Any other beer/wine homebrewers????

[ruffdog]

Aug 21, 2014 8:21:26 GMT @scooby said:

Great idea using the Hackspace equipment seniorphil there's a few brewers selling there beer who 'cuckoo' brew at micro's.

I started with kits in the mid 70's, yes Boots, then progressed to mashing and continued up until a house move when my gear got shoved up in the attic, that was about 1985.

Decided to insulate up there and while clearing the space found it all again. Went on the web and found loads of info and places to buy ingredients. It's a far cry from when I started, only a Dave Line book for recipes and guidance plus limited and dubious ingredients.
Now you can purchase a whole array of fresh ingredients, even kit from around the world, see what the brewers in the States or the Aussies are doing and pick up 1000's of recipes to try.

It's a golden age for beer drinkers now, especially compared with 20-30 yrs ago. There's fantastic quality and range of beer available. Your lucky in London, it has so many great breweries and places to drink their beer, with new ones popping up all the time. So although there isn't the same need to brew at home as there was, you can still produce great beers that are better than most you buy and equal to the best

So I've been brewing again since 2006, first with my old plastic 25l stuff in the kitchen or outside in good weather. I moved out into the garage and went through a few variants but making most of the stuff myself.
Splashed out a few years ago and had a 50l stainless brewery made that's in my garage. Haven't Brewed recently as the garage space was taken over with other, but I'll be clearing it out soon and I'll be mashing again.

This is it when it was new, doesn't have quite the shine now.

********************************* WOW ***************************************** !

[ukric]

Knottingley, we order a couple of tons of grapes (usually Italian) and spend the day/weekend processing them, talking wine and beer and drinking

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You need this app seniorphil I get into London when I can and do a walkabout. Did the Bermondsey beer mile recently, Pics Here  and the Craft 100 at the Clapham Craft Beer Co in April.
They're having another one 18th-21st Sept but think I'll be away on hols.

The Snooty Fox in Canonbury is having a Green Hop Beer Festival in early October so will be planing something for then

[ronaldo]

best part of home brew is you can have a beer and a vape without anyone moaning

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Aug 21, 2014 10:56:34 GMT ronaldo said:

best part of home brew is you can have a beer and a vape without anyone moaning

ronaldo in the day out (London) I linked to in my post above, we went to 6 breweries and 2 pubs, I was polite and asked if I could vape in all of them and didn't get one refusal.

I live out in the sticks and have always been refused when I ask. Go figure

[ronaldo]

in Middlesbrough we can vape in all pubs and clubs we don't have a problem but I can see the day when they take more notice to the daily fail and then they will all stop us I suppose
but until then the pubs around here are getting extra trade

[ruffdog]

Just emailed Gail and we are off foraging at the weekend for any wild wine ingredients and I am to get the kegs down from the loft etc.
YAY, An Autumn / Winter additional hobby / project begins.

Thank you for inspiring me again everyone and for starting the thread seniorphil

Maybe later on we can have a brewing thread?

Ruffie

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Aug 21, 2014 11:14:28 GMT ruffdog said:

Just emailed Gail and we are off foraging at the weekend for any wild wine ingredients and I am to get the kegs down from the loft etc.
YAY, An Autumn / Winter additional hobby / project begins.

Thank you for inspiring me again everyone and for starting the thread seniorphil

Maybe later on we can have a brewing thread?

Ruffie

Certainly is a great hobby but a word of warning and you'll know why............ don't join a brewing forum

[ruffdog]

@scooby

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Fell off my chair

[chykensa]

@scooby - how right you are, it is because of my membership of www.homewinemaking.co.uk that I currently have too much wine in the garage. Most of it is made from supermarket fruit juices, a bit of blackberry from 5 years ago (yum yum!) and a couple of kit whites for the OH, plus some I made from fresh grapes which came out surprisingly well, considering!!
I must stop reading this thread otherwise I'll be out buying a beer kit (I like the Woodforde Wherry, tastes very similar to local brews down here, and not too strong, a good session beer).

[Deleted]

Wherry, a good reliable kit chykensa and a great beer on draught also, always partake of a few if I visit Nelsons County.

[seniorphil]

Mmmmmmm just bought a Woodfords kit chykensa.

[chykensa]

They always come out well, and I like the Wherry so haven't tried any of the others. If it ain't broke don't fix it!

[ukric]

Wherry is good, Wilkos have had half price sales in the past and I've cleared a shelf of it