Thread: Home Brew

Originally Posted by numpty

Actually it is wort (pronounced wert)

Jeez I can't believe I wrote that. One of my favs is a coopers stout kit, with 500g of dark malt and 500g Latctose. This produces what is traditionally known as a "milk stout" not dis similar to Guinness.

Hi Ben
As soon as you can afford to invest in a keg system.Not only will it save time in brewing and steralising the beer quality is so much higher as you dont rely on sugar for a secondary fermentation,the C02 bottle does it for you.
I do low carb brews,get diatose in 750gm bags and a sachet of dry enzyme(ex homebrew shop).I use SaFFALE yeast(the blue packet) plus the supplied yeast.The Saff yeasts contain an enzyme that solidify most of the dregs into a cake at the bottom of the fermenter.I no longer have a homebrew that bloats me and has a nice dry style.
I brew 2 brews at once,leave in the fermenters for 2 weeks min,then into the kegs.I have 4 kegs,each holds a standard brew.Would like anothe 2 kegs to age the beer further.
My 2 favorites at the moment are both Coopers,European Lager(Hieneken style) and Cerveza(Corona Style).In summer Coopers Canadian Blonde is nice,bit light as a winter beer.Coopers Pale ale is OK too,not as good as the European Lager.I use the diatose with all 4.ALWAYS TURN OUT GOD PUB QUALITY BEER.
In winter I like to experimint a bit with the heavier brews,Muntons do some real nice stuff.Cream style stouts and ales.For these I go the recomended booster kit and yeast that the brew shops have.I get these from Perth,there is a great Brewshop in Maddington,just down from Mcdonalds on the Hwy,the brewshop on Welshpool rd or the one in Joondalup depending where I am.All 3 are very helpful.
Andrew

Thanks Andy - great tips! I know the place on Welshpool rd, will have to drop in.

Low carb beer - what's that??? I'm not an American...

Originally Posted by Chilly

Hi mate,

Just got myself a home brew kit too. Currently making my first brew of a Porterhouse.

Interested to pick up any tips too.

Your brewing STEAK...


But seriously... Let us know how it turns out!!!

Just had a n operator drop me in a bottle of his home made port to try, mmmmmmmmm

Gotta get my still going when I get back home and get the spirits happening, I've thought about home brew plenty of times, seeing as I usually go through a slab or 2/8 days, but seems alot of work................and cleaning

Planning on displacing some of the beer with spirits to lessen costs, when I came back from working away, I was renovating my other house, Was drinking a bottle every 2 days, don't wanna be doing that much again

Originally Posted by rovercare

Just had a n operator drop me in a bottle of his home made port to try, mmmmmmmmm

Gotta get my still going when I get back home and get the spirits happening, I've thought about home brew plenty of times, seeing as I usually go through a slab or 2/8 days, but seems alot of work................and cleaning

Planning on displacing some of the beer with spirits to lessen costs, when I came back from working away, I was renovating my other house, Was drinking a bottle every 2 days, don't wanna be doing that much again

Yeah, mates brother runs a still here...

Makes a nice drop or 3...

Vodka, Scotch.... Paint stripper

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Thanks Andy - great tips! I know the place on Welshpool rd, will have to drop in.

Low carb beer - what's that??? I'm not an American...

Ben have a look at these recipies, this is from my local Homebrew shop, Whats Brewing

Keg Bible

If after you do a good homebrew you like it, as Andy has suggested go for the keg system, it is much easier, less fuss and from the time you start a brew to your first taste of your brew, it's around 9 to 10 days, where as bottling is 4 to 5 weeks, mans not a camel

This will give you an idea of what a keg system looks like








Baz.

Thanks Baz! (not sure about the last pic ).

So you still do the first fermentation in a normal plastic fermenter - then transfer to the keg???

Matt - I know a few people who have stills, both here and in Germany - some of them make some really good stuff, including one guy who makes something almost indistinguishable from a good scotch whisky. It is legal in Germany, which is cool.

Got to be careful you don't make any methanol though... Well I suppose you could chuck in the petrol tank!