Mmmm... Beer

[FliegendeWolf 0]

So as of last night, my beer batch of, well, beer is sitting in bottles in a dark cool place waiting for the yeast to eat the honey and produce carbonation. Two or three weeks ought to do it. It's a good thing I'm leaving for vacation ... that'll keep me from peeking!

A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

[freeflir29 0]

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waiting for the yeast to eat the honey and produce carbonation

and more importantly ALCOHOL!!

[Iflyme 0]

50 litres of New World Pale Ale -- ready to be bottled Friday night!

Mmmmm ... beer!!!

[FliegendeWolf 0]

Well, most of the alcohol is produced during primary fermentation before bottling, meaning if I'm REALLY impatient, I could just settle for (and catch a nice buzz from) flat beer!!

A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

[freeflir29 0]

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flat beer!!

Flat beer REALLY sucks. I have drank enough Keg beer in my life to know that but yes....you are absolutely correct. The alcohol IS still in there.

[FliegendeWolf 0]

I know I can't wait! I think that's about the only downside to homebrewing. I don't want to wait 4 weeks for beer! I'm just not used to planning ahead like that!!

A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

[dterrick 0]

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Flat beer REALLY sucks

Q: Where are the Brits on this one? ...and why do they drink warm (flat) beer?

A: They own Lucas built refrigerators

(can you tell I'm also a british sportscar junkie?)

Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney)

[ShivaDas 0]

Good luck on the beer!
I have been wanting to try homebrewing for quite some time.
I have saved many bottles, How did your first batch turn out?
thnx,
Paul

Just havin fun!
Paul

[Iflyme 0]

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I think that's about the only downside to homebrewing.

Here we have "U-Brews" ... very professional craft breweries ... 6 50 litre kettles ... all ingrediants provided. The brewing stage takes 1 1/2 hours ... measuring grains and hops, boiling, and finally adding yeast. 2 weeks later, 1 1/2 hours to bottle. Better beer than anything you can buy! I would like to home brew, but I would need a very sophisticated set up to brew beer 1/2 as good as I make at "Bedford Brewing"

[FliegendeWolf 0]

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I have been wanting to try homebrewing for quite some time. I have saved many bottles, How did your first batch turn out?

Still workin' on it! I'll let you know in a few weeks when it's ready to drink (although the small amount I tasted getting the siphon going last night tasted pretty good!).

If you do get started, I would recommend not bothering with a kit. Find a good book on beginning homebrewing and buy what you need in pieces. The kit I got (it was a gift from my girlfriend's Mom) had a can of malt extract, a length of siphon tubing, a bubbler, a packet of yeast, and a booklet. The malt, yeast, and bubbler were exactly like the ones that I've seen at the brew store, the siphon tubing was not useful since I had to buy a racking cane and bottle filler, which included siphon tubing, also.

Worst of all, it was only one pound of malt extract ... enough to make only one gallon of beer. Most brewers make beer in five gallon batches. I had to therefore buy a gallon jug fermenter which I won't use again!!

Lastly, the booklet was not thorough, meaning that I went out and purchased a book anyway!

Good luck if you begin!

A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All

[wlie 0]

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50 litres of New World Pale Ale -- ready to be bottled Friday night!

Damn! You've beaten me.

I've only got 10 gallons already kegged, and another 10 to be kegged tonight.

I've been brewing up for our wedding in Feb. The restaurant let us serve up our own beer for free. Not even charging us a corking fee. SCORE!

My other ride is the relative wind.