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Pretty easy, as I'm going to cheat ! Using a ready mix can of Australian Coopers Lager !  Ok, here are the main bits to get started - from left ! Fermenting barrel and mixing spoon Coopers lager kit VWP steriliser 500g of spray malt ( you can use brewing sugar instead of course ! )  500g of spray malt weighed out in a suitably stylish set of scales.  Firstly, steralise everything with the VWP and wash out. VERY important, as you only want to ferment the ingredients of the beer - not any bacteria !  Forgot to take a few pics here ...but ...added the beer mix ( looks a bit like golden syrup ) and the spray malt to the fermentor. Then add 2 litres of boiling water and mix till the syrup has melted and everything is dissolved. At this point, the kitchen will smell like a horlicks factory.  Then top up the fermentor to 23ish litres and add the yeast.   Then add the lid, and leave to ferment for a week or so ( I usually leave them for 10 days )  and thats it ! In about 10 days I should ( all being well ) have some lovely beer to barrel. More pics as things start to happen. |
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Jan 21, 2008 21:31:00 GMT
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I remember the Uni days of "Solomon Grundie bought on Monday drunk by Sunday" 5 Gallon red wine kits!!! Yep 1 gallon of red wine in 7 days ...... My Poor Liver |
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Jan 22, 2008 11:17:21 GMT
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Been thinking about doing this for a while now. Didn't realise it was quite as straight forward.
So where do you get the stuff from?
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Jan 22, 2008 11:51:38 GMT
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I still do random homebrewings off stuff when I can be arsed. My grandad makes killer scrumpy bout 6 pints and i'm on my  . Matt |
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Jan 22, 2008 11:55:57 GMT
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I don't think I dare try home brewing.
If I get it wrong, I get a tub of 5 gallons of stinking mess..
If I get it right.. I'd be well on the road to alcoholism. I'm just not sure I trust myself with a tub of beer that big, always sat there..
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Jan 22, 2008 18:41:55 GMT
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You can get the basics to get you started from Wilkinsons !  There are also lots of on-line homebrew shops, who will sell " starter kits " which will include everything to get your first brew underway. Will also do a quick how to on some " turbo cider " in the coming weeks ! |
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Jan 22, 2008 18:53:40 GMT
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Ha reminds me of when I made alcoholic ginger beer! iwantoneofthose.com/beer-machine/index.htmlAnyone else seen those 'beer machines'? ^^^ Also made schnapps, wine, attempted whiskey...but lets not talk about that! ;D |
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Jan 22, 2008 19:01:35 GMT
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Ha reminds me of when I made alcoholic ginger beer! iwantoneofthose.com/beer-machine/index.htmlAnyone else seen those 'beer machines'? ^^^ Also made schnapps, wine, attempted whiskey...but lets not talk about that! ;D Just buy a fermentor bucket for £8 IMO ! Tonights action shot - the yeast has already started to munch away at the malt ...so we get some nice frothy action.  |
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Jan 22, 2008 19:14:04 GMT
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ha-ha! your a homebrewer too! I tend to stick to bitters, but I just finished a barrel of edme german lager. not bad ;D youngs are excellent kits for the budget minded. 40 pints for under £6, yee-haw! nice job, thrasher and good to mention the sterile bit, many people get bad beer as a result of not sterilising. wonder if 2 week old beer can be retro tho ;D being that the craze almost died out iin the seventies, its a retro past-time IMO ;D and I get my kits (apart from youngs, which roys stock) from here www.easybrew.co.uk/. |
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Jan 22, 2008 19:27:51 GMT
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I've made bitters, stouts, porters, lagers, ciders and wine ..... The best EVER brew was simply a youngs definitive bitter kit made with caster sugar.......and here is a pic of some of it ( not that it hung around for long ! )  and some turbo cider ( on left ) and some wine..... thats enough I think...  |
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Jan 22, 2008 19:38:25 GMT
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Been learning about fermentation in chemistry.....  We were told not to open the lid until it's all done, otherwise it oxidises and forms ethanoic acid. How critical is it? |
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Jan 22, 2008 19:41:20 GMT
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Been learning about fermentation in chemistry..... We were told not to open the lid until it's all done, otherwise it oxidises and forms ethanoic acid. How critical is it? You can open it for a while , I've never had any problems, some people just cover fermentors with clingfilm, there was even a webcam in the top of a fermentor bucket once, here - so it can't be that critical with something like this ! Just don't open it every five minutes thats all ! |
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Jan 23, 2008 12:43:37 GMT
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I've never thought about this, but is there a limit to how much alcohol you can brew on your own?
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Jan 23, 2008 16:41:04 GMT
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I remember trying a someone elses homebrew, Bleeding awful, and I was ill for days, so I view homebrew with great suspicion. Never ever again.
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Jan 23, 2008 17:59:04 GMT
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havnt made any for ages but I'm tempted for the summer!
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Jan 23, 2008 18:29:41 GMT
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I've never thought about this, but is there a limit to how much alcohol you can brew on your own? Matt I don't think so, apart from the space issues obviously. Its if you start selling it you can get into "bother " I would imagine. |
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Jan 24, 2008 15:15:41 GMT
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My mum did this when I was a kid - we used to get mullered sneaking the bottles out with mates. ;D Regular occurrences of bottles blowing the tops off in the larder... and the time she misread the instructions - instead of 2lbs of sugar she used 2bags!!!! Oh my giddy aunt!  |
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Jan 30, 2008 13:54:05 GMT
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Ooh that's fun. I've only managed one bucket full of 'Nelson's Revenge' ale, that was fun, apart from when the bucket lid popped off under the fermenting pressure and filled the wife's handbag with smelly beer ;D
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Jan 30, 2008 14:04:11 GMT
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Top threadage!!!
I'm keen to have a crack at this now too. Time to order some kit.
Beer is for winners.
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Jan 30, 2008 14:09:09 GMT
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Hey Thrasher, you should open up your own Off-Licence chain, you could call it "Thrashers" Photoshop anybody?  |
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