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    Homebrew beer

    Who else here makes their own beer? And does it taste any good?

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    My partners bro used to make his own......As for taste i wouldn't know i'm not a beer drinker but the boys never had an worries knocking afew doz back on the weekends
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    A mate down the road used to make his own beer. It tasted nasty and hit ya like a tonne of bricks.



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    ive had ago with limited success.
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    Mine tasted alright but to get the good stuff and with the effort it was just easer to by a dozen in the weekend. I now make my own fejoa wine which is very nice.Mine takes about 6 months to make then if you can leave it for a year tastes even better and has a very good kick to it too. Basically if you can make beer you can make wine.
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    koba does and it tastes nyummy and its cheap!

    Also a work mate brews his own beer and cider and brings it in for Friday arvo drinks. He makes this one he call "Kanuka Beer" which he makes with Manuka Honey and *some other things* he could honestly sell it for a decent $$!

    mmmmm beer......
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    Quote Originally Posted by SMOKEU View Post
    Who else here makes their own beer? And does it taste any good?
    it is an acquired art and generally made to the maker's taste - unlike that cheap shit in the red can with the oh so fake adverts.
    It is what it is

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    There was a thing in the "Sunday" magazine that comes with the Sunday Star Times - apparently, home brew is the new "Big Thing "(Tm).

    Takes a bit of practice, but evidently you get there in the end.

    I think we still have the mag - if you talk nicely to me I might send it to you. Or scan it for everyone's amusement.
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    I got into it a few years back. I prefer a fully flavoured (read English) style beer so went with the premium kits. Muntons and Ironmaster were the preferred choice

    Good way to gain weight but !

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    Ive done four brew so far, #1 and # 4 tasted beaut! #2 and #3 killed the bush we tipped it into

    We found it quite hard to keep the temperature right, which is what killed the #2 &3 brews.

    Easy, nice as, and puts hair on your chest, thats for sure.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Winter View Post
    Ive done four brew so far, #1 and # 4 tasted beaut! #2 and #3 killed the bush we tipped it into

    We found it quite hard to keep the temperature right, which is what killed the #2 &3 brews.

    Easy, nice as, and puts hair on your chest, thats for sure.
    I think slingshot had a thread on this a while back...

    If you have kept numbers 2 and 3 leave them for a couple of months and see what they taste like then, sometimes you can get lucky.

    A bit of time spent developing equipment seems to be all it takes to hold the temperature good enough.

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    Really Cold - Bugger making home brew, it's too cold.

    You are right saying it is easy!

    Oh , and a bit of a hint for any new or would-be brewers:

    Don't use sugar.
    That "Home-brew taste" is from sugar.
    It makes it REAL cheap but its not THAT much more to just use 2 brewing kits for the same volume or make half as much with one kit.
    It also needs to be left much longer.
    Heinz Varieties

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mully View Post
    Or scan it for everyone's amusement.
    If you can be arsed...
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    I make it.... its easy

    when its ready i stick it a keg and charge it it up with c02.

    tates ok... well i drink it ,,,,,,,,,, but thats not much to go on
    i would drink aftershave , if i had to
    got 3 50 ltr kegs allways full..









    just incase i get thirsty..
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    Make beer, Cider and Mst. makes mead, occasionally.
    Trying to get a passable American Imperial Pale Ale - almost got it right...started off on kits, but now they're highly modified kits - still not up do doing my own mash - yet.
    Heaps of fun, reasonably cheap and, as Naki Rat says - tend to put on a bit of weight.
    Also increases my knowledge of beer styles and tastes...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Str8 Jacket View Post
    koba does and He makes this one he call "Kanuka Beer" which he makes with Manuka Honey and *some other things* he could honestly sell it for a decent $$!

    mmmmm beer......
    That would then be Mead not Beer.

    Mead has been made for thousands of years, way longer than Beer
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