View Full Version : Beer, and everything related!
Hi all, nothing really to type here yet, but I thought I would start a thread for myself to post to when I start to derail another thread with beer stuff. It seems to be happening quite a bit as Dan pointed out. SOooo here it is, you Mr. Beer fans... You are cordially invited to the Treml pad (thats my place) whenever you are even remotely close to Duluth to try out my homebrew.
Actually, thats a standing invitation to any of you guys on the board...
Talk about a truly pointless topic! :lol:
Remington
08-17-2004, 02:42 PM
mmmm beeeeer! :drinkers:
Jackson's Dad
08-18-2004, 04:40 AM
Beer and bagpipes. Is there anything better? :lol:
Anonymous
08-18-2004, 11:09 AM
beer, bagpipes and bodacious babes in blue bikinis....
billions of billious blistering blue barnacles
mjknapp
08-30-2004, 08:13 PM
I agree with Tony, I have never tried Mr. Beer, but I invite any and all to come over and try some of my homebrew too, we can watch the big screen, high definition football, and drink some home brew.
Who could turn that invitation down...... :lol:
Well as long as swmbo agrees with it
(she who must be obeyed)
mjknapp
08-30-2004, 08:16 PM
I meant to say this in the last post, but I forgot, I just put an EPA (English Pale Ale) on tap. Wow, The best beer I have made yet. I have drank three of them and have a good little buzz going on, I had to quit as the wife wont be home for another hour, but I was celebrating, my wife's uncle that won the lottery a couple of years ago just gave us a whole bunch of money, and I get to buy some toys........ :) :) :)
Wow! I bet I could come up with some real good humdingers of brewing equipement for a shopping list if you want! :lol:
Mike, are you using kits or are you ordering ingredients from recipes? I've got a recipe for a porter that I want to try but the cost of the ingredients are way out of wack to the cost of just getting the beer at the store.
You ever tried the belgian styles? My friend brewed a trippel that he aged for almost a year and let me sample. It rings in around 13% and he gave me about 4 oz to try. It was pure ambrosia! Definately something to persue, but I priced out a scaled version in extract (he's all-grain 10 gallon) and it would cost $45!! :shock:
I might consider getting into all grain just to beat the price a little, though finding 8hrs to do it would be tough
mjknapp
09-02-2004, 01:30 PM
I have been really contemplating going to all grain, I have the perfect place to set it all up, I have a shed that I completely gutted and put a new floor in, new drywall, and rewired the entire shed. It would be the perfect place to do it, I put an air conditioner in it, and it has a little propane heater on the northwest wall. But I am still a little confused on the whole all grain process, I know I could figure it all out, and I know pretty much exactly what to buy, but I just havent studied it enough to make the jump yet, but soon I will.
13% wow, I would need probably 2 of them to get me stumbling.
Maybe for christmas I will ask the wife for permission to get the neccesities for going all grain.
I used kits for my first two recipes, then I just have been ordering ingredients for a recipe, I have made two with just ingredients, and they are both in kegs right now, So I havent tried them yet, but next week the wheat beer I made should be ready. I didnt force carbonate, I added half the priming sugar to water and boiled it, dumped it in the keg, then racked my beer on top of it. I gave it a 20# shot of co2 to seal it up and have let it sit since. That was two weeks ago, well the day before vacation.
mjknapp
09-02-2004, 01:38 PM
Wow! I bet I could come up with some real good humdingers of brewing equipement for a shopping list if you want! :lol:
All I have bought so far was a new nozzle for my power washer, I want to pressure wash my deck one more time before winter and seal it up, She bought a new sewing machine, and then we paid a few months up on the mortgage. (wow, i am not sure how to spell mortgage, is that right, it just doesnt look right for some reason.)
With this basement remodling stuff, I'm swiftly running out of room for my brewing stuff. I don't know if I'd even be able to store an MLT or turkey frier and the assorted rig. Pretty sure if I did it I'd go right for 10 gallon batches though. Doesn't take much more time and you get twice as much. My brother's got a rig for 10gallons but he only does 5gal batches.
I had been getting my malt extract in bulk locally, ~$50 for a 33lb tub. It works awesome if you can use it all in a month or less, but the last one I got I didn't brew as often, and it got old quick. Really made some crappy beer from the last two batches out of it. (not so crappy that I didn't drink it though)
I'd consider getting bulk dme too, but man, if that ever spilled I'd be in deep ... um... well, in trouble. The stuffs the consistancy of sheetrock dust!
mjknapp
09-02-2004, 08:29 PM
The stuffs the consistancy of sheetrock dust!
LOL, yes it is,
You could do the majority of it outside, and just rack it to a small room into you're basement if you had a small window to run the lines into. But then again, you have to talk you're wife into it first.
