Where the BREWS!!

Grey Son · Post by **Grey Son** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:24 pm

Well there is so much talk of home brew lately i think it deserves a thread.
I need to know what is a good starter?? I only know coopers but im sure there is heaps out there. I like to get drunk!!!
Fents??????

factory worker · Post by **factory worker** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:36 pm

My mate has a spare barrel and stuff, I might grab it and get back into brewing. Use to make 2 batches a week.

Grey Son · Post by **Grey Son** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:38 pm

factory worker wrote:My mate has a spare barrel and stuff, I might grab it and get back into brewing. Use to make 2 batches a week.

GS & FW United!!
If you like drinking piss, we will give you piss!!

What batch's have you brewed my man, diff brands??

Post by **breaksRbest** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:38 pm

I don't have enough spare space to brew my own, but when I do look the fuck out.

you can get Boags Premium kits now too!!!

Grey Son · Post by **Grey Son** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:40 pm

Mmmm like the Boags!!
So is it true the longer you leave it the more potent it will be??

factory worker · Post by **factory worker** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:41 pm

Blackrock and Coopers mainly. Tried home brands or something crap from Woolworths.

I like waht Fents is doing though.

Grey Son · Post by **Grey Son** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:46 pm

We should get it crackin mate, im on the net now lookin at kits!!

Rocky · Post by **Rocky** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:47 pm

I'll crack you with a punch in the jaw.

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:49 pm

Right...

Theres loads of LHBS (Local Home Brew Stores) around Melb...

Two over our way GS are Brewcraft in Burgunday St, Heidelberg and my local in Louis St Greensborough...whatever you do dont go to Heidelberg, the dude is 120 y.o, grumpy and basically has no idea and will sell you shit just to get sales.

Greensborough is the go - Dave who owns / runs is a fuking legend, always helpfull and knows loads.

1. Buy a fermenter kit - incls, Fermenter Barell, Hydrometer, Airlock, Seals etc etc.

2. Buy a can of coopers (or other brand) kit.

3. Boil it up with water and add, Hops (diff hops for diff beers) and Malt..

4. Put it all in the fermenter and watch it bubble away for 7-10 days, gotta be at the right temp (12-23c depending on the beer style, low temps for lagers, higher for ale's and wheats etc.)

5. Bottle and prime with dextrose, then cap all bottles.

6. After two weeks in bottles drink till you drop.

7. NEVER use suguars to make beers, despite what anyone tells u, incl coopers, they produce cidery flavours and make beer taste bad. Use Dextrose or Malt as a substitute.

/ End Lesson

GS if you want come round and discuss, you have my number!

factory worker · Post by **factory worker** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:50 pm

Legend Fents.
If more peeps were brewing we woudl all be getting pissed for a lot cheaper.

Grey Son · Post by **Grey Son** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:52 pm

No worrys Fents, spoken like a true master mate!!
I will come and sample the goods and have a chat, been meaning to brew my own but it looked tricky, but if someone else has done the hard yards first im sure it would work out fine.....

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:52 pm

once you have done kits for a while i'll give another lesson on ALL GRAIN brewing like what im doing now, 100% better than kits, but kits are good for learning.

Also once your sick of washing a million bottles, you will buy a keg system for $350 like i did and never have to wash an empty bottle again.

Brewing is addictive....so is drinking.

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:54 pm

breaksRbest wrote:I don't have enough spare space to brew my own, but when I do look the fuck out.

you can get Boags Premium kits now too!!!

Trust me mate it takes up fukall room, you could do it easily!

Grey Son · Post by **Grey Son** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:58 pm

Bottles huh!!
I had a mate who got them from Reception centers after wedding as and shit, but the washing like you said sounds like a pain in the ass after a while...KEG is a word i seem to like!!

Post by **breaksRbest** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:07 pm

Fents wrote:
breaksRbest wrote:I don't have enough spare space to brew my own, but when I do look the fuck out.

you can get Boags Premium kits now too!!!

Trust me mate it takes up fukall room, you could do it easily!

I'd have to do it outside and I was worried about the outdoor heat (or lack of) fucking up the brew. Doesn't it have to be kept at a constant temp of about 25 degrees while brewing? (or am I getting that confused with growing pot?)

I have an outside fridge now that could easily be converted to hold kegs

kronz · Post by **kronz** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:24 pm

I think i need to get into this.

What costs am i looking at fents to get it all happening.

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:25 pm

Yea it does have to be kept at the right temp mate, but all you have to do is store one of these somewhere :

They are about 70cm's high and 30 cm's round...fuk all room really...put it in a corner somewhere, laundry, kitchen, loungeroom.

