Official Beer and Wine making Thread

[NoProb]

Crap, I thought this forum was only going to make me spend money on the boat, now I'm going to be looking at a new setup for brewing as well!

 

[BobJohnson]

Trying something new. Want to make a Pilsner soon, but for lagers I always build up a big yeast starter. So instead, I am going to brew a very simple 5 gal pale ale using lager yeast. Going to ferment the pale ale at normal ale temps. This will be basically a large yeast starter for the Pilsner. Thinking the lager yeast in the pale ale will be very similar to Cal Ale Yeast (hardly no flavor affect) and then I will have plenty of nice lager yeast for my pilsner. bought the stuff for the pale ale at lunch today, so will brew it either this weekend or next.

 

[BobJohnson]

Talk about being spent- 95 muggy degrees here today. But only free block of time I had to brew my beer was this afternoon. Hanging around a boiling brew pot and cleaning up has wiped me out. Brewing beer is the ONLY time I like the Chicago cold months.

 

[djetok]

You guys are killing me ,I want to start brewing g beer. Everytime I read this stuff it reminds me of my comp bbq years. Then I think do I want to steep off in it? What ti e commitment for a batch. I know it's split up.