Any Home Brewers In The House ?
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One of the hobbies I'm putting more time into since being forced indoors by old man winter is brewing beer. Strictly by coincidence I brewed a Samual Smith Winter Welcome Ale on Jan 6th,, that I have since renamed Insurrection Ale. That'll be ready for consumption on Valentine's Day.
Yesterday morning before the storm kicked into high gear, I brewed an Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout, that I won't be breaking into till the Nov Dec Holidays.
So far, all good.
What cha got folks ?
For anyone interested, a place here in Ct sells clone recipes of the finest order, and ships anywhere -- Maltose Express.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: the new, new mighty Quinn
I haven't brewed in a while
I haven't brewed in a while, maybe it's time to start up again.
I like your "insurrection ale" name, put the "shaman" dude on the label.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jazfish
Disco Stu
Disco Stu
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sun so hot, clouds so low
I used to home brew with a
I used to home brew with a friend. We had a Guinness recipe that we would bottle in glass coke bottles. They came in handy on our dry campus when attending certain events.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough
Looking into returning to
Looking into returning to Beer production on a small scale. Jerseyland has Farm Brewery license available for existing Farms.
Got some Hops growing, checked Barley suppliers back when. I can raise 2-row Barley here, conditions are decent for that Grain.
Probably will be a Great hobby project, if I can get proper tankage and refrigeration happening.
Basically it's all great fun, however you want to Brew a few hundred gallons rather than 5 or 10. Same amount of time, so Large yield is the Goal.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
I have dabled in home brewing
I have dabbled in home brewing, but was never any good at it. Much easier to do if you bottle casks or kegs and not fuss around with individual bottles.
Plus there are so many good home brewers out there, it doesn't make sense to compete.
RIP Dean Pottle - Portland's greatest home brewer. Dean brought his legendary kegs to many parties. I was at a wedding once and Dean brought a bunch of kegs, including one of ganja beer that actually had active THC (lots of it). One cup and you would get stoned. As the evening progressed, most of Dean's kegs ran dry, leaving only the ganja beer and a keg of Heineken. Nobody wanted to touch that, so people started drinking down the ganja beer like water. Got high, high.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jonaspond
We've brewed lots and like
We've brewed lots and like some here fell off,,,,because of one reason or another. I have cases of bottles, tops, lines,,,,,and so much equipment from my families generations of wine making...
Didn't know of Dean but on the east coast we have some 'Deans' and they are a treasure. I've been a Dean once or twice.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Tim
A neighbor a few doors down
A neighbor a few doors down from me is a grocery store manager and has been brewing at home for 30 years.
I don't indulge but the whole neighborhood knows him as a master of his craft.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough
So 'Farm Brewery' in
So 'Farm Brewery' in Jerseyland can brew xxx Barrels per year, have indoor / outdoor tasting room and containers to go, but no Food for sale, not even bags of Chips or candy bars.
However, license fee is relatively inexpensive. It's actually not a terrible idea to have people buy their Beers and go away, rather than lounging around for hours eating Pretzels.
It's all sort of a motivation to create a very nice Hobby Brewing space, and deal a few Growlers to the general public.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough
https://www.njleg.state.nj.us
https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S0500/72_I1.PDF
^ That link is the legal mumbo-jambalaya regarding NJ Farm Brewery license. Many details in all that.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Rasputin O'Leary
Maltose does wine making too
Maltose does wine making too jonas. Everything you need, and then some.
My Nor' Easter Stout is ready for phase 2 fermentation in the carboy in 3 days,, after that I have another ale ready to brew -- a homegrown Maltose recipe called Winter Warmer. Can't get enough of a good ale.
They also do coffee,, there's big burlap bags of fresh picked organic beans from all over the world, unroasted, smelling up the place. Been meaning to give roasting my own beans a try. Think I'll do that today,, Love coffee
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough
I have a little Melita brand
I have a little Melita brand roaster, makes pretty nice Beans. I couldn't get the roast to have that oily sweat, until I took off the Chaff collector and subbed in a Soup can with a few holes. Slightly less air flow made for the oily roast.
Actually, anyone could fashion a decent mini-roaster with an old blow-dryer and some cans, screen, that stuff.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: onthehillside
Was really into home brewing
Was really into home brewing for about 10 years. The last time I brewed was a little over 18 years ago prior to my daughter being born. It was my first and last lager and came out surprisingly good. Gave them out like cigars in celebration of her birth. My biggest evolution came when I started cultivating my own yeast from bottles of Belgian beer. One of my last and finest brews was a coffee imperial stout. Just gave away all of my supplies during the great Covid clean out that I embarked on over the past year.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: onthehillside
Not sure where you are at in
Not sure where you are at in NJ Stu, Monmouth County here, but there are so many breweries around. Seems that way where ever I go these days.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sycamore Slough
CF I am on the Western edge
CF I am on the Western edge of Monmouth County, south of Allentown. Yes, I'm too lazy to brew five or ten gallons of Beer any more.
Got spoiled getting paid to brew a couple hundred gallons and take Beer home for free.
However, with the Farm Brewery license available so cheap, I'm motivated to dust off the mash-tun and brew a few batches. It's about the same hours of labor to brew 10 gallons or 400 gallons. Same extensive janitor work cleaning every item and carefully managing temperatures, water chemistry, fermenters, refrigeration...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MeditateontheQ
Ken your ganja keg story
Ken your ganja keg story reminded me of being in the crowded basement of the Goodfoot one night and a music buddy was dosing everyone's beer w/ a squirt from his THC tincture bottle -- first time I had ever had any... wow! It actually tasted alright.