Home Brew

[dblair]

Well in the spirit of my favourite poster I'm gonna have to add to the ever growing selection of random but much discussed topics in here.

Afore I start I just wanted to say, geedee I wish 2 things on a daily basis (when reading the forum) one that I had enough time to read all your memoirs and two that I had more "blueys" to give ye!

Right so home brew!

Well as I've always fancied havin a bash, have made sloe gin and vodka afore (different story).So I recently acquired a wee starter kit, complete with fermenter etc etc.

First up I thought I'd give cider a go, as well I'm pretty sure it's a lot harder to get wrong than beer.

So the brew has been bubbling away for well almost 4 weeks now and once I get off this *** forsaken rig I'll be (as the experts say) priming and bottling!

Hopefully I manage to get it right and should have about 5 gallon of sweet cider drinkable in time for Christmas 😀

So I think I originally decided to post to see if anyone else has had a bash at home brew or the likes?

[chomp my root]

I used to do it 20 odd years ago, just lager, mixed results but by ***, I made some powerful brews sometimes. I'm toying with the idea of making wine, the missus tried a couple of years ago and it was pretty gash, we'll see how we go.

[dblair]

It's amazing how things have changed mate. You get kits for everything now. Just bought an IPA kit to try next cost me £15 which makes 23ltrs they all come with the yeast, concentrate and you can't really go wrong (he says in shear hope)

[chomp my root]

I don't really drink that much beer any more, I'm much more into the vino these days.

[dblair]

I do like a good bottle of red myself chomp! Will have to give the vino a go at some point too! Missus is gonna love me, think the spare room will be converted into a distillery soon

[chomp my root]

I do like a good bottle of red myself chomp! Will have to give the vino a go at some point too! Missus is gonna love me, think the spare room will be converted into a distillery soon

Thats better than having a kid or two in it, they cramp your social life and steal all your money. 

[dblair]

Thats better than having a kid or two in it, they cramp your social life and steal all your money. 

Tell me about it, although mine are still young enough not to be after money YET!

Wife keeps mentioning a 3rd though

[Abdul Latif]

dblair - Get yourself an all grain set up. I've been running a microbrewery out my garage for a few years now and entering competitions all over the country meeting some folk making phenomenol stuff that gets picked up by breweries.

Kits are all fine and well, but if you're serious and really want to impress yourself and others you'll want to get doing the whole process with mash tun, boiler etc. Also there's some pretty good books out there I could recommend if you're interested.

If you've any questions just run them by me and i'll hopefully have some advice

[dblair]

dblair - Get yourself an all grain set up. I've been running a microbrewery out my garage for a few years now and entering competitions all over the country meeting some folk making phenomenol stuff that gets picked up by breweries.

Kits are all fine and well, but if you're serious and really want to impress yourself and others you'll want to get doing the whole process with mash tun, boiler etc. Also there's some pretty good books out there I could recommend if you're interested.

If you've any questions just run them by me and i'll hopefully have some advice

Ah the we have a brew master in our midst! To tell you the truth Abdul ever since I got started I have been researching a sh*t load about different methods, techniques etc etc. I'd love to have the space and time to eventually go all grain I really would.

I might just take you up on that offer in the near future and bend your ear

[Abdul Latif]

Ah the we have a brew master in our midst! To tell you the truth Abdul ever since I got started I have been researching a sh*t load about different methods, techniques etc etc. I'd love to have the space and time to eventually go all grain I really would.

I might just take you up on that offer in the near future and bend your ear

Good lad. It's a fantastic hobby and you'll honestly never be done learning. Best of luck with your IPA when you get that one going.

[dblair]

Good lad. It's a fantastic hobby and you'll honestly never be done learning. Best of luck with your IPA when you get that one going.

Yeah I think it could develop quite quickly into an obsession if I had more space! Will keep you posted on how it goes.mmight even throw a few pictures up

Edited 10 December 2015 by dblair

[HK Blues]

We're sharing home brew tips...meanwhile our little sisters across the street are no doubt sharing knitting tips

Men against boys...or women!