Brewmaster?

[twall]

Okay if you got it started ... you only have about 3 wks to go...
It does seem like a lot of bother... UNLESS you figure out how to make it just the way you like it... then it may easy be worth the time. :smile:KennyV

That's the idea....:wink:

HAVEN'T started it yet, though. Got a new r/c heli, and have been busy cracking THAT up outside the past few days......

 

[twall]

Okay, update:

About a month ago, I started the Mr. Beer process. I'd bought another kit from a junk store complete for cheap, so I made two batches: One stout, one with the 'pale ale' that comes with the kit. Both had fermented (I gave them a month instead of a week, to allow for better mellowing of flavors).

Went to my dad's yesterday, and we bottled them in 12oz glass. Dad bought the capping system, so we could re-use old bottles.

I must say, this was a LOT of work for 42 bottles of beer. Not hard, just very time-consuming. The sterilization process is the WORST part of it. Everything must be well-washed, and spritzed with sterilizer solution. It's a giant PAIN. Dunno if I'm going to do it very often. Even with the two of us working together, it took 2 hours or more to bottle just under 2 cases.

That'd last me like a week and a half if I just drank this stuff exclusively. It tastes okay, but it'll take another month of 'conditioning' before it's really ready to go. At least I know what it takes to make beer now. :smile:

 

[JDgreen]

Okay, update:

About a month ago, I started the Mr. Beer process. I'd bought another kit from a junk store complete for cheap, so I made two batches: One stout, one with the 'pale ale' that comes with the kit. Both had fermented (I gave them a month instead of a week, to allow for better mellowing of flavors).

Went to my dad's yesterday, and we bottled them in 12oz glass. Dad bought the capping system, so we could re-use old bottles.

I must say, this was a LOT of work for 42 bottles of beer. Not hard, just very time-consuming. The sterilization process is the WORST part of it. Everything must be well-washed, and spritzed with sterilizer solution. It's a giant PAIN. Dunno if I'm going to do it very often. Even with the two of us working together, it took 2 hours or more to bottle just under 2 cases.

That'd last me like a week and a half if I just drank this stuff exclusively. It tastes okay, but it'll take another month of 'conditioning' before it's really ready to go. At least I know what it takes to make beer now. :smile:

Reminds me a lot about the sanitation required for canning tomatoes at home....

 

[twall]

Same idea. Making the stuff to go into a container isn't the hard part - it's the stupid sanitation that is just a PAIN. :frown:

 

[173abn]

My dad brewed his own back in the 50s,had his own tool to put the caps on.I used to drink way too much when I got home from Nam,got sick too many times so I took to puffing those funny cigs.Quit all of it .Pretty wierd being straight...russ

 

[twall]

I just love my beer. Helps me deal with the fact life sucks and people are generally idiots.