Nectar Of The Gods

[StoutAndAle]

I swear to god it's one of the easiest things you can do. All you have to be sure of is cleaning everything, and there's nothing difficult about that, just a case of being thorough. It's well worth it.

Indeed. Once you have patience and are somewhat methodical then it becomes a doddle. I've been home brewing for over a decade now. I even made 200 bottles of Helles and a Pale Ale to serve at my wedding.

The initial outlay can be costly but after you're up and running you can make some great stuff.

As YLZ said - cleaning and sanitising is of the utmost importance.

[Doctor Crippen]

I swear to god it's one of the easiest things you can do. All you have to be sure of is cleaning everything, and there's nothing difficult about that, just a case of being thorough. It's well worth it.

Indeed. Once you have patience and are somewhat methodical then it becomes a doddle. I've been home brewing for over a decade now. I even made 200 bottles of Helles and a Pale Ale to serve at my wedding.

The initial outlay can be costly but after you're up and running you can make some great stuff.

As YLZ said - cleaning and sanitising is of the utmost importance.

Would you guys recommend any kits to start with, as I say I would love to do it but the knowledge I have about it you could write on the head of a match

[Blackout]

Got gifted a bottle of Glenfiddich which I look forward to supping this weekend.

Really nice Speyside whisky that. Is it aged 10 or 12 by any chance?
Enjoy....

It's the 12 year.

[astfgyl]

Yeah I would also be interested in getting some good info on how to get going with the home brew. Made the wine before and while the taste was evil and the hangover excruciating, it was still good fun. Who knows someday I might be able to make my own Excelsior!

[StoutAndAle]

Would you guys recommend any kits to start with, as I say I would love to do it but the knowledge I have about it you could write on the head of a match

Yeah I would also be interested in getting some good info on how to get going with the home brew. Made the wine before and while the taste was evil and the hangover excruciating, it was still good fun. Who knows someday I might be able to make my own Excelsior!

I'll give you a few pointers but there's quite a lot to mention. Even with my penchant for verbosity.

I never used an out of the box kit - the ingredients tend to be sub par and old. The key to a good beer is hops that are as fresh as possible and a dry malt bill - plus clean water obviously.

You can make an extremely passable American style pale ale as a beginner using only a few kilograms of medium or light spray malt extract (or a mixture of the 2), hops, yeast and a few other bits and pieces. This beer is not a match for all grain batches etc. but it is how I learned the process of how and what needs to be done and when. Also - I have made all extract beer that are better that some of the stuff I have paid cold hard cash for in pubs.

I'll send you both a  message in a minute.

[Emphyrio]

How bulky is the whole process? A friend of mine made stout in his shed years ago. My shed is full of crap currently.

[StoutAndAle]

How bulky is the whole process? A friend of mine made stout in his shed years ago. My shed is full of crap currently.

There's a fair bit of gear needed to do a brew - if you want to do it any way seriously. There are people that make box kits using the bare minimum - a pot, a bucket and some bottles but you run the risk of making 10 litres of ethanol, mucky piss or by the grace of dog - a decent beer.

I'll send you a list.

[Emphyrio]

Thanks fot that pal.

[Kurt Cocaine]

This deserves its own thread. I'm going to take some quotes from this thread by YLZ and StoutAnd Ale if I may....

[astfgyl]

In anticipation of the forthcoming minimum pricing, picked up a couple of craft style things from lidl. Xxxx stout from porterhouse which has all the taste of stout but none of the viscosity and some shit that tasted like pineapples and was named something to do with fishing. Wasn't bad

Now with the taste buds gone on hiatus for the foreseeable future, time to move on to the Excelsior to round out the night

[Kurt Cocaine]

In anticipation of the forthcoming minimum pricing, picked up a couple of craft style things from lidl. Xxxx stout from porterhouse which has all the taste of stout but none of the viscosity and some shit that tasted like pineapples and was named something to do with fishing. Wasn't bad

Now with the taste buds gone on hiatus for the foreseeable future, time to move on to the Excelsior to round out the night

Legend ❤️

[Carnage]

I got a few more cans of that XXXX stout yesterday while I was in, lovely stuff. Enjoying a Guinness West Indies Porter at the moment, nice in this warm weather.

[Kurt Cocaine]

I'm on the Guinness atm, and I'll hit the Jameson Crested any moment now..... Then it'll be spliff time too. Love Friday nights.....

[Carnage]

Have you read any of Ken Bruen's Jack Taylor books? In one of them, the way he describes sitting at the bar with a pint of Guinness and a shot of Jameson would make you pine for it yerself. Pure love. The two go together well alright, and I'm not a whiskey drinker at all.

Crested Ten was my old man's drop, I have one on his birthday every year in his memory.

[Blackout]

Crested is a very tasty whiskey.