How to brew your own beer

Lager is in the second stage now.

First stage was pretty easy, added hot water, the lager ingredients and sugar, then added cold water and let it cool, followed by adding the yeast.

3-4 days later i syphoned it into the barrel (with more sugar, as instructed) and now i've got to sit and wait for it to clear (3-5 weeks) and it will be ready :D
 
I forgot about my beer brewing thread,

Brewed 3 lots now, arround 120 pints, good stuff,

Anyone need any help let me know and ill be happy to assist you.

brewed some Turbo Cider too, that came up better than expected lol!

Have fun and take care all!
 
I've just picked 100lbs of apples, pressed them and racked the juice, and now have 4 gallons of what will be very potent cider on the brew (gunning for 8-9%).

I went all apple obsessed for about a month, hunting for trees in the locality. I found several, all of which would have had their apples go to waste, so I had to make cider.

Next spring/summer is going to be awfully interesting! :cool:
 
Currently working my way through a 40-pint pressure barrel of Youngs Harvest Mild - extremely neckable, to the point that I must have knocked back somewhere in the region of 12 pints of the stuff over the weekend. Definitely going to make this one again - lovely dark red colour and smooth, treacley sort of taste.

One of our friends up in Norfolk has an apple tree in his garden - we've got a couple of big bags of apples on their way from him, which will be going straight in my fermenting bucket!

Also have two demijohns (9 litres/2 gallons) of mulberry wine on the go, although I don't hold out much hope for that - the ferment seems to have stopped a bit early for my liking. Still in the airing cupboard are another four demijohns (18 litres/4 gallons) of grape wine, made with a shedload of grapes a family friend gave us 2-3 weeks ago ... homebrewing is ace :p
 
This takes me back, but I always favoured using ingredients rather than a kit, it gives you a lot more flexibility & uses such phrases as "mashing" & "sparging the wort", which gives rise to amusement. Anybody else here progressed from kits ?
 
Nick644622 said:
This takes me back, but I always favoured using ingredients rather than a kit, it gives you a lot more flexibility & uses such phrases as "mashing" & "sparging the wort", which gives rise to amusement. Anybody else here progressed from kits ?
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Im looking to in the next few months, going to read up on full mash, apparently you can get the ingrediants and tinker with them till you have a bitter that will make your knees melt :)

Thats what im going to aim for!

Shr3k
 
Nick644622 said:
This takes me back, but I always favoured using ingredients rather than a kit, it gives you a lot more flexibility & uses such phrases as "mashing" & "sparging the wort", which gives rise to amusement. Anybody else here progressed from kits ?
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I've never done a kit, but this weekend I plan to do my first ever "All Grain" brew. I will be making a thread with lots of pictures "How to brew your own beer - Pro style"

Of course I'm not actually a pro, but would like to add my contribution as I believe kits aren't good for the soul.
 
Have bought a kit and will start brewing next week. Got the fermentation bin and syphon off my dad as he doesn't make it any more. Shall be making a nice pilsner lager as that's what I preffer to drink. I'm going to start doing it with kits and move to ingredients when I'm a bit more savvy with it. Just watched 'Beerfest' for inspiration!
 
Never really had home brew, however i'm not really a fan of bitter, real ale, mild etc. I can just about stomace a pint of Boddies once in a blue moon.

Theres a local brewery not far from were I live actually, might try some of theirs.
 
My god.. people brewing instead of buying shop stuff :o Good to see, anyway. One big improvement your lagers and bitters will have is they've not been flushed through with chemicals to kill the yeast off. That'll make them taste better for start :)
 
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