Homebrewing

[Browning151]

Well, I stumbled upon a book at Books-A-Million titled "Make Your Own Brewskis" and I bought it despite the 'yeah-brah' title. It's got a pretty good bit of info. It gives out recipes for making various brews from scratch, which may be a bit much for first timers (milling grain, raw hops, etc). But, while I was reading through it, my fiance got me the Mr. Beer kit and lemme tell ya...it's easier to mess up oven-baked pizza, which means it doesn't give you the full effect. But, if you go onto their website and look into the other stuff they have, it seems to branch the gap between newb and seasoned pro. So if you're looking to break into it as a hobby, I think it's worth checking out the Mr. Beer kit.



Distilling is on a whole different level...Making your own brew and wine is one thing, but distilling alcohol is where the Fed usually gets its' panties in a twist.

That being said, the stuff I used to get from Toccoa is top notch.

My brother in law gave me one of those Mr. Beer kits for christmas, haven't gotten around to trying it, figured it was kind of gimmiky and would just end up with some skunky beer but I may have to give it a try. What have you made in yours?

That's what I have been sipping on lately. I really wanna build a 2 gallon mini still and make my own personal shine. Nothing illegal about that. It's the same as making your own beer. It's when you sell it is when you get in trouble.

But if you wanna know how to make beer, there is a guy with a home brew store on the corner of killian hill and 29. On Sundays he teaches a class and basically just makes a batch then you get to get drunk on what he brewed the week before.

I got some peach not too long ago, usually not a fan of anything fruity but you could just barely taste the peach and it was smooth as hell.

[AFSil80]

My brother in law gave me one of those Mr. Beer kits for christmas, haven't gotten around to trying it, figured it was kind of gimmiky and would just end up with some skunky beer but I may have to give it a try. What have you made in yours?

The basic kit comes with the American Light Lager...in other words, typical Bud/Miller/Coors Light. But, when you register the kit, you get a coupon for 15% off and a few useful tools for brewing. And they're doing a New Years sale right now for 15% off on all items on the site. So I ordered their IPA recipe kit, and the IPA HME (hopped malt extract) with bottling kit, and a 25 pack of sanitizer (which was basically free after all the coupons). I'm gonna do the HME kit first since it's more simple, then I'll work up towards doing the full blown recipe.

I've actually got a lot more supplies for in depth home brewing (turkey fryer, carboy, etc) but since I'm still waiting on this house thing to go through, I'm limited with what I can do in an apartment.