Do you Home Brew?

[YosemiteSam]

Alright, first fermentation is done, now I just needed to pump* it from the primary fermentation vessel (bucket) to the carboy.

Yeah, I bought a pump since an auto-siphon can be easy to start a large amount, but once you get towards the bottom, it's a lot more painful. Here I'm pumping the wine from the primary fermentation bucket to the carboy. (my buddy Dan is holding the racking cane while I take the picture)

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This is the wine once it's in the six gallon carboy.

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Six gallons of Australian Shiraz wine.... in a carboy.....on a dolly hah. (well, slightly less as I lost some in process that was saturated with oak dust and lees)

Now it needs to sit (secondary fermentation) for around 10 days before I will rack it to another carboy for clearing. (means what it says, actual clearing of the wine. Hazy to clear)

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Do any of you guys home brew?

I know a few people that do. (we brewed some beer when I was in Austin a couple of weeks ago) I know some other people that make wine too. Today, I'm going to make a run at making wine.

I picked up a Master Vinter Winemaking Kit (the six gallon kit, not the small batch) and a WineExpert - Eclipse Barossa Valley Shiraz Reciepe Kit.

There are a lot of different wine recipe kits. Cheaper ones and more expensive ones. Many great Shiraz wines come out of Australia's Barossa Valley. Some of them are incredible and I really enjoy them, so I splurged and got the Barossa Valley Shiraz kit. I probably should have started with a cheaper one since I'm sure I will wreck this first attempt!

Anyhow, do any of you guys brew beer or make wine? (or illegally distill spirits? )

All I know about this is...

I used to visit my uncle in Italy and he made wine by the gallon.
Lunch time we put away a gallon of wine per day for 10 days. Not even hung over. Just smooth and nice. Feeling excellente!

That's all I remember. Lol

Alright, first fermentation is done, now I just needed to pump* it from the primary fermentation vessel (bucket) to the carboy.

Yeah, I bought a pump since an auto-siphon can be easy to start a large amount, but once you get towards the bottom, it's a lot more painful. Here I'm pumping the wine from the primary fermentation bucket to the carboy. (my buddy Dan is holding the racking cane while I take the picture)

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This is the wine once it's in the six gallon carboy.

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Six gallons of Australian Shiraz wine.... in a carboy.....on a dolly hah. (well, slightly less as I lost some in process that was saturated with oak dust and lees)

Now it needs to sit (secondary fermentation) for around 10 days before I will rack it to another carboy for clearing. (means what it says, actual clearing of the wine. Hazy to clear)

What's with the little dolly and wheels? Too heavy for ya?

"Act like a man.... Carry it"

Lmao

 

[YosemiteSam]

I have no problem moving it, but it moves around (and into the closet you see right behind it) extremely easy while on the dolly.

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

Makes my stomach ache just looking at it. .... I'm fixin to heave!


Can't wait to see the finished product ... Run to the Hills?

 

[YosemiteSam]

Makes my stomach ache just looking at it. .... I'm fixin to heave!


Can't wait to see the finished product ... Run to the Hills?

Sure!

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

My buddy bought me a nice homebrew kit a couple years ago and it sat in my garage until I finally got around to brewing a batch.

Made my first batch a couple of weeks ago from an IPA kit. It came out pretty good, but it tastes more like Bass Ale, than the IPA I was hoping for. My wife really likes it and has already put in a couple of requests for my next batches.

Anyway, I am now fully engulfed in the homebrew process and ready to start brewing seriously. I've been going back and forth between different websites comparing equipment etc. I think my first big purchase is going to be a nice stainless steel brew kettle and copper wort chiller, along with some bottling accessories. I've been debating whether to brew a bunch of 1 gallon batches so I can make better progress and understand what I'm doing, or just go all in and keep making 5 gallon batches.

 

[YosemiteSam]

My first batch of wine is six gallons. I think I'm going to play around with the small fruit wine kits (1-3 gallon) so I can learn better and try different things without ending up with 30 bottles of terrible hah.

 

[Hardline]

I still make my homemade wine with the prison recipe.
I have made grape,strawberry, Apple, peach and fruit cocktail wines.
Never tried making beer . My dad used to make homemade apricot brandy but he quit before I was old enough to drink.

 

[Fritsch_the_cat]

I tried making some wine once. Tasted like I made cough syrup instead.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Okay, the 1 gallon fruit wine is off. I bought WineExpert's Eclipse Sonoma Dry Creek Chardonnay kit instead. So, now I will have a white to go along with my Shiraz.

 

[Hardline]

You can make honey wine very easily. 3 parts water and one part honey and bread yeast.
Ferment until the contents are clear . Usually around 3-4 months.
Taste like Mead. The drink th e vikings got hammered on.

 

[Boom]

My buddy bought me a nice homebrew kit a couple years ago and it sat in my garage until I finally got around to brewing a batch.

