Do any of you music lovers brew your own?

[Cal Weldon]

Sitting with a homebrew at the end of the day listening to your favourite tunes always goes down well with me.

One of the batches we make is a regular Coopers Lager wort/malt extract but the other is a box of liquid (15L) that all you do is add 8L of water to and yeast it. I don't know if this is available in other parts of the world, but what a difference. Truely a fine brew. The Coopers is for the light crowd.

Others out there like to enjoy 2 DIY projects at the same time?

Love to hear,

Cal

 

[Daniel-A]

When i was drinking i didn't have any money for my music. I was always listening to the same thing. If i was watching a movie, i didn't remember it the next morning, so i bought another vcr for taping.
Now that i'm sober, everything is better, even listening to the music. there's more emotion in it.
Daniel

 

[beerguy0]

I'm a long-time homebrewer (since 1996), and a Certified beer judge as well. But, you may have guessed that from my user name

I brew all-grain, plus I keg my beer. On tap at the moment: Honey Blonde ale, IPA, American Brown ale, Coffee Porter, and an English Bitter.

Waiting to come on line: Belgian Pale ale, English Pale ale.

In primary fermenter: Belgian Triple

Aging in my cellar: About 30 gallons of mead (various flavors), 5 gallons of Imperial Stout, and 4 gallons of Barleywine.

Nothing better than a pint of your own homebrew at the end of a long day. Unless it's a martini at the end of a *really* long day. I also enjoy listening to tunes when I'm brewing. Load up the changer and let 'er rip.

I do limit myself to about 2 pints a day. It's easy to overdo it when you have this much beer around.

Cheers,

bg

 

[Cal Weldon]

I brew all-grain, plus I keg my beer.
I do limit myself to about 2 pints a day. It's easy to overdo it when you have this much beer around.:drunk
Cheers,
bg

Hi bg,

I could tell I liked you right away. The box beer I was speaking of is an all grain. We also keg but we do it in the cornelius kegs and run it through a counter top chiller unit (old Coke dispensing machine). We only run two taps at once but the machine has five.

2 a day? Well I must commend you on your will power.

Cal

 

[Cal Weldon]

Why not just show it?

 

[Brian Donaldson]

I brewed in college. The best thing about home brew is the yeast in the bottom is almost pure vitamine B. We bottled in 2 liter Coke bottles. Fills a pitcher perfectly. After 3 or 4 gallons, we would swirl the last pitcher and drink the yeast and chase it with a big glass of water and awaken the next day refreshed and ready for the world. (except for the feeling that a camel $hit in your mouth while you slept.)

I've been threatening to take it up again.

 

[Cal Weldon]

I brewed in college...
...I've been threatening to take it up again.

Great idea

My only suggestion to you is to keg it. After the initial set-up, the amount or work is cut in half. The only way I will go back to bottles is if I were going to one of those U-Brew places.

Besides, you never have to decide if you are going to have that last beer or not. There is no last beer!

Cal

 

[slowmotion]

Hi Cal,

How do I start ?
webpages?

The breweries here in Norway
are all bought up by Danish companys

cheers

 

[Brian Donaldson]

Cal

I thought about kegs, but I liked having a wide selection of types of beer. (although it was hard to brew more than we drank and build a stockpile of anything but the beers that we didn't like) And the 2 liter bottles meant onlt 10 bottles per 5 gallon batch. I had 2 carboys for secondarys and one primary that was always full. Brewing was a wensday afternoon party every week.

Slow

I haven't looked, but I bet you could find 20 home brew forums like this one. A basic starter kit here ran $40.00 15 years ago. There was a local shop in Houston called DeFalco's that sold malt syrup, grains, hops, yeast and everything needed to brew that I visited weekly for my supplies. If I remember, it cost about $15.00 to make 5 gallons of beer. Quite cost effective for the young aspiring alcholoic.

 

[Brian Donaldson]

Did a google search. Looks like 25-30 dollars will make 5 gallons. There are a few forums too.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Hi Cal, How do I start ?

Here:

 

[Cal Weldon]

I had 2 carboys for secondarys and one primary that was always full.

Quite cost effective for the young aspiring alcholoic.

Yes and try keeping more on hand so your friends don't go dry. Sometimes a twice a week thing.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Did a google search. Looks like 25-30 dollars will make 5 gallons. There are a few forums too.

It costs me $40 Canadian to make 10 gallons. This is really inexpensive considering that a six pack at the cold beer & wine store costs $11 bucks

Talk to your local supplier, they are often your best source of info. Tell them your tastes and you'll probably get a good recipe.

The initial keg set-up came to us for a steal. We were set up for less than a $1000 Canadian and that was a few years ago. No recharge needed on the freon or nothin'. It has been a true pleasure to do it this way.

Raise a glass to your neighbours,
be they right next door or the next country.
Cheers
Cal

 

[Cal Weldon]

Here's the light [Cooper's Lager]

 

[Cal Weldon]

Here's the medium [Brew House Pale Ale]

 

[slowmotion]

Thanks , all

Did a google , seems like I have lots of reading to do



cheers

 

[Cal Weldon]

Hi Jan,

Try not to get too serious about it until you have brewed a few batches. Then you can experiment. Start with the basics and go from there.

Cheers,
Cal

 

[slowmotion]

Hi Cal,

I've found some web pages in Norwegian,
good starting point, we'll see

cheers

 

[Brian Donaldson]

Cal damnit, you made me druel on myself!

 

[slowmotion]

Brian,

your location, stated as Texas, Damnit
makes me think of an artist calling himself Jon Wayne,
ever heard of him?
Released an album called Texas Funeral back in 1985.

cheers

PS :
My signature, translated to english:
Drink your beer before it gets cold !