Just curious if anyone else on here brews their own beer or wine. I have been doing it since August and I think it is fun, especially drinking it! I will be botteling my third 5 gallon batch next Saturday!
Beer Brewers??
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I do. I found that if youre going to bottle it, go buy a bunch of the flip-top bottles from Ikea. The bottles are about 30oz and you get about 15-18 depending how full you make them.
Last two brews were a half-grain pumpkin ale and a FatTire clone. Good stuff.
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Last two brews were a half-grain pumpkin ale and a FatTire clone. Good stuff.
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Not sure I would be standing after 30oz of the last beer I brewed. It is a Belgian Tripel and has 9%ABV. I have seen those Mr. Beer kits that give you beer in a few weeks. The batch I have sitting now has been fermenting for almost a month and a half and it still has two weeks of bottle conditioning. I think the key is how long it sits. My first batch tastes good, but the next day is very uncomfortable!:hurryup:
The other day I made a blueberry wheat. Got an extract kit from Northern Brewer for an American Wheat. Took four pounds of blueberries and mashed them and threw them in the boil 20 minutes before flame-out. I followed the kit recipie mostly. The only other thing I am winging is the fermentation times. I will let you know in 3 weeks how it tastes.
I like to use stuff from northern brewer. Plastic pail for the primary and glass for secondary. My stuff turns out pretty good. My only problem is I need a way to stabilize my fermentation temps.
The blueberry wheat is not too bad. Not a ton of blueberry flavor, but it really mellows the wheat. Pours dark with purple-ish head. Not too bad for and experiment!!
I'm brewing a double IPA tomorrow shooting for 1.070 OG should be a true 8% abv
Hops 2 oz Magnum - Bittering hops boiled for 90 min 1 oz simcoe - boiled for 45 minutes 1 oz columbus - boiled for 30 minutes 2 oz centennial - added at flameout 1 oz simcoe - added at flameout 3 oz columbus - dry 1 oz centennial - dry 1 oz simcoe - dry
Hops 2 oz Magnum - Bittering hops boiled for 90 min 1 oz simcoe - boiled for 45 minutes 1 oz columbus - boiled for 30 minutes 2 oz centennial - added at flameout 1 oz simcoe - added at flameout 3 oz columbus - dry 1 oz centennial - dry 1 oz simcoe - dry
x2 that does sound really good! NB has a kit IPA with a pound of hops in it not sure if I am ready for that!!