Any of you brew your own beer?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 8:57 pm

My bro did it for a few years but it was never perfect.
My other bro started wine and it is very good.
Any good recipes, tips?

Post by **MKJ** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 8:58 pm

i brew some beer with a friend of mine many years back.
we made about 3 liters, were very proud and then drank it all.
it wasnt very good, either

Post by **[FTF]Pyro** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:01 pm

MKJ wrote:i brew some beer with a friend of mine many years back.
we made about 3 liters, were very proud and then drank it all.
it wasnt very good, either

thats the type of thinking I like

Post by **Canis** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:45 pm

Around here we have a small company called "Brew It Up" where you can make your own brew. It's really cool, but it's not quite homemade, as they have premade extracts and yeast strains for each recipe...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:48 pm

Canis wrote:Around here we have a small company called "Brew It Up" where you can make your own brew. It's really cool, but it's not quite homemade, as they have premade extracts and yeast strains for each recipe...

You are from calif, lucky you.
Are you close to San Diego? I was there and love that place.
And the girls

Post by **losCHUNK** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:52 pm

my old man used to brew his own wine and it was EVIL

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:04 pm

losCHUNK wrote:my old man used to brew his own wine and it was EVIL

Please get the recipe

Post by **losCHUNK** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:06 pm

ill ask, think he used a 'how to guide though

under the section that said 'get bolloxed quick'

Post by **tnf** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 12:06 am

i brew my own methanol to drink.

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 12:09 am

my sister makes her own wine, and cider, and cordial. The wine is deadly, brewed wine tastes nothing like shop bought grape wine, it depends entirely on what you make it from. She made some Oak leaf wine which was heavenly.

Main bit of advice is keep everything sterilised and clean.

Post by **seremtan** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 12:20 am

i tried homebrewed slivovitz in slovakia once. not for the fainthearted, but at least i now understand how they coped with communism all those years

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 12:22 am

phantasmagoria wrote:my sister makes her own wine, and cider, and cordial. The wine is deadly, brewed wine tastes nothing like shop bought grape wine, it depends entirely on what you make it from. She made some Oak leaf wine which was heavenly.

Main bit of advice is keep everything sterilised and clean.

What is cordial? And Oak leaf wine?

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 12:24 am

codial is just fizzy, fruit flavoured liquid, it's not alcoholic.

Oak leaf wine is, unsupprisingly, wine made from fermented oak leaves.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 12:26 am

tnf wrote:i brew my own methanol to drink.

Ever thought about pouring it in your car?
If you drink that you should run as fast as road runner.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 12:31 am

phantasmagoria wrote:codial is just fizzy, fruit flavoured liquid, it's not alcoholic.

Oak leaf wine is, unsupprisingly, wine made from fermented oak leaves.

So, really from the tree leaves?
It's not just like us getting the water out of maple trees and do sirup with it?

Post by **Canis** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 12:59 am

pete wrote:
Canis wrote:Around here we have a small company called "Brew It Up" where you can make your own brew. It's really cool, but it's not quite homemade, as they have premade extracts and yeast strains for each recipe...
You are from calif, lucky you.
Are you close to San Diego? I was there and love that place.
And the girls

I'm living in Davis, which is in northern california. It's a cool town. There are a few hotties around, but I've yet to meet one that really interests me.

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 1:10 am

pete wrote:
phantasmagoria wrote:codial is just fizzy, fruit flavoured liquid, it's not alcoholic.

Oak leaf wine is, unsupprisingly, wine made from fermented oak leaves.
So, really from the tree leaves?
It's not just like us getting the water out of maple trees and do sirup with it?

Yes, from the actual leaves.

Post by **dzjepp** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 7:53 am

Canis wrote:
pete wrote:
Canis wrote:Around here we have a small company called "Brew It Up" where you can make your own brew. It's really cool, but it's not quite homemade, as they have premade extracts and yeast strains for each recipe...
You are from calif, lucky you.
Are you close to San Diego? I was there and love that place.
And the girls
I'm living in Davis, which is in northern california. It's a cool town. There are a few hotties around, but I've yet to meet one that really interests me.

I suppose the hand is more interesting

Post by **Mr.Magnetichead** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 7:56 am

You can brew your own beer?

Post by **MKJ** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 7:57 am

losCHUNK wrote:my old man used to brew his own wine and it was EVIL

my granddad makes his own moonshine gin
he goes out and picks all kinds of fruits and lets it sit in big jerrycans with gin for a few months, adds some crap every now and then..
in the end it tastes like lemonade syrup :O

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:57 am

Mr.Magnetichead wrote:You can brew your own beer?

There are a few shops specializing in that area, they only sell brewing kits for beer or wine and the essence to start it.
For around 100$ you get everything you need to start brewing around 40 bottles of beer or 5 to 10 bottles of wine depending on the quality.

Any of you brew your own beer?

Any of you brew your own beer?

Why?

Re: Why?