Homebrewers?

Nakigara · Post by **Nakigara** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:16 pm

About five months ago I started homebrewing and I'm really enjoying the results. I was just wondering if there are any other homebrewers in this forum.

Dan

Post by **Boxer** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:50 am

Here in north Georgia we call them "Moonshiners".

Nakigara · Post by **Nakigara** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:50 pm

Haven't made anything that powerful yet. Just beer, cider and mead.

Dan

Post by **toner87** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:42 am

If I had more space I'd definitely give it a try. I just so happen to live around the corner from San Francisco Brewcraft, a beer brewing supply store that's run by a real character... There was an article in the SF Chronicle about him and, if you're interested, you can read it here:

CHARACTER STUDIES
The king of beers and good conversation
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... arstud.DTL

The Velvet Monkey · Post by **The Velvet Monkey** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:49 pm

I'm a homebrewer too, Nakigara. I've got five gallons of porter in the guestroom right now that I'll be bottling this weekend. I'm excited to taste the results.

For the last few years I've been doing partial mash brews (all ales). I only brew in the winter here in Florida because I can't keep my house cool enough in the summer to get really good results.

When I'm not brewing, I'm still drinking the good stuff. We have several really good beer stores were I can get the best microbrews. I'm a beer snob, I guess.

mad1150 · Post by **mad1150** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:44 am

I used to, it's a lot of fun, and I will get back into it at some point.

I made an Octoberfest one year, it was one of those simple "Can of Malt Syrup" kits, but hey it turned out great. Also made an Amber America Ale to which I added Cascade Hops that turned out well.

I will tell you water is a key ingredient, if you can find good untreated well water, it will make a huge difference due to the increased mineral content.

Nakigara · Post by **Nakigara** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:24 pm

Cool. Thanks for the tips. I'm bottling a Chili beer this weekend and racking a Peach Ginger Mead to the secondary fermenter. In the meantime I'm drinking a basic cider that I finished about a month ago. Besides the initial investment, it's great making high quality booze for so little money.

Dan

mad1150 · Post by **mad1150** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:45 pm

Dan,

I'm sitting here drinking a Breckenridge REMARKABLE Vanilla Porter!

Mmmmm, Beeeeeer, Good suff!

I have a friend up in St. Paul MN, creates his own beer recipes, kegs it himself, and serves it "on tap" at the bar in his basement. He's totally into it and I'm sure he would be happy to help.

PM me your e:Mail address and I'll send it on. He knows tons about kegging and on tap services, in addition to the beer itself.

chris · Post by **chris** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:44 am

I used to make gallons of bitter and stout and have been thinking about getting back to it as I still have all the equipment. Used to make a beer that was best bottled and tasted fantastic after 6 months. Hell of a thing to have to wait that long tho!
Might dust off that pressure keg again this week now...

Post by **scottybooj** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:14 am

beer snob here as well. never homebrewed but worked in a brewpub for a bit.

usually drink belgian during the winter...hell, i drink belgian all year!

we had a cask ale festival a few weeks back...i must've had over 20 samples (4-5 oz) of strong cask ales!

while you still can, go get the 'Jewbelation' from Shmaltz brewing. They make the jewish sounding beers which are quite good. Their winter special beer, jewbelation, is phenomenal. Lots of malt with great hop balance.

Also, go try Hop Rod Rye from Bear Republic. Great, refreshing complex brew.

methinks i'll be setting up some 'quipment in me house.