BARF Homebrewing.

[Jakemate]

actually i do have a system for making beer drinkable a day or two after it's done fermenting, I just turn up the c02 bottle thats in the kegerator wayyyyy high and it gets the job done:teeth

We just keg it , and pump in C02 while rolling the keg around for 20 minutes and that usually does it for a quickie.

Just like socks, both those methods would work!

I find that the beer will take more gas as the temperature lowers.

I still prefer to age the beer for a while, though. I think that the taste improves with a couple-three weeks.

 

[2nsane]

any one have a Carboy they want to get rid of?:thumbup

 

[spddrcr]

POSTPONED!!!!!


it turns out it's not going to happen tommarow, my mom in georgia had a heart attack last night and it turns out it was worse then the family was saying, so off i go to find a ticket to georgia

maybe i can get things settled down and do it next weekend or the weekend after

 

[Jakemate]

Woah, that sucks!

Sending good thoughts your way!

There's no hurry, there's still ingredients on the store shelves! I'll see if I can do some editing and pictures to clarify the first posts today. There is some stuff missing that I should have in there.

 

[Ozymandias]

oooooh home brew thread! subscribed! :thumbup

I've got a batch of scotch ale in the kegs right now myself :teeth I soooooo need a kegerator though. :x

spddrcr, hope your mom's OK

 

[Jakemate]

^ Lemme see if Junebuggy still has the plans for the one he put together. it was pretty inexpensive and holds 2 kegs + gas.

 

[dsapsis]

Jakemate, and others;
Make your way to an AFM race weekend and look me up on Sat. night. I typically have a keg (or two) of homebrew, and can talk more beer than you would want to.

--dave sapsis

 

[Ozymandias]

^ Lemme see if Junebuggy still has the plans for the one he put together. it was pretty inexpensive and holds 2 kegs + gas.

Putting one together isn't the problem so much as finding the right fridge. I've got one of those mini fridges at my office that I'm going to bring home on Saturday but it will only hold mini kegs (2.5 gallon) which is OK for now since that's all I have but I'd like to get a mid sized that I can put 2 (really I'd like to fit 4 but...) full size kegs in with a 20lbs cyl. :teeth

 

[Jakemate]

I believe Junebuggy used the sanyo 4912 seen here.

http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-build-a-kegerator-keg-refrigerator-from-a-sanyo-4912-251195/

But he didn't use a top on it.

 

[Ozymandias]

That would be a much better unit than the one I have at my office. Thanks for the info

 

[Jakemate]

IIRC, you can find that model for ~$200.

 

[jrbruin]

Sweet thread.. I have been brewing for a couple years now, but recently the kegerator I built to hold it all went out (craigslist chest freezer that I got for $25 stopped working), so I put the brewing on hold. The pictures in the beginning of this thread reminded me how much I love waking up on a hot summer day and sitting outside brewing (and tasting the fruits of brews past). I gotta get my ass out there and fix that kegerator! Some of you may say, "why not just bottle?" and to that I say "once you've used kegs you can never go back to the hell that is bottling. Nothing like siphoning an entire batch into a keg, putting it in the kegerator and turning on the gas as opposed to the ordeal of sanitizing and capping 50 bottles.

 

[Jakemate]

Well, with the current weather, just put your kegs outside!

 

[wilit]

Jake, convince your wife to spend some of that bonus money on a triple tap for the kegerator.

 

[Jakemate]

We NEED to get that. Hell, at that, I need to brew some goddamned beer! I'm runnin' low!!!!

On a brighter note, I have a 15 gallon keg I'm going to convert to a brew kettle. Stay tuned....

 

[BrassPremier]

I know nothing of brewing beer, but I'll surely help you all taste your creations

 

[Jakemate]

I'm brewing 10 gallons tonight, (2 simultaneous 5 gallon batches). No camera, but here's the recipe.

Wheat Beer, 5 gallon.

Short batch, ~3 gallons of boiling water, 2.5 gallons cold to cool after boil. 60 minute boil.

1/2# 10L Crystal Malt.
1# Carapils Malt
Steeped in a 1 gallon paint strainer for 45 minutes.

6# Dried Wheat Extract, dry.
1/2# British Light Malt Extract, dry.
21 grams, (3/4 oz), Northern Brewers hops.
Boil 35 minutes.

21 grams, (3/4oz), Northern Brewers hops
Boil 15 minutes

4oz Wheat Flakes
1 Whirlfloc tab, (Irish Moss)
Boil 10 minutes

14grams, (1/2 oz), Northern Brewers hops, end of boil.

Wyeast #3056 Bavarian Wheat Beer Yeast.

 

[SteelerFanatic]

You guys are full of awesome! :thumbup I didn't realize you could brew your own beer so *easily*.

So does the recipe create the type of beer, or just the flavor? For instance a pilsner vs a stout. I love guiness draught, but can't stand the stout.

Sure making me thirsty!

 

[jrbruin]

I'm not sure I get the question.. what I think your asking is: "is it just that it tastes "like" a certain type of beer, or is it actually the real thing"?

the recipe is basically the same recipe that a large scale brewery would use to make their beer. So when I make a pale ale or a stout, the ingredients are very different (well, as different as types of grain, hops, and yeast can be )
The final product can be (and most often is) at least as good or better than beer bought at the store.

 

[Jakemate]

^ Correct. Different grain, hop and yeast combinations are the main differences in a beer. I say main, because lagers are a different process than your ale/stout variations.

You can tweak recipe's to your taste by changing types, or ammounts of ingredients.

For an example, making Hefe, if you use Hefeweizen Ale Yeast the taste is going to be a lot different than if you used a bavarian yeast or a pale ale yeast. This is if all other ingredients and measurements are equal. If you substitute hops, using a strain with different AAU's, the taste and aroma will be different.

This is why pale ales at microbreweries all differ greatly in taste and aroma.