Homebrewing beer

420somewhere · Nov 21, 2012

I was a homebrewer for 30 years ...

I was a homebrewer for 30 years ...

Homebrewer said:
Join a homebrew club and get in on a bulk buy. Lose the attitude.

My dad got me a Homebrew Kit in 1979 when they legalized homebrewing.

He got the Kit at the The Home Wine, Beer and Cheesemaking Shop in Woodland Hills, CA here is their website, but they don't sell online http://www.homebeerwinecheese.com/

They are the Home of the Maltose Falcon Home Brewing Society. The founders of the club started Anchor Steam Brewery (google it).

They sold and still sell all kinds of malt, hops and equipment and you can use their grinder for free!

Joining a club can be very rewarding.

Good Luck with all of your brews :dance013:

The Sensi Rebel · Nov 23, 2012

What do you got going on there toughmudderdave?

just bottled my orange brown ale.

FamilyBerzerker · Nov 25, 2012

MaynardG_Krebs said:
Where ya gettin ur hops? I could use a pound or 2 of Citra..

mgk

I mail order. I got the citra from LabelPeelers.com (had to preorder them), the rest came from the usuals; Adventures in Homebrewing, Fresh Hops, etc.

As for paying $115 for a 55# sack, that's like buying a zip of mids for $300. Even my local shop sells single 55# sacks of base for ~$65. Even buying single pounds of base, 55#s would be ~$110. On a bulk buy (like if you have a club to order with), I pay ~$30-35 a sack.

SeaMaiden · Nov 26, 2012

How difficult is it to GYO hops?

unspoken · Nov 26, 2012

Depends on your location. If you can grow mj outdoors you can grow hops. Biggest thing is that they take up a lot of space. You need a support system to trellis a 25' vine. They also need quite a bit of trimming.

SeaMaiden · Nov 26, 2012

25'...? I'm barely over 5' myself! We're not too far from a place called Sloughhouse, and down there by Davis Farms there remains the vestiges of the last large hops grower and their drying and baling barns. I remember seeing an episode of California's Gold where Huell was down there.

Jesus Christ, that's like growing sugar cane, except it doesn't need a trellis, you just need a big, sharp machete. I keep my cannabis smaller specifically so I can tend to it.

FamilyBerzerker · Nov 27, 2012

SeaMaiden said:
How difficult is it to GYO hops?

It's pretty easy, most of the northern 2/3rds of the US is at a great latitude for hops growing. Most if the US crops are grown in the PNW, Willamette and Yakima Valley's, my guess would be that NorCal (especially if at altitude) would be ideal for most American hops.

Stony Mahoney · Nov 28, 2012

loving home-brewed!!! jummy

FamilyBerzerker · Jan 14, 2013

Gonna resurrect the dead with my latest home brew project. I will be brewing my first attempt at a clone of the famed Heady Topper. I harvested yeast from a few cans that I was lucky enough to score in trade and have enough now to brew a batch. This will be a really fun brew with a couple new (to me) techniques for hopping this beer.

GP73LPC · Jan 14, 2013

unspoken said:
I brew mostly IPAs for myself and orange/corriander wheat for the lady. No fruit in my beer please. Dry hop the IPA, I even want my beer to taste like weed

dry hop a couple of nuggets !!!

that will put a little kick in your homebrew :dance013:

i've been homebrewing off and on for 5 years... have about 30 brews under my belt... me and a friend do 10 gallons at a time...

hefe's and ipa's are our favorites... but we've done a bunch of stuff...

Most these were kits, we have just begun creating our own recipes in the last several brews. these kits came from Northren Brewer, Midwest Brew Supply and mostly Austin Home Brew.