There are ways of keeping the temps down - put the fermenter in a tub of water with frozen coke bottles etc.

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:32 pm

kronz wrote:I think i need to get into this.

What costs am i looking at fents to get it all happening.

Cheap mate - My local HBS sells kits for like $30 or $40 - thats everything u need beside's ut first brew...can of coopers kit plus hops n malt is about $20 - $30, so say $70 max....

And before anyone say's, $30 to make a brew, slabs are just as cheap, a brew consists of 23 LITRES!

Thats 54 stubbies you make per homebrew (or 25 longnecks) and roughly $1.20 per longneck. (55cents a stubbie)

Ask AgentOrange he will attest to the pleasures.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:35 pm

we had a themal belt for keeping the brew warming winter.... I think I've still got it somewhere.

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:38 pm

Winters normally good for brewing Dan. What you do is aim to brew summer type beers in winter and winter type beers in summer.

Ales, Lagers etc are great to brew in winter as room temp is between - 10-20c

Stouts, Wheats etc are great to brew in summer as room temp is 20c+

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:46 pm

reading this thread makes me want to get back into home brewing

I had a thermometer on the fermentation barrel, I would just turn the belt on over night when it got real cold....

Lindemon · Post by **Lindemon** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 12:28 am

My first brew should be ready to test in about 2 weeks...

Some made an interesting point to me the other day that even if it's shit, you'll still drink it, cause you made it, & don't want to waste it.....

I couldn't argue with that.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:11 am

lol

My flatmate fucked up one brew really bad, doubled the sugar (to increse alcohol content), and then doubled the sugar in the bottles!!!

.... the dude at the shop told us to drink it ASAP or it may explode

tasted crap, but, doctors orders

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:25 am

I went to the microbreweries taste testing at Fed Sqaure last night.
$20 for twenty tastes which is about 10 pots all up.
Some awesome beers along with some not so awesome.. but mostly the former.
Became quite amusing trying to drink my 20 tokens in an hour

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:55 am

every time i see this i get NOFX in my head.

Lindemon · Post by **Lindemon** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:55 pm

Fents wrote: whatever you do dont go to Heidelberg, the dude is 120 y.o, grumpy and basically has no idea and will sell you shit just to get sales.

Howdy folks, long time, eh?

John is no longer @ Heidelberg & that store is now run by yours truly..
(Livin the dream...)
I never claim to know everything, & I'm happy to admit it & not feed bullshit to boost sales.
Don't be scared to drop by, say Hi, & have a taste or two, I dont get out much these days..
Take it sleazy..

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:13 pm

Lindsay!

It's been a long time - how are you buddy?

I still laugh at thong dancing.

Lindemon · Post by **Lindemon** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:23 pm

I'm doin pretty good, apart from 'worm related injuries' keepin me from golfing..
I was gonna retire that dance move, but after busting out to SupaFreak @ a wedding sunday & Bennet St. yesterday, I must acknowledge the joy that it brings to others & therefore must train in order to minimise the count of broken toes...

You live & learn, or in my case just live...

How bout yourself? you still in Shitney?

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 2:32 pm

nice one lindemon...so are you going to stock fresh grain, fresh hops and actually keep yeast in the fridge now?

Lindemon · Post by **Lindemon** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:02 pm

Yep, Best before dates checked on all products..
Unfortunately still a limited range of grain, & limited qty's, as Can & Kilo is the Co.'s main focus
Hops (plugs & pellets) are usually packaged by me on-site & are generally no more than 3months out of the vacuum pack, depends on variety & what moves..
Wyeast's dont move quickly enough to have in-store but can be ordered, But Saf yeasts live in the fridge.
Generally if we dont got it, I'll try & get it or point people in the right direction.
And the usual 'satisfaction guaranteed' applies, or is now being upheld..

But I'm not here to blog some promo, just to let people know that things have changed, hopefully, for the better..

Fents -had been wondering if you had a finger in the Kooinda pie..
It's a lovely drop, I met Mick a few months ago too..
Any idea how the B.Saaz went? It's my fav at the moment..

Fents · Post by **Fents** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:32 pm

hey mate, yep stuck a finger in the kooi pie a couple of months ago. micks a legend i'll tell him you said hi.

b.sazz (now called motueka) is ok. nothing like checz sazz tho but same with all those new NZ hops that have come across of late. mick just made a motueka and galaxy APA which he said tasted excellent out of the fermenter the other night.

i'll pop in soon to say g'day and have a drink mate.

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