Beer Making

[spionfox]

First brew is going swimmingly at the moment, a lovely head forming and it's bubbling away.

Over 10 hours and still no edits. This place is slipping!

 

[lazzer]

So less Brubox and more http://www.brewuk.co.uk/store/index.php/complete-woodfordes-starter-equipment-set.html

??

Thats seems to include all the necessarys. Are going to have a go Duzza?

 

[Jeff]

Thats seems to include all the necessarys. Are going to have a go Duzza?

If he does he should buy it from here - delivery is cheaper - and he'll get free delivery if he spends another 6p

 

[Durham Fox]

Thats seems to include all the necessarys. Are going to have a go Duzza?

I might do mate, seems spring is a good time to start due to temps etc?

 

[Bezu Fache Fox]

I've found that homebrew stout tends to be pretty good, Young's make a good one. Ps ignore anyone that says not to bother with homebrew because it's disgusting - they're just not making it properly. Stick to the instructions and it will be fine.

 

[MKFox]

i remember making 80 pints of tom caxton's lager for a party over 20 years ago. Tasted ok and got finished off, although what don't you drink when you're 17? met a lovely lady from granborough, susie was her name....happy days

 

[BRONTE FOX]

That's what we used. Any other tips you can give mate?

I made home brew for over 20 years, back in the days when canned extract was...(and in my opinion, still is, pretty rank.) I bought a cheap, manual grinder, Two other friends contributed towards buying a sack of malted barley. This weighed 50 kg. Every time we went to Canada Malting in Toronto to pick it up, we met the same Scottish foreman who always said: "Whit are ye gaing to use this for?" He either had a very dry sense of humour, or....
I bought hop flowers online...(word of warning..never order 5lbs., it will pretty well fill a chest freezer!) The process of grinding the barley, usually 1 lb per gallon, straining, sparging, (rinsing the barley with hot water), and boiling the strained liquid, (wort) with the hops, straining and siphoning into a fermentation container, cooling and adding yeast, sounds like a hell of a lot of work, but the results are far superior to extract brews that have a distinctive "tang", and also to the majority of commercial brews.
I only stopped when I moved into a condo, where space is at a premium.
If you need any other info., or advice, please feel free to pm me

 

[lazzer]

Well i have been top trumped there :icon_lol:

 

[Durham Fox]

:icon_lol::icon_lol:

 

[lazzer]

Scrap the bru box duzza. :icon_lol: