Homebrewing

[dataz722]

Are there any other homebrewers here? I think they are two hobbies that go together great!

[joncaputo]

I am not a home brewer but always was interested in the concept. Can you post some pics of the equipment you use?

[dataz722]

I don't have a pictures but the main stuff is one of those 7.5 gallon turkey fryers, a big copper coil to cool it, and some containers VERY similar to the 5 gallon water jugs. There is alot of other little odds and ends too but those are really the main big pieces. I have I guess what you would call in intermediate set up. I don't have the money/space to build a dedicated stand with multiple burners and whatnot that many people use.

Its something that is actually pretty easy and relatively inexpensive to get started in. It will become an addiction and next thing you know your 100-150 initial start up has expanded and taken up an entire room in your house and you don't even want to think about how much you have spent!

I do have a really good forum that I could highly reccomend to anyone interested but I am not sure if that is a faux pas or a bad idea here.

[joncaputo]

I think posting some pics would be a good start

[dataz722]

I only have some pictures of a fermenting beer on my phone and my wife had her camera stolen so I can't get any more pictures right now. I'll post up the couple pictures I do have. They are pretty boring though.

[dataz722]

Ok, here are a few of what I have. Not really any equipment pics. I'll try and get them up later. I am actually going over a friends house this weekend and a bunch of us are getting together and brewing about 40 gallons.


A couple days into fermenting


You really need to keep fermeting beer in the mid to high 60's so in the summer I have to stick it in a converted fridge to keep it cool



I have just started getting into kegging and this is one of my kegs and paintball co2 tank in a converted mini-fridge.



This is the final product. A few bottles out of that batch were over carbed so that why it has such a big head on it. I think this was an IPA (my very first batch )

[joncaputo]

Man that last pic looks yummy

[randommcsmokesalot]

I brew with a few friends every month, it helps split the cost of making it all on your own.

The TrueBrew start kit is a great place to start



You can also obtain a 5-gallon glass carboy may be useful for the secondary



You don't really need a cooling system, we end up putting the wart in the sink full of cold water filled with ice and go out and smoke stogies while we wait.

[dataz722]

It was. I think I only have 2 bottles of it left. It tastes VERY similar to Stone IPA. It was funny because I had never had Stone before and as soon as I took as sip I said Holy **** that taste just like mine!

By the way I would always be up for a "sticks for brew" trade

[dataz722]

Originally Posted by randommcsmokesalot

I brew with a few friends every month, it helps split the cost of making it all on your own.

The TrueBrew start kit is a great place to start



You can also obtain a 5-gallon glass carboy may be useful for the secondary

That is pretty much where everyone should start. Don't bother with the Mr. Beer kit. You can make some phenominal beer with that kit. You guys doing extract or all grain?

[randommcsmokesalot]

another great tip is to bottle with 22 oz bottles, it will cut your bottles in half

[azpostal]

I also use the bigger bottles, spend less time filling and cleaning. Gives you more time to Drink.

[dataz722]

I like to use really big bottle, 5 gallon ones!

[smakudwn]

Going to be brewing in the next few weeks. All extract right now..............havnt made the jump to the all grain yet.

[dataz722]

I am in the process of switching to all-grain. I did it a little backwards though. I bought close to 200 pounds of grain and am not even able to use it yet.