Anyone brew their own beer?

[brimo]

Barboys better than buckets, yes, cos the seal on the buckets is easily damaged.
.The advantage of bottling over kegging (in my case anyway) is portion control. 
Ditto with the twist offs, no trouble at all.
With a bit of clever stacking, you can clean 375ml bottles in the dishwasher (on the hottest cycle) you have to do it in 2 batches per brew, but have been doing it for years now and no problems.

[Stinky Wizzleteats]

Barboys better than buckets, yes, cos the seal on the buckets is easily damaged.
.The advantage of bottling over kegging (in my case anyway) is portion control. 
Ditto with the twist offs, no trouble at all.
With a bit of clever stacking, you can clean 375ml bottles in the dishwasher (on the hottest cycle) you have to do it in 2 batches per brew, but have been doing it for years now and no problems.

750ml crown seal bottles are getting harder to come by but the twist tops are still good. The Grolsch bottles are the ducks guts!
I'm still umming and ahhing about kegging, I think I'll drink more if I start kegging, not necessarily a bad thing.

[golgofett]

I think I actually drink less by kegging.  There are many times that I would just like a taste and not a full bottle.  If I cracked open a bottle, I would be obligated to finish it. 

[Punx Clever]

Agreed.  It also leaves you with more good, drinkkable beer at the end because as it ages and conditions you can taste just a wee little bit as opposed to killing off the bottle.

[krolik]

Krolic:
Late addition with extract is a good thing.  Better hop utilization, less caramelization, reduced threat of boil-over, etc..  BUT, you do have to have some maltose in your wort to get what you want out of the hops.  1lb of extract to start and the rest for the last 15mins is a winner.

Thanks for the tip, I'll try that the next time I brew.

And if your fridge is big enough you can have multiple kegs tapped and ready to rock. 

I've got a three keg beer fridge.   I have a friend who works in the C02 business, so I get my gas for free, and he hooked me up with a double gauge regulator, 10lb tank, and tubing for about $50.

[Punx Clever]

Thanks for the tip, I'll try that the next time I brew.

I've got a three keg beer fridge.   I have a friend who works in the C02 business, so I get my gas for free, and he hooked me up with a double gauge regulator, 10lb tank, and tubing for about $50.

Sounds like your friend just unloaded some cheap junk on you... better fed ex it to me so it doesn't blow up on you!

[krolik]

Sounds like your friend just unloaded some cheap junk on you... better fed ex it to me so it doesn't blow up on you!

I'll get right on that.

[the_Journeyman]

I made strawberry wine.  Taste wasn't great, a bit like strawberry water.  However, by the end of a bottle, you're disoriented...

Got some mead going right now, it should be ready for bottles soon.

JM

[Punx Clever]

Always wanted to do near

[Triple J]

Has anyone tried to do a n/a homebrew?

I have no idea how they get the alcohol out of beer (I'm guessing it's difficult), but it seems if a microbrewery would make a quality n/a beer there might be a market.

[Stinky Wizzleteats]

Has anyone tried to do a n/a homebrew?

I have no idea how they get the alcohol out of beer (I'm guessing it's difficult), but it seems if a microbrewery would make a quality n/a beer there might be a market.

What's the point! 

[Punx Clever]

Two possibilities for N/A beer:

1) Vacuum.  Lower the pressure in the container enough that the alcohol boils off at room temperature but not the water.  Not really cheap to get a vacuum pump or a container that can do that for ya.

2) Heat.  Alcohol boils at 78.1 degrees.  Water boils at 100 degrees. Celcius, of course.  You will loose water in the process, so making a thin beer with more volume and heating it would work.  I also read somewhere about having to do something more with hops to keep the flavor right.

It CAN be done.

[JBubble]

We just did a home brew this weekend...Mother and I hosted toolfan, his wife, and their new baby. I'm new to the brewing thing but they've all done this before. Very cool to watch and learn.

Me drinking several year old mead. It was soooo good.



Beer and steak. Nom.



The new dad.



Things happening, not sure what.



More things happening.



Then this.

[Punx Clever]

OOOOH, leaf hops as opposed to pellet.  Vari Nize!

[The Architect]

Then this.

Awesome!


I have a bottle of the Rogue beer in my fridge.  A friend gave it to me for my birthday.