Home Brewers

[Black Yaris]

I know there was a thread about home brewers pre-hack

I recently started my first brew of Heffeweiß

I just wanted to start up a thread about home brews to see what other Yarisworlders have to say!

[50MPGDream]

I have a batch of apfelwine in one of my 5 gal carboys, an imperial stout in my primary (will be racked into a secondary saturday) and I'll be brewing a pale ale this saturday after I get the stout out of my primary

everything thus far has been extract brewing only, but I plan on making the jump into all grain brewing after the holidays

my new years resolution will be to not buy any commercial brews for consumption at home

[Thirty-Nine]

I'm just about to start my third batch, which will be a hazelnut stout. My IPA turned out sweeter and less hoppy than I had anticipated. It is good nonetheless. A bit overcarbonated, though. My first batch was an Altbier, which was a bit undercarbonated.

[Black Yaris]

Originally Posted by 50MPGDream

I have a batch of apfelwine in one of my 5 gal carboys, an imperial stout in my primary (will be racked into a secondary saturday) and I'll be brewing a pale ale this saturday after I get the stout out of my primary

everything thus far has been extract brewing only, but I plan on making the jump into all grain brewing after the holidays

my new years resolution will be to not buy any commercial brews for consumption at home

I am on Homebrewtalk.com and everyone on there loves the Apfelwein, so I think I am going to try that for my second batch of brew

[50MPGDream]

Originally Posted by Thirty-Nine

I'm just about to start my third batch, which will be a hazelnut stout. My IPA turned out sweeter and less hoppy than I had anticipated. It is good nonetheless. A bit overcarbonated, though. My first batch was an Altbier, which was a bit undercarbonated.

sounds as though you didn't let it age long enough before you bottled the IPA, did you use a secondary fermentor? take any SG readings? did you do a full 5 gal boil? if not then that might the cause for it to not be as hoppy as you had planned.

Originally Posted by Black Yaris

I am on Homebrewtalk.com and everyone on there loves the Apfelwein, so I think I am going to try that for my second batch of brew

same here, apple juice was on sale, $15 for 5 gallons, so I figured I might as well try it, I used a different type of yeast than edwort recommends, but I think it will be pretty similar (I used a champagne yeast instead of red wine)

[landrym28]

My step dad used to homebrew. I'll check and see what he's done.

[Black Yaris]

Originally Posted by 50MPGDream

same here, apple juice was on sale, $15 for 5 gallons, so I figured I might as well try it, I used a different type of yeast than edwort recommends, but I think it will be pretty similar (I used a champagne yeast instead of red wine)

I saw a few others that modified the type of yeast and it looked like champagne yeast worked the best for most

[50MPGDream]

Originally Posted by Black Yaris

I saw a few others that modified the type of yeast and it looked like champagne yeast worked the best for most

I've made some apple wine before with a champagne yeast and it turned out alright, my only fear is that it won't bottle carbonate the way I want it to, but only time will tell, I figure the entire batch cost around $20 so even if it isn't great I'll just chalk it up to learning more about yeast

[Black Yaris]

My first batch of Heffeweiß only has a few more days in the carboy.... then to bottles with some priming sugar

[50MPGDream]

phew, I just went to take a SG reading on my pale ale I pitched a vial of white labs yeast into 3 days ago (no signs of fermentation as of 10 hours ago), and thankfully I didn't have to take a reading, I took my blanket off the carboy and bam! there was an inch of healthy looking krausen minding its own business :)

[Black Yaris]

My brew that I just bottled, with the Brewery logo I came up with

[50MPGDream]

just bottled 5 gallons of cider, 5 gallons of a pale ale and racked an oatmeal stout into a secondary... time for a homebrew

[ddongbap]

This is MY homebrew.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew_(video_games)