The home brew thread

[Drew]

Go a guiness?

I have had a guiness, on St Patrick's day. Finished it because it cost about a million bucks, but I think I'll pass on ever having another one...


And don't you go making excuses fucker, I'm coming up to try your drop!

[mashman]

Heineken! It's pretty much all I really like.

Hense I'll go up norf and have a hoon finding Akzle's tin hut, and drink his attempt at something similar.

Malcolm plans on trying to make one aswel, to prove me wrong about home brew being fuckin shite.

Oh fuck I nearly vomd. I've always been a Becks man myself. I've got the Euro lager on the shelf which, when tested side by side with the Becks was nicererer... the missus seconded that. Not that it'll turn out that way this time, ha, but if it does, I'll reserve ya one... mebee.

Have fun dear

[mashman]

If anyone ever has anything near a recipe for Caffreys, I'll swap you a child or my wife for it.

[Icemaestro]

added yeast or au naturale?
so bascicly just fermented fejoa, you didnt add fizz for bottling?

I mash shit inside a cotton pillowcase, keeps most of the crud out once you rack it off and squeeze it out.

champagne yeast, I added a little white surgar to the bottling, also added sugar to the fermenting at the beginning, set it at about 7-8% My first one I did just from apple juice the easy way and it came out amazing...but I'd set it at 10% and then added a fair bit of sugar for secondary fermentation :-P. rather alcoholic!

[Akzle]

If anyone ever has anything near a recipe for Caffreys, I'll swap you a child or my wife for it.

I'll take one of each

irish red porter?

Googluh caffreys clone recipe

[mashman]

I'll take one of each

irish red porter?

Googluh caffreys clone recipe

Will box 'em up following a taste test. Yes I know I changed the rules, get over eet. I might have to have a crack once the Euro Lager is bottled.

Never tried it. Caledonian 80/-? was fuckin lervely, but you had to be at the offy when it came in or it vanished instantly. Fortunately Dad kept his wine and beer stock up.

[Akzle]

Will box 'em up following a taste test. Yes I know I changed the rules, get over eet. I might have to have a crack once the Euro Lager is bottled.

Never tried it. Caledonian 80/-? was fuckin lervely, but you had to be at the offy when it came in or it vanished instantly. Fortunately Dad kept his wine and beer stock up.

it calls itself irish ale. Brewd to 4.8%

youd want to go bigger, prob 7-8. It'll be a hot brew, add lactase for smoothness and a bit of sweet head. Personally, id chuck some espresso in. Heavy on wheat/rye balance with crackd crystal malt
Half carbonate but keg with nos.

Fuckd if im doing it for you, cracker.

[far queue]

this is why I post, seems asuming ya talking bout a fridge to keep beer at a constent temp its not nessary, GB just has his on the floor, think the temp thing is over rated?

I use an old cupboard that I rescued from a kitchen renovation years ago. I wired a light fitting and a thermostat into it. A 100w bulb and the thermostat set to 18° is all you need. No need to get too flash. The beer tastes great. I used to brew about 20 years ago also and started up again in the last year or so. I like Mangrove Jacks Mexican Cerveza - it's tastes similar to Carona. I bottle mine in glass 330ml bottles - 1 brew will fill 70 bottles.

[Ghost_Bullet]

I like Mangrove Jacks Mexican Cerveza

A damn nice brew that is to. And interesting the differing flavor between plain dextrose and enhancer pack

[dangerous]

brought me a kit yesterday, guy at linwood your shout is a hard case... so its been over 20yrs since i did it but tonight a mangove munch larger is going down

[far queue]

A damn nice brew that is to. And interesting the differing flavor between plain dextrose and enhancer pack

Yeah, they were both nice, just different. That Dutch Lager is nice and clear at home, I guess it just didn't travel well. It's still got LOTS of head though - I don't know what that's all about.

brought me a kit yesterday, guy at linwood your shout is a hard case... so its been over 20yrs since i did it but tonight a mangove munch larger is going down

That's where I go. He knows his stuff all right.

[Ghost_Bullet]

And the guy at the Brew Shack in Rangiora loves to talk beer.

[mashman]

I've recently acquired all of the bits n pieces to convert the fridge and finally went to grab the plastic brewing container. I had had it filled with water for the last few months and in that time is has developed a red scum in various parts of the barrel. Is there anything I can get from Bunnings etc... so that I can clean the container and lay my brew down tonight? Coz that'll get my A into G in regard to converting the fridge.

[kevfromcoro]

I had a big brewing container,, 50ltr I think
would double up the mix. 46ltrs at a time
when was ready I would siphone it into a keg
then charge is up with c02
didn't need the sugar in the keg
was normally ready in a day or 2
also made some fejoa wine...
brewed it in a keg.....
when I took the top of ,, it nearly blew half the trees off the coast
did get a wee sample
it was ok....

[Akzle]

I've recently acquired all of the bits n pieces to convert the fridge and finally went to grab the plastic brewing container. I had had it filled with water for the last few months and in that time is has developed a red scum in various parts of the barrel. Is there anything I can get from Bunnings etc... so that I can clean the container and lay my brew down tonight? Coz that'll get my A into G in regard to converting the fridge.

we had this conversation.
Bleach. Either chlorine or sodium hypochloride. About a table spoon/10lt.
Contact time >20mins, scrub the old krausen with dish brush, not steelo.

Triple rinse with boiling water, (swish a 2lt kettle full around the bucket, tip, repeat.)