Home Brew

[mikkojay]

Just curious- anybody home brew?
My kitchen smells like boiled malt barley & hops at the moment & I am waiting for the 5 gallon bucket of wort to cool down so I don't singe the yeast. This one is a brown ale.
My favorite beer as of this moment is St. Peter's Cream Stout- I tried one last week and cannot get enough since! Those boys across the pond know their brew I must say. I will be elated if this batch resembles Newcastle in any form.
-Mike

[drlava]

MMMMMM
have you ever seen the 'Modern Marvels : Brewing Beer' episode? It was quite enlightening and made it look so good.
Someday....

[mikkojay]

yes, I saw that one- and out of some divine coincidence, it was while I was brewing my last batch! (and drinking a few for the sake of ceremony)
I am all about well intended libations, be it to the eye or the mushy thing that carries on my autonomic functions! Pardon my slurred cohesion- I get carried away on brew night++ It is all part of the intricate and delicate process that makes things go the way nature intended (insert yeast burp here)
-Mike

[gottaluvlasers]

my dad does home brews! he is actually REALLY good at it.

quick lil funny story...(well, funny and sad i guess)

he is pretty sick in the hospital right now. (spinal meningitis).

anyway...we rushed him there a few days ago and he was toward the the end of the fermentaion process at home for a batch of "bass Ale" (clone obviously).

well i went to his house today to get him some fresh clothes and toiletries and the freaking brew BLEW UP all over his kitchen! LOL. i guess it was ready to be taken out of the bucket and bottled or whatever the next step is and HOLY CRAP...it is ALLLLL OVER the counter, ceiling, walls, NOT a pretty sight.

anyway...thats my quick lil funny/sad story.

-Marc

[mikkojay]

Aw man, shoot- I hope your dad pulls thru aOK- that reminds me of stories my Mom used to tell me about my grandpa's bottles blowing up once in a while back in the good ol' days. They had an underground "cave" on their farm used for storing milk, etc. and I guess that is where granddad placed his brew bottles. every once in a while they would hear a "boom" and grandad would say, "%^&*!"
-Mike

[trwalters001]

Mike - I've been brewing since 1990. I'm a BJCP Certified beer judge. It's a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it...

Marc - Sorry to hear about your Dad. Hope he's home soon.

Tim

[300EVIL]

Just curious- anybody home brew?
My kitchen smells like boiled malt barley & hops at the moment & I am waiting for the 5 gallon bucket of wort to cool down so I don't singe the yeast. This one is a brown ale.
My favorite beer as of this moment is St. Peter's Cream Stout- I tried one last week and cannot get enough since! Those boys across the pond know their brew I must say. I will be elated if this batch resembles Newcastle in any form.
-Mike

I think Milptack said he home brews. I've always wanted to try that at one point. (Too many projects! ) One day I hope to get into it. I love beer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-jOEAufDQ4

Let's make a "Laser Beer" with photon mutated yeast! 90% alcohol by volume ofcourse.

[buffo]

I homebrew. We had some pale ale w/ amber malt at FLEM last spring. Fred loved it. I've made cherry wheats, octoberfest clones, and even a few hard ciders. Great stuff. Haven't brewed a batch in a long time though. (Probably 6 months)

Hope your father is OK, Marc...

Adam