Lucky Luke
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Who homebrews?
I havent for about a decade but thinking of getting back into beer brewing and kegging.
I havent for about a decade but thinking of getting back into beer brewing and kegging.
Home brewing
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srh88
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I got an ingredient kit for my birthday. Now I gotta source the other stuff then ill be trying my first attempt in a week or two
Aeroknow
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I got a good 50 brews under my belt. All my shit was in storage when fire hit.
The only thing i don’t have are the carboys. I “leant” them to a dude i know that used to post on here. Fucker dodged the fire but moved with my carboys?
Who the fuck does that shit. I’ve built like 3 growrooms for him. Only helped and helped him. Whatever. As soon as i got time i’ll buy some new ones and start up again..
*edit. Just realized i lost my pot to boil the wort too.
The only thing i don’t have are the carboys. I “leant” them to a dude i know that used to post on here. Fucker dodged the fire but moved with my carboys?
Who the fuck does that shit. I’ve built like 3 growrooms for him. Only helped and helped him. Whatever. As soon as i got time i’ll buy some new ones and start up again..
*edit. Just realized i lost my pot to boil the wort too.
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poundofyourfinest
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Hard cider, been racked going on 3 years.
rkymtnman
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what style of beer is it?
DarkWeb
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Hopefully not vinegar. Although if it is, it will be good for food. I've had apple cider vinegar and wine vinegar going for years and it is really good in everything food related that you'd use store bought for.
rkymtnman
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spicy tomato-vinegar bbq sauce??? best sauce for pulled pork IMO.
poundofyourfinest
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It’s smells great so I think I’m okay, the orchard I go to just put some up they are letting age for 10 years. It really brings out the apple smell and flavor
poundofyourfinest
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My hard cider starts smelling like beer as it sits the apple comes out
DarkWeb
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Sounds good. I bottled up some dry apple cider and left it for a few years....it was good but more like a apple wine. Good though.
poundofyourfinest
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What you do is save some of the sweet cider and a few weeks before you plan to start drinking it mix the sweet and hard ciders and put it in the fridge. It’ll add carbonation and flavor
DarkWeb
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I bottled it in wine bottles, it's what I was going for.
You can mix it with fresh cider also.
xtsho
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I've brewed beer but it hasn't been for years. There's so much good beer available so I just prefer to buy it.
I do make ginger beer which is much less complicated and am currently drinking some right now. It's around 4% alcohol And very gingery. I use massive amounts of ginger and Premiere Blanc yeast. I've done the ginger bug method but it's too time consuming so I just add yeast. Sometimes I splash some bourbon in. Oh crap! BRB
I do make ginger beer which is much less complicated and am currently drinking some right now. It's around 4% alcohol And very gingery. I use massive amounts of ginger and Premiere Blanc yeast. I've done the ginger bug method but it's too time consuming so I just add yeast. Sometimes I splash some bourbon in. Oh crap! BRB
srh88
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Oak aged ipa
bilbobongins
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Brewing mead is my other hobby. Usually comes out about 14%.
ISK
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Is it legal to make spirits/brandy where you live....as in Canada we are only allowed to make beer and wine
Singlemalt
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No, it's still not legal to distill alcohol at home, mostly due to taxation. To do so legally, you either have to claim you do it to make fuel or go into business making drinking spirits. Both require permits/licenses, copious record keeping and frequent inspections.
About 15 yr ago a local winery began to make "vodka" (legally), I went there to check out the operation; the guy was quite friendly and accomodating, showing me all steps of the operation. He asked if I wanted a taste and I thought he'd just divert a bit from the ongoing in the still. He got a bottle that was labeled/tax stamped. etc. I asked why not the still and he said the gov't wants their taxes and the bottle was already taxed. Recall I said "copious records"; that includes volume/sugar % of initial and final with gov't assumed final results calculated from all that.