Made my first batch a couple of weeks ago from an IPA kit. It came out pretty good, but it tastes more like Bass Ale, than the IPA I was hoping for. My wife really likes it and has already put in a couple of requests for my next batches.

Anyway, I am now fully engulfed in the homebrew process and ready to start brewing seriously. I've been going back and forth between different websites comparing equipment etc. I think my first big purchase is going to be a nice stainless steel brew kettle and copper wort chiller, along with some bottling accessories. I've been debating whether to brew a bunch of 1 gallon batches so I can make better progress and understand what I'm doing, or just go all in and keep making 5 gallon batches.

I LOVE the wort chiller. Also look for the 10 Gal kettle with false bottom. You may want to consider buying a kegerator. I started off bottling, but quickly went with the twin tap kegerator that can hold 2 5 gal kegs. It's much easier from ferment to drinking and you have the ability to force carb them if you MUST have that beer within a couple days (I'm impatient). There are certain mini fridges that can be converted to kegerators if you wish to go that route. If you wish to branch off from pre-made kits to your own all-grain recipes, there is a software called Beersmith that caters to whatever flavor you are interested in.

My neighbor says I've made the best beer he's ever had and the worst beer he's ever had. Happy brewing!

 

[YosemiteSam]

I LOVE the wort chiller. Also look for the 10 Gal kettle with false bottom. You may want to consider buying a kegerator. I started off bottling, but quickly went with the twin tap kegerator that can hold 2 5 gal kegs. It's much easier from ferment to drinking and you have the ability to force carb them if you MUST have that beer within a couple days (I'm impatient). There are certain mini fridges that can be converted to kegerators if you wish to go that route. If you wish to branch off from pre-made kits to your own all-grain recipes, there is a software called Beersmith that caters to whatever flavor you are interested in.

My neighbor says I've made the best beer he's ever had and the worst beer he's ever had. Happy brewing!

My buddy has a Kegerator, but he only has a single tap. He always has two 5 gallon kegs in it, the one he is drinking and the one he is making I believe. As soon as he finishes one, he swaps the kegs and then starts a new batch. So he always has been ready and one in preparation.

He also has a fridge in the garage that he hacked up with a temperature control unit on it to keep it at the correct temperature for his beer brewing.

 

[Boom]

My buddy has a Kegerator, but he only has a single tap. He always has two 5 gallon kegs in it, the one he is drinking and the one he is making I believe. As soon as he finishes one, he swaps the kegs and then starts a new batch. So he always has been ready and one in preparation.

He also has a fridge in the garage that he hacked up with a temperature control unit on it to keep it at the correct temperature for his beer brewing.

I've seen full-sized fridge setups with 5 taps and sometimes wish I went that route. I also have a small freezer that holds a carboy and a 6 gal bucket that I use a johnson digital temp controller to keep reliable ferment temps. I'm in the south and my wife only allows me to ferment in the garage, where it gets pretty hot in the summer.

 

[Meat-O-Rama]

I LOVE the wort chiller. Also look for the 10 Gal kettle with false bottom. You may want to consider buying a kegerator. I started off bottling, but quickly went with the twin tap kegerator that can hold 2 5 gal kegs. It's much easier from ferment to drinking and you have the ability to force carb them if you MUST have that beer within a couple days (I'm impatient). There are certain mini fridges that can be converted to kegerators if you wish to go that route. If you wish to branch off from pre-made kits to your own all-grain recipes, there is a software called Beersmith that caters to whatever flavor you are interested in.

My neighbor says I've made the best beer he's ever had and the worst beer he's ever had. Happy brewing!

Yeah, I am going to brew one more extract kit this weekend. A clone of Russian River Blind Pig IPA. After that I'm going all grain in a bag, and buying hops/grains in bulk.

I've been looking at the 10 gallon SS Brewtech kettle.

I doubt it will be too long before I'm kegging like you suggest.

 

[JIMMYBUFFETT]

Alright, first fermentation is done, now I just needed to pump* it from the primary fermentation vessel (bucket) to the carboy.

Yeah, I bought a pump since an auto-siphon can be easy to start a large amount, but once you get towards the bottom, it's a lot more painful. Here I'm pumping the wine from the primary fermentation bucket to the carboy. (my buddy Dan is holding the racking cane while I take the picture)

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This is the wine once it's in the six gallon carboy.



Your feet look fat.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Your feet look fat.

That's not me. That is my buddy Dan. He is a big boy. (probably close to 300lbs) I'm 5'11" 1/2 and 205lbs.

 

[JIMMYBUFFETT]

That's not me. That is my buddy Dan. He is a big boy. (probably close to 300lbs) I'm 5'11" 1/2 and 205lbs.

I hope you understand it was a joke. There for a minute I thought we had gone Squatching.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I hope you understand it was a joke. There for a minute I thought we had gone Squatching.

I'm always calling people fat....fatty.

(looks around for Sasquatch)