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p.s.s. i just remembered i had a dream about your mead..did you put anything that resembled black pepper in it? i was dreaming you put it in the fridge and i was watching these black specks fall to the bottom slowly...thats all i remember hah
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Haha... pepper in mead? Never! I would think that would be pungently offensive in flavor.
What I'll do instead of getting straws is just buy some more vinyl tubing. Ace hardware is just around the corner, it's only a 30 minute trip to walk up there, buy something, and come back.
I'll head down there tomorrow and get that taken care of
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Re: Brewing@home [Re: Konnrade]
#5684944 - 05/28/06 10:45 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Chillies in beer is pretty damn fine!
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I'm not a big fan of spicy things. Mostly it's because I hate sweating, and unavoidably spicy foodstuffs will make you sweat.
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Re: Brewing@home [Re: Konnrade]
#5691570 - 05/30/06 05:31 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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actually im not positive about this but putting hot spices in alcohol over time i think the "hot" part goes away..and leaves a nice taste behind...but it could take a year or more.
but for beer well i guess it would go bad by then, but for wine.
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By the way, does anyone have an idea of where I might buy 25 pounds of honey without spending a fortune?
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Re: Brewing@home [Re: Konnrade]
#5691901 - 05/30/06 06:39 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Try this website or you could take up the hobby of beekeeping (you get lots of honey and help out the bee's #'s).Some home brewing store are cheater also look in Sam's,Costco warehouse's has a good price on honey. http://glorybeefoods.com/gbf/
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Re: Brewing@home [Re: Brainiac]
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yeah i want to get into beekeeping myself. But there seems to be a lot you have to do first in regards to supplys, laws, and setup.
not to mention ive never been stung by a bee or anything related to one.
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There are beekeeping clubs in evey state
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Re: Brewing@home [Re: Brainiac]
#5693202 - 05/30/06 11:27 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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So about 4 or 5 days ago, I boiled some water and a bunch of sugar (maybe 3 cups?) in a pot on the stove, along with two cans of halved apricots in heavy syrup. Once the fruit was reduced to a goop, I strained into my isopropyl swabbed 5 gal bucket. I then added 2lb's (all I could afford) of orange blossom honey into the mix, and put the lid on to cool.
My Setup is a 5 gal bucket with a "Leak-Tite" lid. I drilled a hole in the lid just slightly small than my tubing, so its already a snug fit, but to make things shweeter I added some glue to the top of the lid only. This was allowed to dry a few days prior.
Once cooled I added 1/4 packet of yeast (probably only a little over a gallon worth of mead), and put out in a shed to brew. I'll post pics in a few days, or whenever I get the time.
Once its done fermenting, im going to soak dried apricots and cranberries in it, then strain and bottle.
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Re: Brewing@home [Re: Konnrade]
#5693285 - 05/30/06 11:44 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I'm seriously considering just making some cheap, heavily alcoholic hooch.
Boil water, mix in large quantity of sugar, pour into 5-gallon fermenter. Allow to cool, add yeast. When done fermenting, distill until desired potency is acheived.
Viola, cheap, foul-tasting alcohol for the sole purpose of getting shitfaced.
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Re: Brewing@home [Re: Konnrade]
#5693806 - 05/31/06 04:12 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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i take it you have a reflex still and not a pot still currect?
i seen some peeps on here explaing how to use wormwood with 190 proof threw a pot still...but he failed to mention to never try it with anything other than 190 proof.
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I don't currently have any kind of still, but it wouldn't be hard to build a reflux still. I just need a lot of copper tubing and I'll be set. I've got plenty of room for it, as well.
I could most likely cannibalize the heating element from an old drip coffee machine, then bolt that into a 5-gallon bucket, and attach the column and condenser through the top of the bucket lid.
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Re: Brewing@home [Re: Konnrade]
#5698977 - 06/01/06 10:05 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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well im considering starting an all-grain beer batch. I would start another thread but i just assume all the beer guys are already in this one.
so here's the deal, im clueless how to do all-grain.
ive been here http://www.howtobrew.com
it gave me general idea but left me with lots of questions still.
here's what i think i know, currect me or add to it please.
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1. boil 5 gallons water 2. add grain to boilling water 3. hold at currect temp for 1 hour to tired to look back but i already think this differs from the website.
4. so then i have like 6 gallons of water(sparge) so i slowly drain the mash into a bucket as i add this sparge water. then i recycle it all back threw a few times to get all the stuff out of the grains right?
then im done?
according to that website: i remember something about 6 gallons and i end up with 8 gallons total but somehow it all fits in a 6.5 gallon carboy with 1.5 gallons of headspace....god im so confused.
so if you cann't help me out with that, anyone got some good all-grain receipes?
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You need to crush the grain so that the starches leach out better. You also need to sparge the grain to rinse off sticky goodies. Secondary fermentation is needed to clarify the beer. Lots of cloudy things float aroud in it. Adding more sugar or malt before botteling also helps out a lot.
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the sugar before bottling is to produce carbonation, is it not?
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Re: Brewing@home [Re: Konnrade]
#5702150 - 06/01/06 11:42 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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yes it is. i know how to brew beer, just not "all-grain". but i think ive learned alot last past hours, found a few guides here and there.
just the part that throws me off is how i boil and steep all the grains for an hour(so there already sitting in 3-4 gallons of water).
and then it says to sparge with 6 gallons more of water....so then afterwords i will end up with like 8 gallons of must.....how do i get from 8 gallons to 5 gallons???somethin im missing most likely.
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Boil it down?
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use less water during the initial boil, use less water to sparge, use the water from the first boil for the first sparging then use a couple gallons repeatedly the second sparge then rinse it off with a gallon of clean water. Try to use withing six gallons and if you need to boil it down to under five, then ace it with your hops process.
Sugar at bottling adds carbonation but it also help the beer condition further clarifying your beer. Though you will have yeast sediment on the bottom. But thats OK its good for you
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