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Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »If I want a beer I'm not going to trust it to some amateur to cook up in a dingy bathtub.
Bathtub won't work, need a sealed vessel to get fermentation. Such ignorance
. Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test
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hatrickpatrick wrote: »If they succeed in bringing in minimum alcohol pricing, home brewing will become immensely popular. I'm looking into making a simple cider at the moment, which apparently is possible with apple juice sans preservatives
We did it with Lidl's cloudy apple juice. Worked a treat, and it's getting better and better the longer we leave it.0 -
Noone likes a boaster :P
Want to try isn't a boast, it's an intention.
If I was to boast, it would be the most boastful boast than anyone has ever boasted, a boast so bold and daring you'd fall to your knees in awe of such a magnificent boast, tears would stream down your face in pure enrapturement at my boast. But, I don't like to boast 0 -
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Did you have any luck doing this?I want to try and make mead
It's the one thing I haven't tried brewing so far.
Can I ask you what kit you are using?Experimented with some different boxes again and found the best to actually be a 7 day kit that requires no siphoning whatsoever and just stays in the one container with a percentage of around 10-12% and a nice taste.
Have tried homebrew wine with mixed results so far.0 -
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This was how all beer was fermented at one time or another & some modern commercial breweries continue to ferment in open containers, Anchor Brewing of San Francisco California, Samuel Smith Brewery of Tadcaster, England & the Schneider Weisse Brewery of Kelheim, Bavaria, are but a few of the most famous breweries who practice open fermentation (although none of them use bath tubs).ScienceNerd wrote: »Bathtub won't work, need a sealed vessel to get fermentation. Such ignorance.0 -
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ScienceNerd wrote: »Bathtub won't work, need a sealed vessel to get fermentation. Such ignorance.
yeah, the seals are tight on this alright :rolleyes:0 -
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recommend getting a 3kg kit, which doesn't need a kg of sugar added to it, vs some of the cheaper 1.5 or 1.8kg ones which require a kg of sugar.
Forgive me but, sugar??? In the seventies? Yes. But, I don't think there can be many people still doing that to their brews now. These days, we replace the sugar with dried malt extract.
Long gone are the days of churning out high alcohol content thin gnats piss that ye'd never accept in a pub. Knocking it back only because it was dead cheap and got ye pissed.
Now? The aim is to produce a pint so good that the commercial stuff can't compare. And it's surprisingly easy to do too 0 -
I know this has mainly been about beer but we home brew wine, started out very small with 2 6 liter containers for siphoning it out during the process, it gave out 5 bottles of not bad rose the first go. We tried a couple of other different brew boxe brands with different processes and eventually upgraded to 2 30 litre containers that puts out 25-27 bottles a go. Experimented with some different boxes again and found the best to actually be a 7 day kit that requires no siphoning whatsoever and just stays in the one container with a percentage of around 10-12% and a nice taste.
All in all it's a bit of fun as a nice project to do and cheap as hell compared to buying off the shelf. Haven't done one for a while but might give it another go soon as the warmer weather is ideal for the fermentation process.
Give Lidl's grape juice a go. Fairly drinkable for about €1 a bottle and needs no equipment.
http://hubpages.com/food/Make_Your_Own_Wine
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I've collected around 60 empty bottles for use in my first home brew, been planning to do this ever since minimum pricing was announced
Tried a friend's home brewed ale last night and it was f*cking beautiful, could easily see it selling massively well if they produced it commercially.0 -
Buona Fortuna wrote: »Give Lidl's grape juice a go. Fairly drinkable for about €1 a bottle and needs no equipment.
http://hubpages.com/food/Make_Your_Own_Wine
I always wondered if it'd be possible to make a beer or sparkling wine from Ribena, I could imagine that being absolutely delicious. As far as I know, the glass bottled Ribena (the one you have to add water to as opposed to the pre-diluted cartons) has a lot of blackcurrant concentrate in it.0 -
hatrickpatrick wrote: », could easily see it selling massively well if they produced it commercially.
And of course you'd pay the duty on it?hatrickpatrick wrote: »I always wondered if it'd be possible to make a beer or sparkling wine from Ribena, I could imagine that being absolutely delicious. As far as I know, the glass bottled Ribena (the one you have to add water to as opposed to the pre-diluted cartons) has a lot of blackcurrant concentrate in it.
Wouldn't that be a bit like an alcopop :eek:
4 litres of Lidl red grape juice (4x €1.29) plus half a bag of sugar some water and yeast gives you 5 ltr of slightly sparkling Rose. For adults
I've also tried it with honey for the fermentables. Very pleasant. Drinking a glass now.0 -
Buona Fortuna wrote: »And of course you'd pay the duty on it?
Sure, it wouldn't be any higher than the duty on mainstream beers and after tasting it yesterday, it's a hell of a lot nicer than a lot of them.Wouldn't that be a bit like an alcopop :eek:
It would depend how strong it got, really. Just thinking of ribena flavoured beer or sparkling wine. Kopperberg mixed fruit I believe is a combination of raspberry and blackcurrant, and it's very enjoyable on a warm sunny day if drunk straight from the fridge.4 litres of Lidl red grape juice (4x €1.29) plus half a bag of sugar some water and yeast gives you 5 ltr of slightly sparkling Rose. For adults
I've also tried it with honey for the fermentables. Very pleasant. Drinking a glass now.
Honey?! That sounds bizarre, in an appealing sort of way. What's it like?0 -
hatrickpatrick wrote: »
It would depend how strong it got, really. Just thinking of ribena flavoured beer or sparkling wine. Kopperberg mixed fruit I believe is a combination of raspberry and blackcurrant, and it's very enjoyable on a warm sunny day if drunk straight from the fridge.
Yes, but with a raspberry or blackcurrant beer there's something to take all that sweetness off.
After the third glass surprisingly goodHoney?! That sounds bizarre, in an appealing sort of way. What's it like?.
Beauty of it is, for next to nothing you can experiment with your own additions, bit of ginger, a few chillies, maybe even using choclate for the fermentable. Sugar leaves very little in the brew other than alcohol. Other things alter the flavour too.0 -
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actually many breweries do it in open tanksScienceNerd wrote: »Bathtub won't work, need a sealed vessel to get fermentation. Such ignorance.
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