Brewing

[Spanish_Lass]

RIS for Russian Imp. Stout.
Trying yours will be fine as well, working at the brewery here, I still don't get into the brewing process. I just wait for the final drinkable version. Although nothing beats smelling freshly brewed beer every morning.

Are they hiring? I could do with a job at the moment... Things are slow on the freelance front...

 

[gnoff]

My schwarzbier is bubbling in my fridge, it's so homely in the mornings

 

[Joshnir]

I'm new to the board, good to see there are some other people into brewing and metal. The bass player in my band and I have been brewing mead and beer for a few months now with very good results. We have several meads going, a couple different stouts and we just finished an IPA ale. We have yet to try a lager but hopefully we will soon, the IPA we did is good but I'm more into lagers.

 

[gnoff]

I'm new to the board, good to see there are some other people into brewing and metal. The bass player in my band and I have been brewing mead and beer for a few months now with very good results. We have several meads going, a couple different stouts and we just finished an IPA ale. We have yet to try a lager but hopefully we will soon, the IPA we did is good but I'm more into lagers.

Welcome!
we need more beer brewers!
Well, I do nyway, need to share ideas

 

[Belgar]

I would not really bother with lager/pils. Seems like they take up too much tank space and fermenting time for the actual yield value. Better stick an easy brown or IPA/porter.
At least that's what we are debating here at the brewery.
Not that it makes much difference, but our Imp Stout is actually using 2 of our tanks, which ends up with a higher cost yield since the Imp Stout can resale for much more than the average lager or pils.
On a homebrew system, it should depend of how much time you have to spend. Honestly, I would stay away from the lager, try to brew a schwarz or a saison or bock.
We just finished brewing a scotch ale, yield of about 1100 bottles (all and bottled, allowing 2 wks fermentation) and spare for kegs.

I still have to hear anybody talking about using their spare grains for homemade bread, or using some of the beer for moonshine. we have some local crazy strong stuff that I don't even want to touch.

 

[Joshnir]

Well we'd do the Lager just to try it out and drink ourselves. Right now we're just doing 5 gallon test batches of different recipes. Soon we're going to invest in some bigger fermenters and tanks and such so we can start selling locally. Plus I handle mostly the mead and my buddy does the beer so I don't have to deal with the actual lager brewing. My ancestry is Scandinavian and his is German so it makes sense, haha. He's actually really good with beer recipes, he jumped right into doing all grain recipes after reading about brewing for a week and the first stout we did from his recipe is amazing, I even stopped buying Guiness and Young's and I just drink our stuff now.

 

[gnoff]

I would not really bother with lager/pils. Seems like they take up too much tank space and fermenting time for the actual yield value. Better stick an easy brown or IPA/porter.
At least that's what we are debating here at the brewery.
Not that it makes much difference, but our Imp Stout is actually using 2 of our tanks, which ends up with a higher cost yield since the Imp Stout can resale for much more than the average lager or pils.
On a homebrew system, it should depend of how much time you have to spend. Honestly, I would stay away from the lager, try to brew a schwarz or a saison or bock.
We just finished brewing a scotch ale, yield of about 1100 bottles (all and bottled, allowing 2 wks fermentation) and spare for kegs.

I still have to hear anybody talking about using their spare grains for homemade bread, or using some of the beer for moonshine. we have some local crazy strong stuff that I don't even want to touch.

I'm in my lager brewing period right now

It's a lot more time consuming when it comes to the fermentation and lagering process, but damn a well made lager beats just about any other beer out there!

Also it's harder to plan your brew schedules since the yeast acts different when it's cold, when I do ales I know when the yeast will be done.
But it's all worth it of course, when having that most excellent chilled lager in the summer after mowing the lawn

When looking commercially though, there's a ton and then some of cheap macro swill selling fucking breweries making shit lagers and selling for change. This makes it very very hard to actually make money brewing lagers as a micro

But hell, I guess they give people what they want, a cheap yellow vegetable tasting ice cold co2 bomb that will get them drunk?

I'd still say Schwarz and Bock are lagers, you're supposed to ferment them cold


Hoping to taste that Scotch Ale in about 6 weeks

 

[gnoff]

Brewing a rauchbier (lager) right now

 

[Bates]

Beer seems so much more complicated then mead or cider... but now that I found a good homebrew supply shop, I might have to give it a whirl when my mead is done in the primary bucket. Now that I took the first step, I plan to have booze in constant production.

 

[gnoff]

Brewing beer requires more equipment and a few extra steps to learn, but it's not very difficult though.

My schwarz going into secondary is full of roasted goodness, can't wait to try it for real

 

[gnoff]

My beer is talking to me through the fridge door, it's so cozy!
I think it sais something like "yeah you go to the Czech Republic for a week, but I'll stay home and produce alcohol for you, come summer you and me is gonna get frinds, aight?"

I can just stand in the kitchen listening to the bubbles, mm, beer.

 

[gnoff]

Brewing a steam beer at the moment, last of the season.

 

[gnoff]

Today:
Cooling my Schwarzbier
Bottling my Rauchbier
Putting my Steam beer to secondary fermentation


And listening to Amon Amarth of course
right now the Avenger live Bochum CD

 

[gnoff]

Both beer fridges are packed once more.

The 55 bottles of rauchbier will be done in 2 week sto go in there, somehow...

Also the Steam Beer will go to bottles in a week or two, then 2 weeks after those 55 to 60 bottles will need to go in there also...

I need a third beer fridge...

 

[Spanish_Lass]

Both beer fridges are packed once more.

The 55 bottles of rauchbier will be done in 2 week sto go in there, somehow...

Also the Steam Beer will go to bottles in a week or two, then 2 weeks after those 55 to 60 bottles will need to go in there also...

I need a third beer fridge...

How do you get the smokey flavour in Rauchbier??? I like it but at times it feels like I am drinking black forest ham. And I am a bit wary of reusing those bottles for my own brewing.

 

[gnoff]

How do you get the smokey flavour in Rauchbier??? I like it but at times it feels like I am drinking black forest ham. And I am a bit wary of reusing those bottles for my own brewing.

I buy smoked malt

 

[Bates]

I tried smoking the malt once...

 

[Bates]

Mead is finally being bottled. Nice light and crisp simple one, came out much better then my amber ale did.

 

[AeonicSlumber]

gnoff when I visit Gothenburg will you let me try your beer plz?

 

[gnoff]

gnoff when I visit Gothenburg will you let me try your beer plz?

I might

When are you coming?