home brew

after another thread im going to have a go at it . anyone els done it , going to try larger from a kit , the kits work out about 15 quid for 40 pints if its ok will be fun and cheap drinking . once i gets flash il bottle some and bring some to the shows and you can all tell me how great i am ..

anyone els fancy trying it at the same time , start up looks to be about 50 quid

im quite looking forward to it i needed a new hobby

i used to brew when i was in saudi................

i used to make about 5 or 6 different types of wine............

and a nice dark beer...........

but we do it different out there...............ie we get non alcoholic beer............boil up some water melting sugar,empty beer into a bin add in sugary water then add yeast....................


its fucking loopy juice once done cos you cant really control the alcohol strength

i shall be on at you for some tips , mite borrow the factory for my next load

I've done it with the kits Boots used to sell... I did Bitter not lager and it was ok but not amazing. You could drink it but I'm not sure you'd choose to if there was an alternative Cheap enough to buy the ingredients but the kit cost a bit. Supposed the more you make the better the cost

Hi

I just joined the site, and the first post to come up was about home brew - awesome, my specialty.

Where are you based, def pays to find the local brew shop!

I've steered away from lager as it's hard to make it nice - if you like real ale/bitter, go for those kits (I recommend Woodfordes very highly), as although they're all different each brew, they're all good!

BTW, I'm in Cheltenham and got a rat T3, thought I'd say hey!

hello again , most of us are Cheltenham the club started here but we have member from all over , marios rite at the top of Scotland .

ye iv been down to the POPs place in grovner st and i guess i will buy the kit there ,if i cant grab a barging on ebay , i prefer larger but i can Imagen it being harder to make nice and fizzy so mite go for a light beer for first go

ps theres losts of talk of drinking on here , its are chosen specialised subject

I got all the kit for christmas. My lovely wife got it from Wilkinsons in Gloucester. First Real Ale kit turned out really well so I started another but this ones not so good. I also made a white wine kit but it's horrible. I've also done a red which was better but looks like a rose.

Think I'll have a pint, see if it's any better

Cider's supposed to be easy to make

anyone know how important the tempature is ? i heard it wants to be 20 degrees if my runs at 18 to 19 would it be ok ?

Yeah I reckon that'll be ok. Just take a little longer.

cool ta

i must check out wilcos tomorrow and get started

is 5 galons the same as 40 pints ?

Should be fine at that temp. Mine stayed in the garage over winter and it was fine.
At the mo i have got a Woodfords kit on the go. http://www.brewuk.co.uk/store/beerkits/woodfordes/woodfordes-wherry-bitter-3kg-40pt.html
Bit floral but very nice. plus all you add is water and 20 teaspoon of sugar when it goes in the barrel. The main load of sugar is already in the mix.

I might have overdone it a bit, had a crack at cider for the first time and got about 600 pints, tastes OK but looks like morning p**s. The home brew shop in Grosvenor St were helpful and he reckons its about 6% but I reckon it's a bit more turbo than that....might need a hand getting rid of it if we have a meet now the weather is better if anyone like apples?

CutSomeRug wrote:I might have overdone it a bit, had a crack at cider for the first time and got about 600 pints, tastes OK but looks like morning p**s. The home brew shop in Grosvenor St were helpful and he reckons its about 6% but I reckon it's a bit more turbo than that....might need a hand getting rid of it if we have a meet now the weather is better if anyone like apples?

Me me me me me me me

600 fuckin ell , I bet we could make a fair dent though

DICKIE wrote:

CutSomeRug wrote:I might have overdone it a bit, had a crack at cider for the first time and got about 600 pints, tastes OK but looks like morning p**s. The home brew shop in Grosvenor St were helpful and he reckons its about 6% but I reckon it's a bit more turbo than that....might need a hand getting rid of it if we have a meet now the weather is better if anyone like apples?

Me me me me me me me

oh oh oh ME TOO
cheers.

an fdk meet at llanthony priory complete with 600 pint s of cider!

now thats ACE

mrs mint sounds keen too

Well if you need to get rid of some. I can help out.

very generous of you rob