Any homebrewers here? not homebrew picks, but homebrew brew

[elbowmacaroni]

So... anyone other than me bit by the other hobby of zymergial magic?

Beer, cider, wine, etc... making?

[Solomon]

Old mate of mine from glasgow is really into it, brews all kinds of stuff... mostly beers and wines, I've never tried it but he says it's pretty decent. There's a guy near me who brews his own cider and it's lethal stuff, not as flavoursome as it could be but holy hell. Rocket fuel, nuff said. Not my kind of hobby though, I'd rather just drink it.

[veiviser]

Little bit into moonshine....

[Foo]

I've been know to dabble a bit.

[elbowmacaroni]

nice kegerator there... I'm using a big chest freezer with cobra taps and just have to remember what's in which keg LOL!

[.45cal]

I got the beer making kit with the big glass tub ect. for christmas a few years back but I haven't worked up the guts to do it yet I might this year now that we are talking about it.

[the lockpickkid]

I have made some moonshine, not hard to make at all, I use Karo syrup and yeast, works really well, make it on stovetop.

[elbowmacaroni]

.45 I gotta say that it's really worth it, but make sure you get fresh ingredients. especially if you're using extract. If the kit you got a year ago came with extract and yeast toss both and get fresh, you will be greatly rewarded for it! Old extract can make for some weird flavors and old yeast will likely not do a very good job ramping up it's population leaving lots of time for other wee beasties and or a weak ferment either of which can also produce some unfortunate flavors. Not to take away from time reading this forum of course, but check out the forums at the brewing supply site "Northern Brewer" there is TONS of good info and helpful people there http://forum.northernbrewer.com/index.php. A well made homebrew is going to be way better than what you can buy for the same amount of money the ingredients cost you.

[elbowmacaroni]

I have made some moonshine, not hard to make at all, I use Karo syrup and yeast, works really well, make it on stovetop.

I just hope your throwing out the "heads" and "tails" or you're gonna have some health problems! But then again I wouldn't know anything about distilling as that is not legal...

[elbowmacaroni]

Old mate of mine from glasgow is really into it, brews all kinds of stuff... mostly beers and wines, I've never tried it but he says it's pretty decent. There's a guy near me who brews his own cider and it's lethal stuff, not as flavoursome as it could be but holy hell. Rocket fuel, nuff said. Not my kind of hobby though, I'd rather just drink it.

I make beer, cider, and also some wine for my wife. All come out excellent. I make all kinds of beer styles depending on the mood I'm in on brewday. However as far as cider goes, I have a formula I use that yields something similar to strongbow, but with alot more apple flavor and more tart (I can't stand sweet cider.) Although, I did make an oaked cider/mead hybrid once and that stuff was like 15% or so and needed to age about two years before it was drinkable, at that point it was amazing! and I still have about 2L left of a 5 gal batch still aging, but it's definitely a sipper LOL