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Any beer homebrewers here?
RacerX:
--- Quote from: DrewKaree on February 18, 2005, 08:27:15 am ---
I have 2 buddies who do, and the one I pointed to this thread told me, firstly, that the guy whose beer tasted like Clorox needed to practice better sanitation processes. The reason it would taste (he said it probably SMELLED like Clorox, rather than tasted like it) like that is not rinsing well enough, or not allowing the stuff to dry well enough - other than those two things, you just used too much bleach.
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Thanks, Drew. I'll have to pass that on to my friend in case he ever has time to brew any more beer. He has a 14 month old baby girl that keeps him "hopping" these days. :)
lucindrea:
i did it for awhile ( acctully went on to make mead ,evil stuff - i rember opeining a bottle , and waking up ) not hard if you find a local place that has the malts allready
basicly it's
setrilize everything
boil malt/water in larg 20qt pot
add hops
syphion into 6gal glass watercooler bottle ( they sell these at most brew shops - or you just use a 5gal plastic bucket )
fill bottle with water till full
add yeast
put vapor lock on
wait 45 days or so
bottle
that clorox taste ( if it's from bleach and not boiling to sanatize then you got other problems ) is a result of air getting into the brew and hence , nasty bugs/germs.
anyway here is a good place to learn a bit more
http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/
their is only one catch .. home made brew unlike the stuff made in the major brew plants is very diffcult to filter , basicly their is allways some grain in it , this adds to taste and doesnt effect the way it looks or feels when drinking it but , um , it has a high fiber content , hang overs tend to be real bad :-[