Home Brewers

[woodchuck]

So I see there are some home brewers on here. Let's discuss our latest batches.

Currently I have 4 batches in carboys right now and one on tap.

Primary:
Honey Mead
TurboDog (oaked)

Secondary:
2 batches of Pumpkin Ale

On Tap:
Abt12 Clone

Bottled:
Foghorn Leghorn Barley Wine

What do you all have?

 

[Geek]

Wow, woodchuck! What a big batch you have

I wish we still were brewing. I love the smell of it!

 

[woodchuck]

Yeah the Turbodog is very hoppy and has added that delicious smell through out the house much to my wife's protests.

 

[Novus Collectus]

HOw hard is it to make honey meade? Is it easier or more difficult than beer?

 

[woodchuck]

It's relatively easy since there is no hopping involved. Essentially you boil the honey with water add it to more water and pitch. It then sits in primary for up to a year.

I screwed up my first batch, it must have gotten infected but I was really impatient with it and bottled after 4 months.

 

[theArtistFormerlyKnownAs]

It's relatively easy since there is no hopping involved. Essentially you boil the honey with water add it to more water and pitch. It then sits in primary for up to a year.

I screwed up my first batch, it must have gotten infected but I was really impatient with it and bottled after 4 months.

I think that (mead) is what I'm going to try next. I've just started on trying out some Welches juice wine, which is supposedly one of the least-palatable wines you can make but I wanted to go with the cheap stuff to experiment before getting into more creative drinks.

 

[Novus Collectus]

It's relatively easy since there is no hopping involved. Essentially you boil the honey with water add it to more water and pitch. It then sits in primary for up to a year.

I screwed up my first batch, it must have gotten infected but I was really impatient with it and bottled after 4 months.

Pitch? Primary? I am a total greenhorn.

 

[Geek]

I think that (mead) is what I'm going to try next. I've just started on trying out some Welches juice wine, which is supposedly one of the least-palatable wines you can make but I wanted to go with the cheap stuff to experiment before getting into more creative drinks.

I can't tell you how awesome that is

 

[jrt_ms1995]

It's relatively easy since there is no hopping involved. Essentially you boil the honey with water add it to more water and pitch. It then sits in primary for up to a year.

I screwed up my first batch, it must have gotten infected but I was really impatient with it and bottled after 4 months.

Please, somebody brew some mead and enter it in the St. Mary's county fair so there'll be some competition!

 

[woodchuck]

I didn't know there was a category for mead if this batch turns out I'll give it a go.

 

[woodchuck]

I think that (mead) is what I'm going to try next. I've just started on trying out some Welches juice wine, which is supposedly one of the least-palatable wines you can make but I wanted to go with the cheap stuff to experiment before getting into more creative drinks.

Have you tried the kit wines? They are really easy and tasty as well. I haven't tried any red's as the wife prefers hummingbird food but those have aged pretty well.

 

[theArtistFormerlyKnownAs]

Have you tried the kit wines? They are really easy and tasty as well. I haven't tried any red's as the wife prefers hummingbird food but those have aged pretty well.

My dad tried a kit wine a couple of years ago and it turned out pretty good, and stayed good surprisingly long after opening the last bottle.

 

[jrt_ms1995]

I didn't know there was a category for mead if this batch turns out I'll give it a go.

You'll have to look for it in the guide; it's under the "bee products" section (which makes sense, but most would likely look first in some other area.) Wish they had a beer category, too, but they'd probably require the entries be in 10 oz. cans.

 

[JoeMac]

I have 25lbs of pumpkin flesh in the freezer from Halloween. I am going to try to make some pumpkin wine. I hear that it has a lot of similarities to a Chardonnay.

I also made some moonshine a couple of months ago which turned out GREAT, I was surprised at how easy it was. The key to success is to use brewers yeast. I used bakers yeast which only go me about 10% alky

 

[BlueBird]

I also made some moonshine a couple of months ago which turned out GREAT, I was surprised at how easy it was. The key to success is to use brewers yeast. I used bakers yeast which only go me about 10% alky

Ummm that's not how you make moonshine. Did you distill it after it fermented to 10%? What was your grist?

 

[JoeMac]

How can you say that's not how you make moonshine? I never explained how I did it.

I used regular granulated sugar and bakers yeast. So technically it would be rum. Rum is made from sugar cane.

Yes, after it stopped fermenting(stopped bubbling) I distilled it with a tea kettle. I took 3 times through to get it to light with a match. I diluted it with spring water to get it drinkable. It was REALLY strong after 3 passes

I found a recipe that sounds good that uses sweet feed horse food for the mash, and like I said brewers yeast is the key. Then I have to put together a better still, the tea kettle only does 2 quarts of mash at a time

 

[forceofnature]

I have 5 lbs of killer bee honey for the next batch of mead.

 

[BeenSpur'd]

It's almost time to make dandelion wine. I make it every year when the yard is full of them. It's some azz kickin sh*t. I usally make raspberry wine when the wild raspberrys on the farm ripen. One year I made plum wine and that was pretty good. Some day my grape vines will give me enough grapes to make some wine, right now I just make jelly with them. I want to try and make some raspberry champagne this year.

 

[JoeMac]

It's almost time to make dandelion wine. I make it every year when the yard is full of them. It's some azz kickin sh*t. I usally make raspberry wine when the wild raspberrys on the farm ripen. One year I made plum wine and that was pretty good. Some day my grape vines will give me enough grapes to make some wine, right now I just make jelly with them. I want to try and make some raspberry champagne this year.

I've been wanting to try this, please give us a rundown on making the dandelion wine.

 

[BlueBird]

How can you say that's not how you make moonshine? I never explained how I did it.

I used regular granulated sugar and bakers yeast. So technically it would be rum. Rum is made from sugar cane.

Yes, after it stopped fermenting(stopped bubbling) I distilled it with a tea kettle. I took 3 times through to get it to light with a match. I diluted it with spring water to get it drinkable. It was REALLY strong after 3 passes

I found a recipe that sounds good that uses sweet feed horse food for the mash, and like I said brewers yeast is the key. Then I have to put together a better still, the tea kettle only does 2 quarts of mash at a time

Good for you. You are officially an idiot! Making moonshine is illegal and you just posted on a public forum not only that you made some but you described your process with enough detail to incriminate yourself. I'm forwarding a copy of this thread to the proper authorities.