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Title: home made beer
Post by: jeepster on February 18, 2012, 10:48:36 PM: light toasted barley malt, with halertau hopps, a little molassas, kolsch yeast... let sit for 3 weeks... bottle.... let sit for a month.... DAMN SON!

nothing like catchin a buzz on something you made your self and didnt taste funny because of the grimey, nasty infected fingers of the goverment dipped in a few times....

heres to gettin a tax free buzz!!!!! :IBCOOL: :brew:
Title: Re: home made beer
Post by: Bigshooter on February 23, 2012, 10:20:05 PM: I bought a Mr. Beer right before x-mass. Did a Mr. Beer American blonde for my first batch. A Hefeweizen for my second batch. And now I have a red malt beer brewing. So far they have been great. I'm addicted to brewing now.
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Post by: Bigshooter on February 23, 2012, 10:37:45 PM: This is the only pic I have on my phone. This is the american blonde.
Title: home made beer
Post by: JohnVH on February 23, 2012, 10:39:56 PM: Doing my first mr beer kit right now. Will be bottling this weekend! Very fun!
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Post by: Heredoggydoggy on February 23, 2012, 11:51:02 PM: Heard a guy tell of making homebrew today. One thing he said he learned was not to make it in the kitchen--the house will smell like stale beer for MONTHS!
Title: Re: home made beer
Post by: PolarBear on February 24, 2012, 12:10:23 AM: I have a beer making kit but have never found the time to try it out. One of these days.
I do have a different recipe. Water, yeast, ground corn, wheat bran, rye and sugar. ;)
Title: Re: home made beer
Post by: Bigshooter on February 24, 2012, 12:12:38 AM: Quote from: Heredoggydoggy on February 23, 2012, 11:51:02 PM
Heard a guy tell of making homebrew today. One thing he said he learned was not to make it in the kitchen--the house will smell like stale beer for MONTHS!

You don't smell beer until its fermented for awhile. When your making wort it smells sweet.
Title: Re: home made beer
Post by: spin05 on February 24, 2012, 03:31:23 AM: I go here about 3 times a year to do my brew. http://www.whereubrew.com/ I have yet to try a home brew that can come close...
Title: Re: home made beer
Post by: Bigshooter on February 24, 2012, 04:06:29 AM: Quote from: spin05 on February 24, 2012, 03:31:23 AM
I go here about 3 times a year to do my brew. http://www.whereubrew.com/ I have yet to try a home brew that can come close...

I've heard a lot of good about this place. But I want to make mine at home. That's what makes it so much fun. It would be fun to go there once, I bet a guy could learn a lot.
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Post by: spin05 on March 09, 2012, 02:43:36 AM: Yes it is...Plus you could get alot of recipes while your there to try at home.
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Post by: JohnVH on March 09, 2012, 06:23:13 PM: drinking one of my Mr Beer home brews now! Its really good, and was fun! Got a hard cider batch for the wife fermenting now, and Ill be doing up a dark porter soon for my second batch, we bought a second mr beer kit so I can keep it flowing!

now I gotta make a still and make some good stuff! haha
Title: Re: home made beer
Post by: washelkhunter on March 09, 2012, 06:56:08 PM: I have an entire homebrew kit for sale with bottles if anyone is interested.
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Post by: good2go on March 13, 2012, 07:54:52 PM: I might be interested in the beer kit if you are close to Oly.
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Post by: RockChuck on March 24, 2012, 08:05:37 AM: Also may be interested if you still have it
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Post by: DoubleJ on March 24, 2012, 09:46:03 AM: Question for you guys. I have no problem drinking PBR, coors light, Keystone (well, maybe I have a problem with Keystone) as well as nicer, micro brew beer. I notice the difference but, sometimes I don't care. What I care about is the price. I buy better when I can. How does the price of home brewing match up to say a $6.50/6pack of Coors Light?
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Post by: JohnVH on March 24, 2012, 10:12:37 AM: I think if you brew in a 5 gal carboy and buy in bulk youd beat that, my cheapo mr beer for a premium beer kit (dark porter beer) was $18 I think for the mixings, and itll make a case of bottled beer.

I have a hard cider in bottles now, and a porter in the keg fermenting.

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Title: Re: home made beer
Post by: TheHunt on March 24, 2012, 10:19:52 AM: My little brother has a complete stainless steel setup for cooking, and fermenting his beer. He puts his stuff in those pop kegs and puts Co2 behind it. Pretty good stuff for some reason he has lots of friends over. :dunno:

You can also pick up and dry your own hops from Yakama. You do not need much and that stuff stinks. My brother gets like a gallon bag and it last a long, long time.
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Post by: JohnVH on March 24, 2012, 10:21:04 AM: if your really interested go to a beer supply store and pick their brains.
Title: Re: home made beer
Post by: ttown on March 25, 2012, 05:25:59 PM: I have a full grain set up and brew and keg.. Full grain makes a world of difference... then get some kegs and you are good to go. It is pretty fun but a full day event. Always tastes good .. I like the IPA's. :drool:
Title: Re: home made beer
Post by: TheHunt on March 25, 2012, 05:36:41 PM: So how long does your beer last once it is ready to drink?
Title: Re: home made beer
Post by: MuleySniper on March 25, 2012, 05:55:19 PM: Quote from: ttown on March 25, 2012, 05:25:59 PM
I have a full grain set up and brew and keg.. Full grain makes a world of difference... then get some kegs and you are good to go. It is pretty fun but a full day event. Always tastes good .. I like the IPA's. :drool:

I love IPA's too.. Where do you live? :chuckle: Home brewing is something I have been wanting to try for a long time. I seriously think I am going to try it soon. My brother in law does it and brews some pretty good stuff.
Title: Re: home made beer
Post by: NW-GSP on March 25, 2012, 08:39:42 PM: I can brew a five gal batch of beer for $35 from Home brew heaven, partiall grain of course. I have yet to have a kit from there I have not liked.
Title: Re: home made beer
Post by: TikkaT3-270Shortmag on April 01, 2012, 08:33:44 PM: They just opened up a place here in Chehalis yesterday. Its called flood valley homebrew. Here is what the owner wrote in the local paper. Hopefully this can save some people some money in gas and not have to drive as far to get supplies "We will be your one stop shopping place for all of your home brewed beer needs! We will carry over 30 varieties of grains and 26 varieties of hops, and yeasts for any style of beer you want to brew! We will also sell all equipment needed for brewing, bottling or kegging your homebrew. If you don’t currently brew your own, come see us and we can show you how easy and fun it is to make better beer for less than half the price of “corporate beers”.