OT: Anyone in the club brew their own beer?

[BfishLpond78]

I'm awesome at drinking other peoples hard work. Let me know when the tastings are....

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[Marc11]

Ive been home brewing for the past 13 years. If your looking into doing more lagers then i recommend the unit i bought from Maltose Express. It regulates a chest freezer to be at whatever temp you want. If you ever want to talk brewing send me a pm. And while we are on the topic I need to turn 2 kegs into brewing kettles, however I no longer have the tools to do it.

 

[laxb0rder]

Those of you who do brew your own beer do you bottle it or keg it? I usually bottle I've put it into a keg once so far its a lot easier but i personally like doing bottles better.

 

[swannyson7]

I don't have kegging equipment, so I'm bottling at this point. I like the idea of it being portable as well... so I doubt I'll ever spend the coin on the kegging stuff

 

[laxb0rder]

We already have everything for a regular keg, so it only cost me 20$ for one of the small kegs to put the beer into so it didn't end up costing me too much extra. Was just wondering if anyone else does it.

 

[swannyson7]

I have a mini fridge in the fish room and was contemplating turning it into a kegorator, but after a few measurements, I'm off by about 2 inches. The compressor is in the back/bottom, so it cuts into the storage space. Grrrrr!

On a side note, just went to get some swing top bottles from the local brew shop and saw a Brewers best Pumpkin spice ale.... I was a bit intrigued, but figured I'd hold off until I heard if anyone else has ever tried it?

 

[Marc11]

I usually keg most of my beers, the exception being my higher alcohol beers like my imperial stouts, scotch ales, and barley wines. It also helps that I have a kegerator. As for the pumpkin ale, im not familiar with that particular recipe, however, if you take a standard brown ale and just add a teaspoon of pumpkin spice both during flavor and aroma steps it comes out very nice.

 

[stiltman]

I have a mini fridge in the fish room and was contemplating turning it into a kegorator, but after a few measurements, I'm off by about 2 inches. The compressor is in the back/bottom, so it cuts into the storage space. Grrrrr!

On a side note, just went to get some swing top bottles from the local brew shop and saw a Brewers best Pumpkin spice ale.... I was a bit intrigued, but figured I'd hold off until I heard if anyone else has ever tried it?

swanny which local shop do you go to?

I used to go to wine/beer art in Torrington. Is there another in the area?

 

[swannyson7]

I was at Wine & Beer Art in Torrington, but that was my first time there. I've always gone to Maltose Express down in Monroe.

 

[Marc11]

+1 on Maltose

 

[swannyson7]

Maltose Espress has everything home brewing related you can think of. They have a bunch of kits as well as pretty much any grains, hops, and yeasts you can buy if you want to craft your own or follow a recipe. A great store worth checking out if you're up for the drive.

 

[stiltman]

I will be checking it out. Not sure when though.