home Brew

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

wines beers spirits theres lots of guys that like a drink on here, as / do anyone Brew there own/or considering doing so, if so perhapse they would like to share some points/info /tails with us

 

[Ajax123]

My mrs bought me a wine making kit for Christmas. Brew 6 bottles in 7 days. Not sure yet and hope it doesn't taste like it was brewed in 7 days. Have had a go at wine in the past but with limited success so would not be able to offer much in the way of tips. On the basis that I will drink pretty much anything (apparently) I will give it a shot and see what happens. Will let you know.

My Dad used to be a keen home brewer though. My Brother in Law used to run a Pub and one evening ran out of one of the most popular beers (was a John Wilsons Pub - not sure they even in business any more). Anyway as the darts team had a match on that night he decided to put on a barrel of my Dad's homebrew without telling the punters cos running out of beer would have probably led to a minor riot. Unfortunately it turned out to be really good beer but was significantly stronger and we had a pub full of people who would normally drink 4 or 5 pints in an evening who were rolling drunk after just a couple of pints and could not understand why. The Darts team lost that night but really didn't care very much.

 

[brian c]

Homebrew,i remember as a youngster my friends dad used to make the wine and guess what..we used to pinch it...rotten are my memories of homebrew..lol

 

[hillhead]

Plenty of home brewers here in Ireland,lol.
a few years ago i was tiling a guys splashback very close to here when he asked if i wanted a sip !!!! :yikes:. talk about warming your ears !!!!! pure class

 

[kilty55]

i have had a go at wine making before,turned out nice but its one of these things you seem to do it once or twice then it gets forgotten about and all the gear you bought ends up in the shed:lol:

 

[jay]

use to brew beer years ago but it takes time neighbor has built a still and its top stuff 98% proof and tastes great cheep to :8:

 

[White Room]

My used to and would blow my head off:yikes:

 

[doit4u]

Brewed wine many years ago before you could get your own corking machine and used plastic caps - must have put to much sugar in one lot as it blew the caps off during the night - made a very abstract redecoration of the spare room.

Also in the 70's when living in Norway got my mother to end me some home brew {bitter} kits as I wasn't keen on the flavour or price of the local ale. The first couple of batches were a bit tasteless so I spoke to the manufacturors, Geordie Home Brew {don't know if they still exist} and they said to add extra sugar and sent me a hydrometer that showed %alcohol to llbs of sugar per gallon.

Any way I went for the max on the hydrometer and couldn't understand why everyone was getting squiffy on two pints. It wasn't til some years later I found out I was making it the strenght of Barley Wine which is only served in 1/3rd pint bottles.

 

[Alan.P]

Something I've always fancied having a go at, my folks used to make home brew years ago on the farm, everything from carrot whiskey to home brew larger, blew the socks off ya though :lol:

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

yes i parked outside a home brew shop the other day, and spent ages looking through the window, the shop its self was closed, they even had cider press in there, ill go back when its open, when you think of the price we pay out,its a lot cheaper to do your own!!!!

 

[toffo]

many years ago had a shot at making home brew but could never get a decent head on the beer.one day phoned a plumber 2 do a job for me he spotted the barrel & spent the next hour rigging up a contraption wirh a foot pump then spent the rest of the day getting bevied:8: