
Brewing/Distilling, Wine making.....
#1
Posted 18 March 2006 - 09:46 PM
was wondering if there is an interest for anyone here......
pretty cool stuff IMO.......
if you like bio/chem and drinking u cant go wrong.......
so let me know whats up peeps.........
#2
Posted 18 March 2006 - 10:01 PM
Now i know that it was poor sanitation. It was a fun hobby ! But most of my gear was lost in a move? Now i just enjoy the stock stuff. Lately many vineyards are poping up in my area. Sure would like to try wine making.
#3
Posted 19 March 2006 - 12:09 AM
I have been brewing for a few years now on and off and find it fun. I mostly make very high % vodka for a few of my hobbies.
Building a still is quite simple if you can silver solder and most parts can be had at your local plumbing shop. Once you have a good still its just a matter of brewing any thing ....
I have made a few beers too and its easy and a bit of fun sitting around sharing a few with mates and knowing they are loving what you made.
I have been told that the wine kits in NZ are fantastic. Im not sure if you could get them but if not i could always ship one over to you?
#4
Posted 19 March 2006 - 12:20 AM
also, if people had recipies and such would be great, or teks.
gonna be a fun spring/summer............can't wait.
#5
Posted 19 March 2006 - 02:32 AM
#1http://www.homebrewa.../howtobrew.html
#2http://byo.com/
#3http://www.realbeer.com/spencer/
#4http://www.beer-brewing.com/
#6
Posted 19 March 2006 - 03:03 AM
#7
Posted 19 March 2006 - 03:15 AM
#8
Posted 19 March 2006 - 04:06 AM
#9
Posted 19 March 2006 - 04:13 PM
100+ batches.
The brewmasters bible by stephen snyder is a good read and has quite a few killer recipies as well.
Once I invested in a kegging system I had a whole different outlook on home brew, no more friggin bottles too mess with !!
There's nothing quite like tapping 5 gal. of 12 % spiced christmas ale at a halloween party !!
Now I only use grains and use syrup,honey and corn sugar to up the alc.%
Homegrown hops are fun as well.
Best of luck
Red
#10
Posted 19 March 2006 - 04:34 PM
Elf
#11
Posted 20 March 2006 - 01:52 AM
Peace
~Inky~
#12
Posted 20 March 2006 - 04:04 AM
However, I choose to brew mead. Its much easier than beer or wine as the honey provides its own antiseptic properties and combined with a vigorous yeast produces an 18% mead. What this means is that there is no pasteurization required. Also, no grain involved, which eliminates a major, laborious, step from the production.
I've been very suprised to find that my product varies greatly from the commercial varieties of mead that I've found available. Rather than a 10% or so syrupy uncarbonated beverage, I have produced a carbonated, heady brew around 18% every time.
I generally have been producing melomels, and an occasional metheglin; meaning that I add fruit, or spices, to the must as it ferments. Generally it takes about three months to get to bottling, and another three to six months to age properly if not a full year, though I've never had any last that long for some reason...
:dance: :drk: :dance:
I've heard complaints from homebrewers of not enjoying having to wash all those bottles. But I've found that if I wash each bottle after I empty it, and recap it (I use grolsch style bottles with the hinged lid) then there's no real need to go to all that trouble. However, even having to deal with crates of empty and full bottles can get tedious... So I've recently been looking into investing in some of those cylindrical kegs... buying more stuff is always the answer of course...
Anyways, that's my take on the situation... I've been meaning to get around to recreating that thread I started on mead but lost in some board changeover or some snafu from a few months ago... but there was a trainwreck that's been keeping me sort of imobilized lately... :smokin:
#13
Posted 20 March 2006 - 08:31 AM
#14
Posted 20 March 2006 - 03:32 PM
Then again, if I started making my own beer, too, I would be left with precious few reasons to leave the house...
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Posted 20 March 2006 - 04:24 PM
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#17
Posted 20 March 2006 - 07:01 PM
#18
Posted 20 March 2006 - 07:09 PM
disappear.
:crazy1:
#19
Posted 20 March 2006 - 07:57 PM
#20
Posted 23 March 2006 - 10:33 PM