[MaynardG_Krebs]

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Nice beer fridge!!

mgk

[MaynardG_Krebs]

oops.. double post!!

[unspoken]

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

[FamilyBerzerker]

Originally Posted by unspoken

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

I do alotta IPAs too. I've been playing around with a really dank IPA recipe using chinook and columbus hops. I'm thinking maybe some of this year's Simcoe too, while they're still piney and fresh will make the next batch reek or resinous hops!

[420somewhere]

I also ran from grain and did 30 gallon batches ( 2 kegs) at a time.

It's very easy...

I had to stop as I put on too much weight.

Down the street from me is were the Maltose Falcons started (my club) which in fact spawned Anchor Brewing.

My favorite beer was the California Standard Beer.

I would culture yeast form Sierra Nevada (only beer with active yeast) and use that. Then use fresh grain and hops.

Good Luck in Your brewing

[kin_dawg]

Love my pales mmm num num and a wheat beer with honey you can get round here.
I'm on my 4th brew, 1st followed the kit, 2nd added ALOT of sugar lol, fast forward 6 years 3rd brew Lager kit, 4th brew made another lager and added 500gm LDM and cultured up dry yeast from 1L to 2L, next im trying a coopers pale ale clone and I'll culture the yeast from the coopers bottles.

Also got a roman wormwood (absinthum pontica) growing, and I harvested a shit tonne of passionfruits which I'm planning to utilize for wine and liquer. Hoping for a first harvest from a new plum tree too. (prune de agen)
Thanks for posting up everyone, going back for a re-read

[DeltaIX]

Originally Posted by FamilyBerzerker

How great it is to see a bunch of stoned brewers like myself.

For all you guys and gals thinking about getting into it, DO IT!!! It's easy to get started.

Now, the beers I make regularly rival commercial examples. Not saying they're always better, but the quality of a good homebrew is at least as good as that of a good commercial beer.

It is awesome to know there are other tokers who are also brewers. It seems to me like a natural partnership. After all, what's better with a toke than a good beer?

It is easy. You'll be a bit unsure of yourself during your first few brews, but chances are that your brew will be fine. I find the biggest factor in the quality of your brew is sanitation. Nothing else even comes close. You can screw up the timing of your brew process or miss your temperatures and the beer will still be fine. You might wind up with beer that's a little higher or lower on body or alcohol content than you intended, but it'll still taste good.

After a few batches, it's easy to make beer that can rival or best great commercial craft/specialty beer. It's child's play to make better beer than Bud/Coors/Miller/etc.

[Stondestmanaliv]

Ugg.. I seem to make the best vinegar ever! amazing, boiled bleached and BBQ`ed, I still get vinegar.

[kin_dawg]

Originally Posted by Stondestmanaliv

Ugg.. I seem to make the best vinegar ever! amazing, boiled bleached and BBQ`ed, I still get vinegar.

Does that mean infection?

[MaynardG_Krebs]

Originally Posted by Stondestmanaliv

Ugg.. I seem to make the best vinegar ever! amazing, boiled bleached and BBQ`ed, I still get vinegar.

Lot of variables here. Are you fermenting in plastic or glass. Do not use bleach for sanitizer as it needs to be rinsed.. when you rinse, you can 'unsanitize' your item. If you're using plastic that's all scratched up, those scratches can harbor bacteria etc and spoil your beer. Vinegar tainted beers are always caused by infections from improperly sanitized items.

mgk

Edit: What you should be using for sanitizer is either StarSan from 5 star or Iodophor. Neither of them require rinsing.