any Brewers hanging out here?

RobertN · Jan 16, 2001

Hehehehe....
My Grandpa did a bit of that too[shock] He was in San Francisco during Prohibition, and made some $$$ brewing and running beer.

If you were to get one of Pappazian's "Joy of Homebrewing" books off Amazon.com; that'd be a good start.

RobertN in Shingle Springs Calif

Thomas · Jan 16, 2001

Robert,
Thats for sure about a "heck of a kick" /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
Have you ever try making wine from wild grapes?
I try and /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif

Mother nature sure does have some tasty goodies.

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Bird · Jan 16, 2001

I've drunk a lot of sweet apple cider in my life, but have only heard of hard cider; never seen or tasted any. Do they sell such in the liquor stores; I've never thought to ask.

Bird

MarkV · Jan 16, 2001

Robert,

I have a bit differnt system for getting many kinds of interesting brews. My wife is a flight attendant and goes somewhere over seas once a week. She is good enough to bring back samples of the local brews for me to try. Keep asking for case quanities but, she tells me if I want to haul that kind of wieght I can come along./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

MarkV

uppermich · Jan 16, 2001

I haven't brewed beer...... yet, but I've been brewing wine from kits for over a year now. I try to do most of my brewing over the winter and let it age for summer consumption. Love to sit on the deck and watch the sunset with a glass of wine. There's really not much to it with a kit except for bottling. Washing, sterilizing, corking and labeling take all the time. That's why I'm considering one of those Beer Machines if I am going to start brewing beer. Has anyone out there used one of these? http://www.beermachine.com/

Pat (Techno-Tractor Mom)

Bird · Jan 16, 2001

Very interesting, Pat. I'd never seen that before.

Bird

RobertN · Jan 16, 2001

I've seen hard cider in the stores around here. They are ok.

RobertN in Shingle Springs Calif

RobertN · Jan 16, 2001

Thomas,
I've never tried to make wines. Everyone I know who does uses either grape concentrate(wine grape), or buys grape juice from a couple local wineries that sell it. They have made some impressive stuff.

RobertN in Shingle Springs Calif

Thomas · Jan 17, 2001

Pat,
Haven't heard much from you since you got your new Kubota. /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

I guess your getting plenty of seat time
w/ all of that snow.

Hope all is well out there and business booming.

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Wingnut · Jan 17, 2001

Pat,
I tried one of those Beer Machines as a change from winemaking. If my kit was an example ... save your money and buy beer at the locl store! It was a fairly large investment for a cheap piece of plastic that leaked like a sieve. Huge, terrible, smelly mess!
And I was so looking forward to making my own brew!

I have a friend back in Alberta who is a real beer-brewin'-fool! He has 2 batches on the go all the time, loves to experiment, and keeps the result in a setup that includes an old fridge, several kegs and a CO2 system for pressurization. Has made some of the best beer I've ever sampled (and I'm real partial to some of the real (i.e. 8% ++) beers in Belgium and Holland!

too bad that common sense ain't