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Homebrewing Thread: Whatcha got going?
Posted on 6/12/13 at 10:32 am
Posted on 6/12/13 at 10:32 am
This weekend will be the 2 week mark for my blueberry cream ale to be sitting on the blueberries. I think I should bottle it this weekend but not sure if I will find the time, and I know I won't next weekend, so it will either be this sunday or leave it on the berries for a month. Should be fine either way, I just don't know if I want to wait that long before being able to drink it.
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Posted on 6/12/13 at 10:38 am to LoneStarTiger
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Whatcha got going?
Going to Dry hop and grapefruit a Rye IPA for WYES next weekend. No plans to brew anything next at the moment which is sad.
Posted on 6/12/13 at 10:39 am to LoneStarTiger
Have an Apricot IPA ready to keg for WYES... brewing a barleywine this Friday night.
Posted on 6/12/13 at 10:40 am to s14suspense
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for WYES
looking forward to making it down there for this.
Posted on 6/12/13 at 10:41 am to LoneStarTiger
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so it will either be this sunday or leave it on the berries for a month.
When I'm in doubt, I just leave it be. Worth it in the end.
-Sunday I brewed a saison that's fermenting away in the outside shed right now. My first time fermenting "outside"
-I had my brett pale ale kegged and flowing, but took it back out of the keezer to age some more. Just wasn't happy with it. I'm goign to let it sit a couple mor emonths and go from there.
-This weekend I will make the call which beer to bring to WYES. Trying to decide between two. I think I know which one, but I'm fickle.
-This weekend I also plan to brew a variation of my house farmhouse ale that uses acidulated malt and Brett lambicus. Who knows how that will turn out. Hopefully good.
Posted on 6/12/13 at 10:42 am to s14suspense
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Rye IPA for WYES
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Apricot IPA ready to keg for WYES
My liver is ready.
This post was edited on 6/12/13 at 10:47 am
Posted on 6/12/13 at 10:48 am to LoneStarTiger
Not a thing. Headed to Chattanooga tomorrow and gonna bottle some of my black IPA from the keg to bring to a couple people. That's the extent of my homebrewing activity for right now.
Posted on 6/12/13 at 10:50 am to BottomlandBrew
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WYES
Where is this event held ?
Posted on 6/12/13 at 10:50 am to TigerWise
Mardi Gras World
Posted on 6/12/13 at 10:52 am to BMoney
My next batch will be a big bourbon stout that I plan to bottle and then leave alone until the winter, minus the few bottles I give away.
I'd really like to make another pale ale for the summer too, I think I only have 12 or so bottles of my simcoe pa left. Still debating the zombie dust clone or an all-citra session pale ale
I'd really like to make another pale ale for the summer too, I think I only have 12 or so bottles of my simcoe pa left. Still debating the zombie dust clone or an all-citra session pale ale
Posted on 6/12/13 at 10:53 am to LoneStarTiger
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I'd really like to make another pale ale for the summer too, I think I only have 12 or so bottles of my simcoe pa left. Still debating the zombie dust clone or an all-citra session pale ale
That's likely my next one. Will probably brew the same recipe I used for the all-Simcoe pale ale, but go with Citra instead.
Posted on 6/12/13 at 10:59 am to BMoney
I am dying to get into homebrewing, but ive never done the research.
Help with some questions:
*What would be a ballpark figure for the amount of money required to purchase the equipment necessary to brew your own beer?
*In regards to bottling: How you do dis?
* How easy is it to obtain hops and other necessary ingredients for the beer? Further, can you get recipes of your favorite beers so you can try to duplicate?
* Is there any sense of "accomplishment* when you brew your own beer? ( kinda like, when you cook your own steaks or whatever and you prefer your own cooking to restaurant ordered steaks, etc...)
i have more questions than this, but we will see if any of you mavens are willing to help
Help with some questions:
*What would be a ballpark figure for the amount of money required to purchase the equipment necessary to brew your own beer?
*In regards to bottling: How you do dis?
* How easy is it to obtain hops and other necessary ingredients for the beer? Further, can you get recipes of your favorite beers so you can try to duplicate?
* Is there any sense of "accomplishment* when you brew your own beer? ( kinda like, when you cook your own steaks or whatever and you prefer your own cooking to restaurant ordered steaks, etc...)
i have more questions than this, but we will see if any of you mavens are willing to help
This post was edited on 6/12/13 at 11:01 am
Posted on 6/12/13 at 11:06 am to thedice20
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*What would be a ballpark figure for the amount of money required to purchase the equipment necessary to brew your own beer?
It varies greatly. But $100 will get you a good kit. Go to www.austinhomebrew.com It's where i get my supplies and ingredients.
Actually, that one costs $138 now. Damn, they used to be $98.
Also, you'll need to go buy a brewpot. If you're starting off like i did, doing extract partial boil 5 gallon batches, then all you'll need is a 5 gallon aluminum or Stainless Steel Pot. The more advanced you get, the bigger and more expensive teh equipment is.
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*In regards to bottling: How you do dis?
It's all in the kit. Basically, if you have empty pry off beer bottles, you can do it. Make sure they are clean and sanitary. This is the big key in brewing. Cleaning and sanitizing. However it is as easy as filling up your bucket and/or fermenter and adding cleaner and letting soak for a few hours. Pour out, repeat but add sanitizer. I use PBW for cleaning, and Starsan as my sanitizer. Never had an infection.
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How easy is it to obtain hops and other necessary ingredients for the beer? Further, can you get recipes of your favorite beers so you can try to duplicate?
Again, see link. There are other brew supply stores. Northern Brewer, More Beer, etc... Also, cuban liquor here in BR has some stuff, and Brewstock in New Orleans has a bunch of stuff.
