Brew Update!

[Niko88]

We should be bottling early next week. We just need to get our hands on a lot of bottles, like 50 of them.

[Rikadyn]

We should be bottling early next week. We just need to get our hands on a lot of bottles, like 50 of them.

bottles, bottle filler, sanitizer, capper...caps...

[Link]

I know nothing about beer, but seriously, is your roommate elderly or Amish or something? Who the hell still names their kids shit like that?

My name is also Abe. Go fuck yourself.

TheRocketSiobhan knows how we roll. Hard. As. Fuck.

I as the aforementioned Abe in the original post would like to lodge a complaint that my name is either Amish or elderly. Also I would have to agree that I kill for fun, I mean while else would I live above a funeral home, right Nik?

I'm not alone! Beer-loving Abes of the world unite!

[edit]
Since this is a beer thread, I'll add that I tried a pint of Rauchbier("smoke beer") on New Year's Eve, and I had a very hard time finishing it. Tasted like a campfire.

One of my coworkers is into homebrewing, and I've had a few bottles of a tasty english bitter that he just made. I'm very tempted to give homebrewing a go.

[Niko88]

We should be bottling early next week. We just need to get our hands on a lot of bottles, like 50 of them.

bottles, bottle filler, sanitizer, capper...caps...

We have everything except bottles. He are going to get them monday and maybe bottle the same day. I want to get some customized crowns though, but I can't find anyplace to make them.

[Niko88]

5 gallons of Red Ale are now bottled and shall be ready to drink in two weeks. Should be interesting to see what it taste like!

[Trymantha]

mm i really shopuld look into brewing my own, how much did i cost to set up?

[Niko88]

well, I got my kit as a christmas present but the stainless steel kettle, bottles and ingredients in total cost about $100. Brew starting kit is about $120-$200

[TorachiKatashi]

You people need to sue your parents. xD

[TheRocket]

Maybe you should really just stop telling people their names are terrible, and take Abe's advice.

[Niko88]

You know, the name Abe means Father of Many soooo... He is going to be getting laid like all the time.

[TheRocket]

brown chicken brown cow.

[Niko88]

No idea what you mean by that but we are in the last week before beer is drinkable. Shall be grand

[TheRocket]

Sound it out really fast.

[Niko88]

Ah, just reading it doesn't quite do it. Once I said it aloud I got it. Clever Monkey.

[Trymantha]

hmmmm, must remember that one for later use.

[TheRocket]

It'll blow up. like *N Sync

[Niko88]

One more week for tasty brew!!!!

[Rikadyn]

One more week for tasty brew!!!!

6 months till my newest mead is drinkable

well, thats not true, I had a glass of it after bottling after a month in bulk aging, and it's good, but it has a sour note i'd like to see mellow down for a good while (I must of selected a great green apple for the added flavoring)

[Niko88]

Oh, I know I am a bit late on this up date but, Tasty brew is tasty

[TomBrend]

NECROOOOOOOOO BUMP!

I am presently waiting for water to boil so I can make wort for a delicious pale ale.

MID TYPING POST UPDATE: HEARD WATER BOILING, MADE IT INTO WORT.
Now bringing it to a boil again before adding bittering hops.

[TomBrend]

I might have killed my yeast, I added it to the wort when the wort was still around 110 F.

I'm gonna get more yeast tomorrow, and if it isn't fermenting Wednesday morning I'll pitch some more.

[Rikadyn]

Yea that's a bit hot, need to let it cool to 60-65, before pitching your yeast, better to pitch cool and let rise than the otherway.

Myself, am getting ready to build a 2x4x4ft insulated and temprature controlled brewing cabinet and put my 15gallon brewing system to work


Edit: Dry yeast or liquid?

[Lisra]

As the resident German beer snob I can only contribute this:

The best beers in the Netherlands so far are Brand and Grimbergen.

Heineken and Bavaria are not beer.

Thank you.

[TomBrend]

Dry yeast, and it's fermenting

I'm probably going to go ahead and build a wort chiller before my next batch. I'm pretty excited, the batch fermenting now is my first attempt at adding my own hops to unhopped extracts, as well as using real equipment.

[Undersol]

As I am but a poor American all I have had is Light [insert large national distributor] beer. For information, I feel I must ask if all beer tastes like wet yeast? I'd like to know whether or not I should try other beers when I am old enough to have beer other than what the 'rentals drink.