Homebrew.....
The Pacifier
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From: Cloverdale, BC
I've been thinking about starting my own microbrewery in my basement for years. Just haven't gotten around to it. My dad made beer before, but I was too young to appreciate it. He also made wine from peach, cherry, plum, etc. Again, too young to appreciate it. Wish I would have kept it though. But it did work out a couple times, I used some for a couple of dinner dates back in the day.
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From: Battle Creek, Michigan
Just brewed my first batch of IPA, it turned out pretty good. It is not conditioning and should be ready for consumption around the first week of April. My wife bought me the kit , she thought $30 for the ingrediants was a pretty good deal especially if you got a couple cases of beer. Well I told her that besides the ingrediants you need a whole lot of equipment to make the brew. So after $350 I now was ready to brew. You can do it cheaper if you look around, I chose to go with a local brew supply house and midwest brewing.com. Midwest is one of the largest supply houses, they are superb in getting your order to you fast. My next batch will be a nut brown ale, probably will start that in June.
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I'm drinking an Irish Red Ale right now, bottling an English pale ale hopefully tomarrow, and if things go well, brewing a Bavarian Hefeweisen either tomarrow or Friday.
Very soon my home bar will be finished and I'll be keggin all of my beer and going to all grain ASAP.
A friend of mine is growing his own hops and gets his barley in 55# sacks from Sam Adams somehow.
It's quickly becoming an obsession for me.
Mike
Very soon my home bar will be finished and I'll be keggin all of my beer and going to all grain ASAP.
A friend of mine is growing his own hops and gets his barley in 55# sacks from Sam Adams somehow.
It's quickly becoming an obsession for me.
Mike
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From: Ninilchik, Alaska
Been brewing for about 10 years. I find it fun. I start with the malt usually Alexander's Pale then go from there. I am now seeping a lot of oats and using more honey than corn sugar. The honey take slonger to fermintate but it makes for a better beer. All of it ends up in Cornilius kegs. I haven't ended up making a bad batch yet, some not as good as others but none of them have been undrinkable.
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From: Battle Creek, Michigan
"Are you using liquid yeast? That is the only way to go. I am thinking of getting way from malt extract and going to mashing. Still just thinking about it since I think the prices will be going up on the extracts.
After a few batches the cost of the equipment is slowly absorbed and after a few years the batches are cheaper.
Let me know and I will dig out the Mac n Jack clone"
Caseys, this was my first batch, I did not use liquid yeast, am going to try different yeasts in the future , to include the liquid. If you can send the Mac n Jack sometime will try it. Hopefully as I become more skilled in the brewing process will try the more demanding techniques such as mashing my own grains.
After a few batches the cost of the equipment is slowly absorbed and after a few years the batches are cheaper.
Let me know and I will dig out the Mac n Jack clone"
Caseys, this was my first batch, I did not use liquid yeast, am going to try different yeasts in the future , to include the liquid. If you can send the Mac n Jack sometime will try it. Hopefully as I become more skilled in the brewing process will try the more demanding techniques such as mashing my own grains.
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