My beautiful wife got me a home brewing kit for Christmas. I've never brewed my own beer. Has anyone? Any pointers or suggestions? Things to keep in mind? The kit came with a recipe for a Sam Adams clone. Where should I start? ------------------ 'Deeds, not words, shall speak me.'
I have just one pointer: Make sure that everything used in the brewing process (equipment, bottles, etc..) is kept immaculately sterile at all times. ------------------ My dream job is to be a Houston Rockets towel boy.
my grandpa taught me how from scratch which my parents love since im 16 but if you have the mr beer set it is pretty good at guiding you through it ------------------ KD 12-21-99
if you want the beer carbonated you can get a special keg and a co2 bottle, thats only if you want to be a pro. It is still good without carbonation though ------------------ KD 12-21-99
Parents just don't understand do they. I'm going to start this weekend. So I'm sure I'll have tons of questions by Monday! ------------------ 'Deeds, not words, shall speak me.'
Mr. Beer?? Is that Mr. Coffee's alcoholic cousin?? ------------------ If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding!!
So these kits don't have a way to carbonize the beer? Isn't that a major part of brewing? ------------------ 'Deeds, not words, shall speak me.'
That's not true. I'm not sure hoe eliot's grandpa drinks beer, but I imagine everyone else in the world finds carbonation essential. Every beer kit in the world lets you carbonate. Carbonation doesn't start till you bottle the beer. When you have mashed the grain, added yeast, etc, the last thing you do before bottling is add sugar. Then you have the secondary carbonation where the yeast convert the sugar to carbon dioxide and other goodies. Generally takes about three to four weeks. I've homebrewed a couple of times, but not in about 5 years so my memory is a bit hazy. I need to get started again though... dylan ------------------
last time i did it we did the second fermentation but it was not very carbonated. My grandpa explained this by saying lager shouldn't be to carbonated. i'm sure it can be done much better than that considering he did the bulk of his brewing years ago back in Scotland. Another tip is the more sugar the stronger. ------------------ KD 12-21-99
I like sugar! Thanks folks. Gots lots of reading to do this weekend. ------------------ 'Deeds, not words, shall speak me.'
I used to brew back in school, but the best thing ever was when we used to make a super sttrong champagne. we used to use 5 gallon buckets, and after removing the pulp at the end, there would be about 3 gallons of booze which had about 25% alcohol content (50 proof). ohh and we did this in the dorms. even the RAs loved this stuff, and it cost only like 10 bucks to make the 3 gallons. the only drawback was the hangovers associated with this stuff. there were so many conegers that even the smallestr buzz would have ramifications the next day. peace ------------------ Hanta-Force Paintball http://www.hanta-force.com
