Main > Everything Else

My new hobby..... Homebrewing!

<< < (3/10) > >>

releasedtruth:
Kegging's great unless you're a serious sod like me and use huge growlers for bottling, then you don't need many bottles at all and are that much closer the to inebriation city

patrickl:
Never been much of a beer drinker, but I always wanted to try distilling. My highschool chemistry teacher was doing it and the drinks he created were quite amazing.

In Bulgaria lots of people ferment and distill their own drinks and while on vacation there I looked at some home distilling setups, but it's all just too much work. And the distillery is pretty expensive. Probably illegal overhere too.

kevink27:
I've done it in the past with pretty good results.  I tried bottles at first but quickly got tired of all the cleaning and sanitizing.  Bought a couple of those little mini-kegs.  That is the best thing I have found to use.   If you like you can still bottle a few to give to friends.

MikeQ:

--- Quote from: KenToad on April 30, 2007, 03:54:46 pm ---
--- Quote from: MikeQ on April 30, 2007, 03:22:19 pm ---I did this for a while.  It got tired of the bottling process.  When we moved into our new house, I didn't feel like packing up 200 empty bottles.  I gave them to a home brewing friend.  I planned on getting a keg and doing it that way but eventually lost interest.

I used to make a really good honey wheat.

--- End quote ---

Kegging really changes the hobby.  It's faster than bottling and really nice to put a keg on ice on the back patio for a party.

--- End quote ---

I use to do 15 gallons at a time (3 carboy at a time) with 3 different brews.  Usually a Honey Wheat, IPA and an Australlian lager.  The problem with kegging is having a fridge to store them in.  I could hijack a lower rack of the fridge for my bottles but no way I'd be able to store 3 kegs without a couple dedicated fridges.  Plus, I had kids and found all my time consumed with other things.  Not to mention my cholesterol and weight was getting up their.  I found cutting out beer except on special occasions really did the trick.

knave:
My dad has been brewing beer for 15 years.  We just finished our first brew together.

Better late than never...We made 10 gallons of a Irish red style ale and it is tasty. 

I'm just getting into it...I have the advantage of being able to get a lot of hand-me-down equipment.  We have a nice local brewing store here so I'll pick up a kit and whatever else I need once I collect all the bottles I need.  (by drinking them.)

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page

Go to full version