That'd be freakin' hilarious! Have a brew station on the back of the house and run the siphon line through the window! Brilliant! What about winter? hmmmm
mjknapp
09-02-2004, 09:17 PM
That'd be freakin' hilarious! Have a brew station on the back of the house and run the siphon line through the window! Brilliant! What about winter? hmmmm
Well, you would be brewing outside, but fermenting in the basement, the cold will only take it a little longer to boil, but with a propane setup outside, it shouldnt slow it down to much. after your wort is done, and cooled, you could use a wort chiller or a snow bank, you could just run a line down into your carboy and pitch the yeast, I would think that would work. Maybe a little modification here and there, but the general idea would work.
That is as long as youre basement is heated, and if you're office is down there, I am assuming it is.
Yup, now I just have to pitch the idea to my wife! :D
mjknapp
09-02-2004, 11:00 PM
Oh, the hard part of the whole idea, :lol:
Jackson's Dad
09-03-2004, 04:24 AM
OK, one of you guys is going to have to make up a short FAQ on how to get started in brewing: instructions, recipes, websites, whatever. You're getting the rest of us curious!
Dan
mjknapp
09-03-2004, 12:05 PM
Just go to http://forum.northernbrewer.com/index.php That is where Tony told me to go, and that is where I learned most of what I know.
Also www.howtobrew.com (http://www.howtobrew.com/) John Palmers book online. Very educational. (So I'm told, I haven't actually read it)
;)
mjknapp
09-03-2004, 12:53 PM
I read the first three chapters of that book, it is a pretty good peice of information.
Jackson's Dad
09-03-2004, 02:51 PM
Cool. Now if only I could find the time to try it. With the little guy taking up so much time/energy, and the rest of my time split between my business and all the household projects I have, I don't think it'll be a while. Sigh. But maybe I'll read it just so I can join in on all the conversations here!
mjknapp
09-03-2004, 03:21 PM
It doesnt really take to long to do an extract kit, just plan a couple hours one saturday, and brew up a batch, the yeast does all the work after you put it in your carboy, you just have to check it every once in a while. Ther a month or so later, you have your own beer. Just dont cut corners on your supplies, as it will help you make a better beer. I bought the deluxe kit on this page http://www.northernbrewer.com/starterkits.html except I bought it from a local homebrew shop instead of online. It was everything I needed to make some damn good beer.
What saved me was starting before we had Tara. I had time to figure out what I was doing well and what sucked. Got the kinks worked out and the process streamlined to take 2.5hrs usually.
Next is mastering doing two batches at once. I only did it one time so far, and it worked freakin' awesome, but it was a 60min boil and a 45min boil... when the first was done chilling the second was done boiling. I don't know if I planned it well or what, but it worked really slick!
hmmm, I think I'll do that next time too. Down to less then a half a keg, and then some wine in carboys :(
mjknapp
09-03-2004, 05:57 PM
Down to less then a half a keg, and then some wine in carboys :(
You are slacking tony, I have two kegs waiting and ready to drink, but I have some to finish yet, But I have two empty carboys just sitting there, I need to spend a day brewing, or I will be in the same situation.
Yeah, I won't begin to tell you how many empty carboys I have in the house right now. I'm hoping my in-laws will be able to pick up a few kits for me before coming up this weekend.
We'll see
whooo hooo! The LHBS has my order and my mother in law will pick them up after work before coming up here tonight! I'll have three kits good to go and ready to brew on Sunday! (cuz we've got too much going Saturday)
Porter, wheat, and IPA in case you're interested. mwaahahahahaaaa I've got 2+lbs of hop varieties in my deep freeze, that IPA is going to be one crazy hoppy Muthafubber!
What a pleasant turn to my day!
mjknapp
09-03-2004, 07:14 PM
Nice, you are ready to go on sunday, I want to try something a little different this time, but not sure what to try. I will have to do some searching.
Got any style questions? I'm your man :lol:
mjknapp
09-03-2004, 07:20 PM
Got any style questions? I'm your man :lol:
Yeah, will my blue tie go with my charcoal colored trousers, I was thinking of wearing a peach-pale yellow shirt, with black shoes, Will it all go together....... :lol: :lol: :lol:
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!
Beer style!
Try pouring a porter on the tie, put some stout in the shoes, and some IPA down the trousers, that'll have ya swimmin' for sure!
Just be careful that you don't start using the SRM color code for everything else!
mjknapp
09-03-2004, 07:31 PM
:lol: :lol:
Thx for the laugh Tony, not to bad......lol
I try, man, most of the time is shows I just tried!
"there is no try, only do, or do not."
-Yoda
Jackson's Dad
09-04-2004, 04:05 AM
Hmmm... that kit looks intriguing....
No, no, not yet! I just bought my last toy (the table saw) and haven't even finished setting it up yet. Must focus! (That'll be this weekend, I hope -- getting that saw running and aligned and everything. I haven't done serious woodworking since a furniture making class I took, er 12 years ago. I can't wait!)
Dan
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