beer Home Brew

tony05 said:
20 to 27 deg C (dont know farenheit)
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The easy way to convert without using the 5/9 math and a pencil is 10 degrees C = 18 degrees F plus 32. i.e. 10C = 50F, 20C = 68F, 30C = 86F, etc.

by the way, it is -2C here this morning...was 31C Monday afternoon.
 
I started in a plastic water cooler jug. Bottling is way cheaper and I still prefer it. Just save used bottles or buy them fairly cheap.

I don't actually save money by homebrewing, but I drink incredibly good beer at the budweiser price.

They sell something called a "party pig" that I am looking into, it is a fairly cheap way to keg 2.25 gallons. About $50 us.
http://www.undergrounddigital.com/partypig.htm

That way I could bottle about half of a 5 gallon batch and let it age, and have the other half on tap.

On www.homebrewtalk.com, there are some favorable reviews of it.
 
very nice setup, looks like something out of byo zine. ive only done 2 batches so far (an XPA and an IRA), in a simple primary/secondary glass carboy setup. I've only done extract so far, and dont see myself going much beyond that. I would like to make some hard cider next time around...
 
HEre is a beer i had recently. Its a munich lager brewed by a fellow Aussie brewer. Bloody nice too.
I drank it from this glass i scored from Belgium. I love it.

cheers

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Ok......... time to make everyone thirsty.

My latest creation!

Classic American Pilsner or CAP for short

Its made with pilsner malt and 20% corn for the old Pre prohabition beer feel. Bittered with Clister hops and some euro hops for character its a great beer.

clean, crisp, clear as buggery.

And i have 50 liters of it on tap!

How could life get better?............ i have 50 liters of Oktoberfest conditiuoning ready to drink when this is done, and its so good...... it wont last long.

cheers

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Been wanting to do it myself for quite a while, but can't seem to find the time! damn job and personal life!!!
 
Holy crap that looks like a good drop.

It's not even 8am and it makes ME WANT IT NOW! :D

50 liters!? That'd make me like this >>
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Yet another thing I need to learn how to do..seems like pricey to get into though.

Excellent work man.

-QS
 
QuadShotz said:
Yet another thing I need to learn how to do..seems like pricey to get into though.
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Yeah, the initial investment can be steep. My friend Jamie(the airbrusher guy i work with) got a 'kit' from Northern Brewer supply and it cost him a couple of hundred plus to start. But, now that he's getting better at brewing, the cost is dropping a good bit now. He just doesn't brew the volume Tony05 does...he does a couple of gallons at a clip.
 
home-brew is like that - you can go cheap if you want to clean, sterilize, fill & cap each bottle...pay a little extra at the start & go for kegs & taps.

If you can sit up all night drinking - you'll save yourself a fortune.
 
bentalphanerd said:
home-brew is like that - you can go cheap if you want to clean, sterilize, fill & cap each bottle...pay a little extra at the start & go for kegs & taps.

If you can sit up all night drinking - you'll save yourself a fortune.
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Do ya have to ask... ;)

Ya, I'd be rich, but I'd drink the profits.
 
tony05 said:
Ok......... time to make everyone thirsty.

My latest creation!

Classic American Pilsner or CAP for short

Its made with pilsner malt and 20% corn for the old Pre prohabition beer feel. Bittered with Clister hops and some euro hops for character its a great beer.

clean, crisp, clear as buggery.

And i have 50 liters of it on tap!

How could life get better?............ i have 50 liters of Oktoberfest conditiuoning ready to drink when this is done, and its so good...... it wont last long.

cheers

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Yeah the oktoberfest is a great drop. I've already had 5 or 6 of mine....

And i will be over in a few hours to help with the pilsner..

It great having your home brewing brother just across the highway..:P:)
 
Had to swat him out with a broom. Like a leech on a vein but with a glass in the hand.

IT is hard to stop once started on this one though.

cheers
 
Hey guys...

I'm a homebrewer, too. I started when I was 21 and I have been doing it for almost 14 years now. I definitely don't have a setup like Tony's, but I have been brewing all grain beer for at least 10 years. His setup is definitely impressive, but I like to keep my setup as simple as possible. I mash (steep) the grains in a beverage cooler that is fitted with a false bottom, and I do all of my liquid transfer by way of gravity. You can set yourself up to do all-grain brewing for definitely less than a fortune. Your best results overall come from all-grain brewing because of the flexibility, control, and freshness of the ingredients.

However, most brewers start out by doing "extract" brewing. I find that the best results come from using the dry powdered malt extract rather than the cans of syrup. I am not sure why this seems to be the case, but perhaps the liquid malt extract oxidizes a bit more, or something in the condensing process alters the flavor. Here in the states, I haven't seen any liquid hop extract, and most of the kits contain some flavor of hop pellets. I agree that being able to pick quality yeast is very helpful. I generally use liquid yeast, but there are some good dry packets too, like Nottingham. To make the most out of extract beer, steeping some "specialty" grains for flavor and color will really take your brewing up a notch. Instead of brewing a stout with amber or dark extract, it's best to use light extract and darken your brew with dark grains. The flavor will be much better for sure! Dark extracts can taste like licorice or molasses or something like that.

Someone above listed something about sulfite, which is _not_ produced by fermentation. Sulfite can be used as a preservative, and is sometimes added to wines for that purpose. Sometimes you can find sulfate in beer, but this is a different compound and people are not sensitive to it in the same way.

At any rate, brewing is an awesome hobby!
 
I love it too. I have 2 cases of Maerzen (Oktoberfest) ready for next month, 3 cases of a cascade IPA ready to drink, and 3 cases or so of a harvest ale made with hops I grew this year, ready to bottle.

2 cases or so of assorted other batches from the last year in the basement fridge too.

Loving it.
 
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