Cherry Wheat
Pumpkin Ale (we've done this several times, Thanksgiving)
Double Chocolate Stout
Vanilla Porter (used real vannila beans)
Samnuel Smith Oatmeal Stout
Blue Moon Clone (multiple times, this is good one)
New Castle Brown Ale
Double IPA (another multiple, we love this and get between 9-11% ABV)
Belgian White
Bavarian Hefe
Cream Pale Ale
Texas Honey Bock
Summer Saison Belgian Ale
Irish Red Ale
Fat Tire Clone
Holiday Special Ale (cinnamon tasting, each Christmas)
American IPA
Nut Brown Ale
and a LIGHT home brew that we are perfecting (uses Rice as an adjunct)

and a few others I either didn't document or can't recall...

we are doing a mini-mash but are threatening to go whole grain... someday ...

:tiphat:

GP73LPC · Jan 14, 2013

greenpinky said:
Hey what kinda Co2 do u get off ur kit? I want to get one to get my Co2 levels up in a grow?

once i get a grow up and going again, i know where my fermenters will be stored :tiphat:

greenpinky · Jan 14, 2013

Hell ya GP. I just bottled my first batch, I got my eye on that blue moon clone... where did u find it? Im doing my beer one right after another.. so far the plants are liking it, but no big difference...im liking it more

GP73LPC · Jan 14, 2013

greenpinky said:
Hell ya GP. I just bottled my first batch, I got my eye on that blue moon clone... where did u find it? Im doing my beer one right after another.. so far the plants are liking it, but no big difference...im liking it more

austinhomebrew dot com

it's a nice little kit....

i brewed it up normal the first time. since then i have been doubling the orange peel and coriander.

and i am also throwing that same amount of orange peel and coriander in the secondary...

everyone who has had one says its our best beer !!!!

good luck :tiphat:

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to greenpinky again.

Homebrewer · Jan 14, 2013

FamilyBerzerker said:
Gonna resurrect the dead with my latest home brew project. I will be brewing my first attempt at a clone of the famed Heady Topper. I harvested yeast from a few cans that I was lucky enough to score in trade and have enough now to brew a batch. This will be a really fun brew with a couple new (to me) techniques for hopping this beer.

I'd suggest against using the yeast from those cans as it's a DIPA and the dominant flavors in that beer are going to be from the hops, not the yeast. Make yourself a big, fresh starter from some clean yeast purchased at your homebrew shop and start this batch off on the right foot.

MaynardG_Krebs · Jan 15, 2013

Homebrewer said:
I'd suggest against using the yeast from those cans as it's a DIPA and the dominant flavors in that beer are going to be from the hops, not the yeast. Make yourself a big, fresh starter from some clean yeast purchased at your homebrew shop and start this batch off on the right foot.

I totally agree. The most of the stuff in the bottom of those cans isn't yeast, it's sludge. Sediment wise, that's one of the ugliest beers I've ever seen. I recommend a strong bittering hop addition with not much in the middle. Then with 10 minutes to go, do a barrage of hop additions of a variety of the 'c' hops. I like citra myself, but it's a little hard to come by. Have fun.

mgk :tiphat:

edit; I recommend a fairly good addition of kettle sugar (corn sugar is very neutral flavor wise). it adds alcohol to your beer without making the beer real heavy.

dragongrower · Feb 5, 2013

Didnt read the whole thread. Might do so later.
I also brew a little myself. Just using kits to start with. Here is a pic of my "homemade" IPA:

i have been brewing several other beers lately.
chocostouts
wheat beer,
chech pilsner type
irish bitter
strong beer, at around 10%

currently brewing a Heritage lager..

peace

420mike · Feb 8, 2013

I love to brew. Just finished an IPA dry hopped with Cascade and Summit hops.

420mike · Feb 9, 2013

I met a guy in Oregon last year who claimed to have grafted a cannabis plant with a hops plant. Kinda interesting.

STUNKY · Feb 9, 2013

No heeediddnnn.i have been getting into brewing a little. I have always made wine.. But wife bought me a kit then grand dad bought me a kit so I have all those bottled.. They were so damn good. I am waiting on my sweetwater 420 clone kit.. I love that stuff with a shot of jack and a bowl.. Throw In pool table and some tunes .. Great stuff. I am looking into the blue moon clone for this summer..
What's another good ipa I should try next?

420mike · Feb 9, 2013

Any of the Ninkasi clones are great. Total Domination or Tricerahops are great IPA's

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