Homebrewing (1 Viewer)

[wolfpack]

Anyone do home brewing? I brewed a beer in a kit a number of years back, this weekend I started a couple of wines and some mead fermenting.

 

[303Mike]

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[Saoliver]

It’s been years, but I use to brew and store in pony kegs. Had 2 poker tables, a full bar and converted a chest freezer into a 6 tap kegerator. Looked something like this:

 

[DoubleEagle]

I stopped brewing two years ago. Need to sell my equipment.

 

[AlbinoDragon]

I did but had to give it up 10 or 12 years ago. Not that it takes a lot of time, but I wasn't able to commit the time it does take anymore. Kind of a shame as I enjoyed it a lot. I joked it was a hobby that was the easiest to share with others (here, have a bottle of this that I made).

Sounds like you've stepped beyond the kit if you are making wine and mead.

For anyone reading this thread and wondering about trying themselves, I suggest do it. Find a good brew shop that you can get your supplies from and can ask questions of the staff if and when they arise. All the kit you'll need (minus the ingredients for the first batch) are going to be less than $100 and are reuseable from batch to bacth. "Brew day" is a couple hours start to finish, but most of that time is babysitting the boil. Bottling day is also another couple hours, but also has a bit more cleaning involved, between sanitizing bottles and cleaning the now pretty awful looking fermenter.

 

[chutracheese]

I was a big homebrewer. Still have a 50g barrel in my garage my group used to age a sour ale in. Cider and wine as well.
Even had some chips made.

 

[BNM]

Wine is of interest but I understand that’s a bit more complicated than beer. Accurate?

 

[liftapint]

I was a home brewer for a while. Had all the all-grain equipment, really enjoyed the process.

But then I decided, "why bother....leave it to the professionals". Now I just do the part that I'm good at.

 

[Saoliver]

I was a home brewer for a while. Had all the all-grain equipment, really enjoyed the process.

But then I decided, "why bother....leave it to the professionals". Now I just do the part that I'm good at.

Username checks out.

 

[chutracheese]

Wine is of interest but I understand that’s a bit more complicated than beer. Accurate?

Not at all. I think it's a heck of a lot easier.

 

[surfik]

Wine...

 

[BNM]

Not at all. I think it's a heck of a lot easier.

Good to hear!

 

[Big Jilm]

I have been considering this for years. Maybe once my financial affairs are in order I will give it a try!

 

[wolfpack]

I brewed 2 batches of wine, one came out pretty good the other was bitter,

 

[HaRDHouSeiNC]

We get lots of mango and other fruits here

I get some dragon fruit on a good year

I would love to have a small still too make brandy once a year

 

[wolfpack]

We get lots of mango and other fruits here

I get some dragon fruit on a good year

I would love to have a small still too make brandy once a year

I have made some mead and apple wine.

If I had a small still I would have made some corn whiskey, rum. and rye whiskey