Based on an old "On the Buses" episode, I'd like to try and make my own Beer seeing as I almost never get to t'pub these days.
I know Dad used to make Wine because we had an Elderberry tree in the back Garden a long time ago.
Has anyone gone the "Home Made Beer" route?
Has anyone ever made their own Beer?
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Has anyone ever made their own Beer?
I don't beee-lieve it!
Has anyone ever made their own Beer?
Well in my professional life I have several breweries as clients. So, naturally I've tried making my own beer. There are 2 options really and you get what you pay for.
Option 1: "Cheap and dirty". Basically you get a big 5L jar or something, find a recipe for the type of beer you want to make, prep and boil your malt, barley, hops mixture, let it cool down to room temp, add your food safe brewing yeast. Ferment for 2 weeks, filter out the yeast (gravity filtration + stacked coffee filters) and you're done. The final product will taste like cheap beer that you wouldn't pay for at any pub, but you've made it yourself so you'll convince yourself it is good. It will have a strong ethanol taste depending on how warm the place you kept it was.
Option 2: "Oh god, why". Get a fermentation tank, mine is 30L. First bit is the same, boil, wait, yeast. During fermentation you want to slowly lower the temperature down to about 3°C over the 2 weeks, the tank will have cooling sleeves that you can run cold water through. Removing the yeast depends on several factors that you will work out from batch to batch. After the first week of fermentation, you'll want to start tanking small samples to test the alcohol content and and taste. You might want to invest in a proper cotton filter to get the yeast out if you want to keep the beer for longer than 2-3 days. The coffee filters wont get all of the yeast out, so it'll keep fermenting and the beer will become more disgusting over time. Depending on your recipe, cooling graph and yeast removal time and effectiveness, your final product will taste like actual beer.
Honestly, the cheap and dirty method is so easy and cheap, you might as well just give it a go, I know a few people that like the yeasty ethanol flavour you get from it. Something to keep in mind, the process does produce a... smell... I've gotten very used to it from my trips to the breweries, but it isn't very pleasant at first. So... ventilation is kind of a must.... This isn't an issue with option 2 since the tank can handle the pressure, so it wont be leaking anything out.
Option 1: "Cheap and dirty". Basically you get a big 5L jar or something, find a recipe for the type of beer you want to make, prep and boil your malt, barley, hops mixture, let it cool down to room temp, add your food safe brewing yeast. Ferment for 2 weeks, filter out the yeast (gravity filtration + stacked coffee filters) and you're done. The final product will taste like cheap beer that you wouldn't pay for at any pub, but you've made it yourself so you'll convince yourself it is good. It will have a strong ethanol taste depending on how warm the place you kept it was.
Option 2: "Oh god, why". Get a fermentation tank, mine is 30L. First bit is the same, boil, wait, yeast. During fermentation you want to slowly lower the temperature down to about 3°C over the 2 weeks, the tank will have cooling sleeves that you can run cold water through. Removing the yeast depends on several factors that you will work out from batch to batch. After the first week of fermentation, you'll want to start tanking small samples to test the alcohol content and and taste. You might want to invest in a proper cotton filter to get the yeast out if you want to keep the beer for longer than 2-3 days. The coffee filters wont get all of the yeast out, so it'll keep fermenting and the beer will become more disgusting over time. Depending on your recipe, cooling graph and yeast removal time and effectiveness, your final product will taste like actual beer.
Honestly, the cheap and dirty method is so easy and cheap, you might as well just give it a go, I know a few people that like the yeasty ethanol flavour you get from it. Something to keep in mind, the process does produce a... smell... I've gotten very used to it from my trips to the breweries, but it isn't very pleasant at first. So... ventilation is kind of a must.... This isn't an issue with option 2 since the tank can handle the pressure, so it wont be leaking anything out.
Has anyone ever made their own Beer?
Very recently I bought a Pinter brand beer machine with the basic ingredients. I'm not sure when I'll use it but it seems like it will do just fine.
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Has anyone ever made their own Beer?
My Dad used to brew his own beer and wine, and it was potent stuff.
Don't bother unless you have sufficient space to keep a large plastic tub at a constant, warm temperature. Old fashioned airing cupboard is pretty good.
May as well get yourself down to Home Bargains, and get a 12 pack of Boddies for £10.
Don't bother unless you have sufficient space to keep a large plastic tub at a constant, warm temperature. Old fashioned airing cupboard is pretty good.
May as well get yourself down to Home Bargains, and get a 12 pack of Boddies for £10.
To those just starting on the journey of life I say...
Bang your own drum. Walk your own path. Live wildly. Love fiercely.
As you near the end, look back with no regrets.
Bang your own drum. Walk your own path. Live wildly. Love fiercely.
As you near the end, look back with no regrets.