New Posts For Thread: Home Brewhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30872325/home-brewFollowing on from some thread about lager! - which morphed into a home brew discussion, I bottled my Mosaic IPA kit from the demijohn into swing top bottles and made 7 pints from batch one.I added small amount of dissolved sugar into each bottle andSix weeks on and I have a couple of brews bottled and a couple more to bottle in the next week or so.I was disappointed with the first one which had a home-brew tang to it. So much went wrong due to my unfamiliarity with the equipment, so not totallhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30872325/home-brew?post_id=552495861#552495861Six weeks on and I have a couple of brews bottled and a couple more to bottle in the next week or so.I was disappointed with the first one which had a home-brew tang to it. So much went wrong due to my unfamiliarity with the equipment, so not totallFri, 04 Aug 2017 03:43:29 -0500Boiling sterilises the liquor, i suppose you could just mix in a sterilised container and yes stir into FV works (doh!)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30872325/home-brew?post_id=552161413#552161413Boiling sterilises the liquor, i suppose you could just mix in a sterilised container and yes stir into FV works (doh!)Fri, 16 Jun 2017 10:47:17 -0500Can't you mix the appropriate amount of sugar/water and put it in the fermenter, stir slowly so to not disturb the trubb?Baron, I think a big part of it is the challenge.I don't plan on drinking any more just because it is in the fridge.Also, a lot ohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30872325/home-brew?post_id=552161281#552161281Can't you mix the appropriate amount of sugar/water and put it in the fermenter, stir slowly so to not disturb the trubb?Baron, I think a big part of it is the challenge.I don't plan on drinking any more just because it is in the fridge.Also, a lot oFri, 16 Jun 2017 10:34:01 -0500I never got into brewing to save money, rather than I visited a pub in Prague called http://en.ufleku.cz/Saying that I do drink too much at the weekends and brewing my own of varying strengths doesn't help much, that's why I try and make my brews undhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30872325/home-brew?post_id=552160619#552160619I never got into brewing to save money, rather than I visited a pub in Prague called http://en.ufleku.cz/Saying that I do drink too much at the weekends and brewing my own of varying strengths doesn't help much, that's why I try and make my brews undFri, 16 Jun 2017 09:26:59 -0500I never found brewing in barrels too much trouble either.It was simply a matter of an hour to start off the brew.Then perhaps another hour a week later or whatever, to sterilise the barrel and pour the beer in with a bit of sugar.Leave it a little lohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30872325/home-brew?post_id=552159479#552159479I never found brewing in barrels too much trouble either.It was simply a matter of an hour to start off the brew.Then perhaps another hour a week later or whatever, to sterilise the barrel and pour the beer in with a bit of sugar.Leave it a little loFri, 16 Jun 2017 06:33:54 -0500Blackberry wine is worth the trouble. I used to brew enough after August to last me the year. That was enough for a bottle at weekends and others to give away.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30872325/home-brew?post_id=552159327#552159327Blackberry wine is worth the trouble. I used to brew enough after August to last me the year. That was enough for a bottle at weekends and others to give away.Fri, 16 Jun 2017 06:09:08 -0500I thought about having a go but sounds like a load of old faff to me. Got to have a serious drink habit to get through the gallons of stuff you produce. Can get so much variety in shops these days I don't think I'll botherhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30872325/home-brew?post_id=552159195#552159195I thought about having a go but sounds like a load of old faff to me. Got to have a serious drink habit to get through the gallons of stuff you produce. Can get so much variety in shops these days I don't think I'll botherFri, 16 Jun 2017 05:32:16 -0500Thanks Ovalman for the added detail. It is on my list of brews to do.I did my half-batch yesterday. Using the GF calculator, I calculated efficiency at 80%. I sparked with 74 degree water rather than the 77 I was aiming for. I had 15 litres of wohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30872325/home-brew?post_id=552158709#552158709Thanks Ovalman for the added detail. It is on my list of brews to do.I did my half-batch yesterday. Using the GF calculator, I calculated efficiency at 80%. I sparked with 74 degree water rather than the 77 I was aiming for. I had 15 litres of woFri, 16 Jun 2017 03:01:15 -0500Some brewers have harvested yeast from bottles on the forum I'm on (homebrewforum.co.uk) but I've never tried it. There are still a few bottled beers you can harvest them from. All beers have yeast in them but modern techniques filters the beer throuhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30872325/home-brew?post_id=552156807#552156807Some brewers have harvested yeast from bottles on the forum I'm on (homebrewforum.co.uk) but I've never tried it. There are still a few bottled beers you can harvest them from. All beers have yeast in them but modern techniques filters the beer throuThu, 15 Jun 2017 15:21:36 -0500I always found that brewing in barrels came out quite a bit better than bottling it.It's a lot less trouble as wellhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30872325/home-brew?post_id=552156639#552156639I always found that brewing in barrels came out quite a bit better than bottling it.It's a lot less trouble as wellThu, 15 Jun 2017 14:55:21 -0500