Brewing your own beer

[preddy08]

Bottled it yesterday and snuck a quick taste. So far so good.

[Magz]

any chance you can seel some bottles.......so i can try your piss beer..........
wait nevermind....... i don't know if i could stomach it.

[preddy08]

Ummm week one...

[Troy31]

Looks a little cloudy but I like a good amber.

[preddy08]

Looks a little cloudy but I like a good amber.

The beers a IPA, so its going to be a little cloudy right from the get go. Its also only a week on in its clarification life. Time is beers best friend when its this young. I really should let it sit for another two weeks or so, but its just to damn tasty. That and I wanna get my drunk on

[preddy08]

A little interesting reading on IPAs.

"Double India Pale Ales (abbreviated Double IPAs or DIPAs) are a strong, very hoppy style of pale beer. Also known as Imperial IPAs (or IIPAs), these beers have high amounts of malt and hops. Double IPAs typically have alcohol content above 7% by volume. IBUs are in the very high range (60+). To add to the confusion however, is the fact that American "regular" IPAs (most notably the aforementioned Ballantine IPA of Newark, NJ) long had an ABV of 7.5% and was 70+ IBUs; It was a product that was actually regularly available from the mid 1930's through the 1980s.

There are some brewers that believe the name should be San Diego Pale Ale, since the style most likely started near San Diego, California[22] – specifically a Double IPA brewed in 1994 by Vinnie Cilurzo, then head brewer of Blind Pig Brewing Company of Temecula, California (now brewmaster at Russian River Brewing Company).[23] Cilurzo claims he "accidentally" created the style by adding 50% too much malt to his mash tun. He then "corrected" this mistake by adding 100% more hops. This is up for some debate, however, as the local San Diego Pizza Port brewery claims to have been brewing "the original San Diego IPA",[24] since 1992 when they opened their brewery (two years before Cilurzo and Blind Pig). Still others attribute the creation of this style to Rogue Ales, a microbrewery in Newport, Oregon, and its I2PA beer, brewed in 1990.[1]

Northern California breweries such as Lagunitas and Russian River as well as those in the San Diego area have taken to the Double IPA style (DIPA), including Stone Brewing Company, Green Flash, Oggi's Brewery, Alpine Beer Company, Alesmith, Ballast Point Brewing Company, and Port Brewing Company, etc. The style is extremely common in Oregon, with DIPAs produced by most microbreweries, including Rogue Ales, Deschutes Brewery, Hair of the Dog Brewing Company, Full Sail Brewing Company, Ninkasi Brewing Company, Beer Valley Brewing Co., BridgePort Brewing Company, Laurelwood Brewery. Some DIPAs are now even made in Denmark, Belgium, and Norway.[25][26][27]

Many of the stronger Double IPAs could be alternately classified as American barleywines or Triple IPAs. As a relatively young style, it is still being determined. It is one of the fastest growing styles in the craft beer industry, and a favorite among hopheads. 100% more malt and 200% more hops is the basic (but unofficial) guideline for a Triple IPA versus a normal IPA.

[Troy31]

Ah, should have looked back through the thread, thought you were brewing an amber ale. Really been thinking about giving brewing a shot since you started this thread but am a little worried about having 5 gallons of beer I don't like. Wife brought home a growler from one of the local micro breweries/restaurants for my birthday and I really didn't like it. Think it was an APA. I need to start drinking more different types of beer so I can figure out what I really like before I give brewing a shot.

[preddy08]

Ah, should have looked back through the thread, thought you were brewing an amber ale. Really been thinking about giving brewing a shot since you started this thread but am a little worried about having 5 gallons of beer I don't like. Wife brought home a growler from one of the local micro breweries/restaurants for my birthday and I really didn't like it. Think it was an APA. I need to start drinking more different types of beer so I can figure out what I really like before I give brewing a shot.

Brewing beer is REALLY REALLY simple! You best bet now is to get a complete kit from Brewer Best. They have tons of different kinds of beers to choose form. I got a kit from a local home brew store and really all you need is a 6.5 gallon air tight bucket with a drill grommet to accept a "air lock". Follow the instructions per the brewers best kit, and drop it in the bucket and let it sit for a month. Bottle it, cap it, wait a week or two and your ready to drink. REALLY REALLY simple! I'd be more than happy to guide you along the way.

This kit is more than enough to get you going on some Ales. http://www.midwestsupplies.com/brewing-basics-equipment-kit.html

[preddy08]

I'd love to get some "brewing buddys" going and share a few beers that we've brewed up. I've got one buddy almost convinced to get a batch going. Brewing 5 gallons at a time (~55) bottles gets to be a bit tireing. I'd like to brew up 5 gallons and swap halt the batch with someone else and get some comments so I can get an idea of how my brewing is. Right no I may have a case us "my beautify baby" going, but who knows.

[Peelz]

I'd love to get some "brewing buddys" going and share a few beers that we've brewed up. I've got one buddy almost convinced to get a batch going. Brewing 5 gallons at a time (~55) bottles gets to be a bit tireing. I'd like to brew up 5 gallons and swap halt the batch with someone else and get some comments so I can get an idea of how my brewing is. Right no I may have a case us "my beautify baby" going, but who knows.

do you mean beautiful baby? Just checking, before you print out labels.

I would be into doing this, but I gots no time

[preddy08]

I'd love to get some "brewing buddys" going and share a few beers that we've brewed up. I've got one buddy almost convinced to get a batch going. Brewing 5 gallons at a time (~55) bottles gets to be a bit tireing. I'd like to brew up 5 gallons and swap halt the batch with someone else and get some comments so I can get an idea of how my brewing is. Right no I may have a case us "my beautify baby" going, but who knows.

do you mean beautiful baby? Just checking, before you print out labels.

I would be into doing this, but I gots no time

I hate you peelz, I'm just say'in

[Peelz]

I'd love to get some "brewing buddys" going and share a few beers that we've brewed up. I've got one buddy almost convinced to get a batch going. Brewing 5 gallons at a time (~55) bottles gets to be a bit tireing. I'd like to brew up 5 gallons and swap halt the batch with someone else and get some comments so I can get an idea of how my brewing is. Right no I may have a case us "my beautify baby" going, but who knows.

do you mean beautiful baby? Just checking, before you print out labels.

I would be into doing this, but I gots no time

I hate you peelz, I'm just say'in

LOL you said it

I didnt catch the pic of the brewed glass, looks good. 

[Spartan]

I can clearly see your nuts...

[Peelz]

 

give em a lick

[rappyfreak]

Crap shawn looking good, this is something I have been looking into for quite a while, what is a good forum to start reading?