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Is there any sense of "accomplishment* when you brew your own beer? ( kinda like, when you cook your own steaks or whatever and you prefer your own cooking to restaurant ordered steaks, etc...)
Absolutely. Especially since you have to wait to find out how you did. From brew day to drinking your first beer, it takes about 3-4 weeks. Longer depending on what you brew.
Do yourself a favor, go buy this book, and brew the "get started" recipe. Called Palmer's Cincinnati Pale Ale. It was my first beer and was pretty damn good. It basically starts you off running. Once you have the ingredients it jumps you right into brewing. Then, the following chapters detail in greater on why and what you are doing. But the first couple chapters are getting you brewing immediately. And it's pretty easy.
This post was edited on 6/12/13 at 11:11 am
Posted on 6/12/13 at 11:07 am to thedice20
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*What would be a ballpark figure for the amount of money required to purchase the equipment necessary to brew your own beer?
$60-$200, depending on how fancy you want to get. I started out with a low end kit around $80 and went from there.
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*In regards to bottling: How you do dis?
Fill your bottling bucket and attach the bottle filler to the spigot.
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* How easy is it to obtain hops and other necessary ingredients for the beer?
Really easy. There are some major online retailers if you don't have a local shop. Here in New Orleans I use Brewstock. I love that place.
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Further, can you get recipes of your favorite beers so you can try to duplicate?
Yes.
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* Is there any sense of "accomplishment* when you brew your own beer? ( kinda like, when you cook your own steaks or whatever and you prefer your own cooking to restaurant ordered steaks, etc...)
Very much so. Patience is more than a virtue in homebrewing. It's a necessity, and the pay-off os great.
Posted on 6/12/13 at 11:11 am to LoneStarTiger
Been messing around with label design. Did this one yesterday.
This is one I did a few weeks ago.
This is one I did a few weeks ago.
Posted on 6/12/13 at 11:11 am to thedice20
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What would be a ballpark figure for the amount of money required to purchase the equipment necessary to brew your own beer?
As with most hobbies, it can be as inexpensive or as expensive as you want it to be. Truly, you can start off really cheap with a plastic bucket, airlock, siphon/hose and some bottles/caps/capper to make and bottle your first homebrew. There are some other things to make it easier, but that's all you really *need* to make beer.
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In regards to bottling: How you do dis?
Siphon beer into sanitized bottle, cap, repeat. Let sit for about 2 weeks to carbonate. Drink.
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How easy is it to obtain hops and other necessary ingredients for the beer? Further, can you get recipes of your favorite beers so you can try to duplicate?
Here are 2 good sites to start with. Not sure if you have a local homebrew supply store, but you can read up here.
Austin Homebrew
Northern Brewer
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Is there any sense of "accomplishment* when you brew your own beer? ( kinda like, when you cook your own steaks or whatever and you prefer your own cooking to restaurant ordered steaks, etc...)
Even more so than cooking for me, especially when you can share with friends and they enjoy it.
Posted on 6/12/13 at 11:11 am to thedice20
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*What would be a ballpark figure for the amount of money required to purchase the equipment necessary to brew your own beer?
depends on what you already have on hand, really. A couple hundred buck can go a long ways towards getting started, then you will always be upgrading aling the way.
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*In regards to bottling: How you do dis?
I boil 2 cups of water, and add my priming sugar. Then I cool it to under 80 degrees and put it in a bottling bucket. My bottling bucket is a 5 gallon bucket I got from Home Depot that I drilled a hole in and put in a plastic spigot. You attach a hose to the spigot, and a bottling wand on the other end. Transfer your beer to the bottling bucket, open the spigot, then use the wand to fill your cleaned and sanitized bottles. Then use a bottle capper to crimp on the caps.
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* How easy is it to obtain hops and other necessary ingredients for the beer? Further, can you get recipes of your favorite beers so you can try to duplicate?
extremely easy. I order mine from Austin Homebrew and have them the day after they ship, usually within a couple days of ordering. They have flat rate shipping as well. They have a lot of clone kits already, and you can google others.
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* Is there any sense of "accomplishment* when you brew your own beer?
absolutely! Even with the first batch I made that I had to dump. I love to share it and get other's opinions on it too
Posted on 6/12/13 at 11:18 am to LoneStarTiger
I am about to embark on what could be my longest stretch of non-brewing in a long long time, unless I brew during the week sometime (which I typically do not do). I don't have a free weekend to brew for another month or so.
Right now I am full up. My barrel is being soured (really tasty actually). I have 2 German Wheat beers, a Watermelon Kolsch (serving on Sat WYES), a Lychee Kolsch (probably saving for myself, better than the watermelon). My firkin for Friday night WYES is what I am most anxious/excited about. Its a Belgian IPA with Cacao Nibs.
Next on my list will probably be an English IPA. And then its on to beers that will age well for fall competitions: IIPA, Stout, maybe a lager or two now that I have a lagering fridge.
Right now I am full up. My barrel is being soured (really tasty actually). I have 2 German Wheat beers, a Watermelon Kolsch (serving on Sat WYES), a Lychee Kolsch (probably saving for myself, better than the watermelon). My firkin for Friday night WYES is what I am most anxious/excited about. Its a Belgian IPA with Cacao Nibs.
Next on my list will probably be an English IPA. And then its on to beers that will age well for fall competitions: IIPA, Stout, maybe a lager or two now that I have a lagering fridge.
Posted on 6/12/13 at 11:23 am to LSUBoo
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Mardi Gras World
Sweet. Gonna have to check this out. Wonder if R2R is going .
Posted on 6/12/13 at 11:27 am to BottomlandBrew
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BottomlandBrew
I saw your club on the Friday night list for WYES with no beer listed. Y'all going?
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