to drink something you made yourself.

gangsta · Post by **gangsta** » 01 Apr 2008 16:49

Glass o' Tripel. Couldn't drive after drinking this glass!

gangsta · Post by **gangsta** » 05 Apr 2008 08:48

I just finished up a batch of Wheat brew:

44 Bottles

Bottle o' Wheat

My Super-Secret Brew Stash!

james_dean · Post by **james_dean** » 07 Apr 2008 00:26

This should be in arts and leisure

I'm just getting into brewing. Will let ya'll know how it goes.

ObArA'BaRs · Post by **ObArA'BaRs** » 09 Apr 2008 07:43

so jealous

i understand everything else but I still don't understand how to bottle your own brew. Is it some kind of expensive machine? Does some independently owned bottling plant do it for you?

Can someone explain this concept?

gangsta · Post by **gangsta** » 09 Apr 2008 14:25

To bottle it, you first have to put sugar into the wort. The yeast eat the sugar and turn it into C02 inside the bottles.
Basically then you transfer the primed wort into the bottles via a tube, and put a cap on them with some sort of capper. I use a 'wing capper.
It's almost too easy..

gangsta · Post by **gangsta** » 20 Jun 2008 19:09

james_dean · Post by **james_dean** » 25 Jun 2008 18:14

We've got a batch in the bottles for a month now... and my mate bought a 60ltr fermenter the other day

We tried one a couple weeks ago and again last night, it's too fruity but it's mellowing out. hopefully come 3mths time it'll have lost all it's fruityness

cited

Jack Stutler · Post by **Jack Stutler** » 25 Jun 2008 18:17

that looks like some damn tasty brew right there

i wanna try some

gangsta · Post by **gangsta** » 27 Jun 2008 07:31

james_dean wrote:We've got a batch in the bottles for a month now... and my mate bought a 60ltr fermenter the other day We tried one a couple weeks ago and again last night, it's too fruity but it's mellowing out. hopefully come 3mths time it'll have lost all it's fruityness cited

Wow, you've got some patience, letting them age for a month before drinking one! I can hardly wait a week!
For sure, the longer they age, the better they get.

james_dean · Post by **james_dean** » 29 Jun 2008 06:16

yeah well we tried one after a week and a half, then again at a month. They're stored at my mates place so it makes it a bit easier to hold back... haha.

Max Power · Post by **Max Power** » 20 Feb 2010 06:48

BUMP

I'm just getting into this and I'm so pumped. I haven't made a batch yet but I will be tomorrow morning. Is anyone else home brewing? If so have you made your own mash or your own recipe? Should you always use Irish moss? I have too many ?s and I don't even know if anyone on here brews. I will post some pics when I finish my first batch.

Tsiangkun · Post by **Tsiangkun** » 20 Feb 2010 11:10

Old 580 -- Open air Double West Coast IPA

quadgun · Post by **quadgun** » 21 Feb 2010 22:26

My cousin and I want to brew our own beer. Are there any websites you guys recommend for info? Any brewing kits you guys recommend?

I want to get all of our facts together before we commit to this.

crazylegs32 · Post by **crazylegs32** » 22 Feb 2010 00:05

Hey Kamil, beer advocate has a homebrew forum. They can direct you to other forums if you really want to learn alot.

quadgun · Post by **quadgun** » 22 Feb 2010 21:42

Thanks Jon. I used to go to beeradvocate a lot. I'll check out their forums. Either way, I'd still like to know how everyone here does things and where they go for info. Any experiences from their first brews and any tips overall.