Posted on 02/22/2013 3:33:05 PM PST by Red_Devil 232
Good afternoon/evening FReepers. Yep, it is Beer Thirty Time Once Again!
Happiness is a bubbling airlock! And a Cold Brew
Irish Stout Yum!
Good evening/afternoon brewers and winemakers. I bottled my oatmeal stout yesterday and will let it bottle condition for a few weeks before trying. Hope it carbs up nicely. I do not have any plans on brewing up another brew until the weather warms up a little. It is a little cool out side for me. My last try at making an acceptable Apple Cider is coming along well I popped a top on one and it was quite tasty and had a great carbonation to it. I will let it age for another month or so.
I hope all of you and your Brews and Wines are doing well. Stop by and share what you are brewing or let us know what your favorite brew, wine or spirit is.
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Pinging the home brewing and wine making list.
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Agreed.
Today we bottled some orange wine (made with fruit & concentrate), & I’m drinking the last bit that wouldn’t go into a full bottle. It came out quite well, with a good orange flavor. It’s a little harsh & will need some aging, but on the whole I’m happy with the result.
Tomorrow we catch up on other wine chores - racking some peach/apricot blend & a batch of strawberry.
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this beer sucks, but it's cheap and it's called Beer 30
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And I have a red ale and a Spotted Cow clone in carbons right now
That’s funny. Years & years ago there was a beer available in Hawaii called Primo. I think it was less tasty than Bud Light, but everyone bought it because it was cheap, & in a hot climate you’re inclined to drink a LOT of beer. I was too young at the time, so I can’t testify to the taste.
Orange wine? Interesting.
The most interesting wine we’ve made was Banana, using dried banana chips. It smelled like sour milk in the primary fermenter, & I was sure we’d have to toss it. But we kept on racking, & following the recipe instructions, & little by little it lost that smell. It didn’t actually taste like bananas, but it was a pleasant wine. I’ve been meaning to try another batch, but have never gotten around to it. One of these days...
Trying to make hard cider for the first time tomorrow. Do you have any advice for a noob?
My only other experience was with dandelion wine about 6 or 7 years ago. It was okay.
This time, I visited a brewing supply store and got some proper equipment.
My wife brought me 2 cases of Three Floyd’s finest. One Gumball Head and one Robert The Bruce. I’m a very, very lucky man.
Basically all you need is some good apple juice, yeast and something to feed the yeast, like raisins boiled in some water to soften them. Crush the boiled softened raisins or process them a blender and add them to your apple juice then add your yeast. The raisins add nutrients that the yeast need that the apple juice does not have.
For five gallons of apple juice I use about 2 cups of golden raisins softened in a cup of water. Works well and keeps the yeasties active.
When enjoying your first glass, hold on to your chair, and don't try to stand up.............(been there done that!)
As a 7 month cider noob I recommend using at least 1/2 pound sugar per gallon and a ‘champagne’ yeast (like ec-1118). Shake up your juice well to mix in the sugar AND to aerate it.
During the winter you can hurry the cider along by setting the carboy in the cold for a week, after 7 to 10 days fermentation at room temperature, then siphon it into the containers the juice came in (clean and sanitize them of course).
Leave their tops loose!
Then after a week or so you can enjoy it: tighten the top the day before you want to drink it and carefully pour it so the stuff at the bottom doesn’t come out.
Sure it tastes better the longer you wait but patience is tough for us noobs.
Love my home made cider, great stuff and great fun!
i made some with fresh bananas using ginger as a secondary source of amylase and mashed it like beer. it came out well, but like you say no banana flavor. what it really tasted like was beer without the hops. i think with some hops it has potential
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