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Irenfrea:
Because I brew my own beer, and wanted to talk about this in the forums. Anyone brews too?

jimbunny:
I've just started recently! I've made two successful batches: one english-style brown ale and one irish red. They've turned out pretty tasty, but more variance in carbonation than I'd like; plus there's this strange, subtle taste that I don't think belongs (but doesn't ruin it by any means). I've been meaning to try boiling the whole batch instead of adding water afterwards, wondering if that makes much of a difference. I dream about one day growing my own barley and hops.

Irenfrea:

--- Quote from: jimbunny on 22 Nov 2010, 20:43 ---I've just started recently! I've made two successful batches: one english-style brown ale and one irish red. They've turned out pretty tasty, but more variance in carbonation than I'd like; plus there's this strange, subtle taste that I don't think belongs (but doesn't ruin it by any means). I've been meaning to try boiling the whole batch instead of adding water afterwards, wondering if that makes much of a difference. I dream about one day growing my own barley and hops.

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Nice, I brewed a honey beer and a scottish red last weekend. For the strange taste check the fermentation temperatures and sanitization of your tools to override contamination. If you add water after boiling be sure to add de-chlored water, since chlorine in water will give beer a medicine-like taste. Maybe you can search for a description of this off flavor to find a better explanation.

It's not hard to grow hops on your backyard (I know some people that does it), but for growing enough barley you will need to own a couple of acres of land :P (then you have to malt it)

Do you brew all-grain or extract?

Aurjay:
I brewed my own once or twice only because I was given a Mr Beer home brewing kit as a wedding gift. It was fun but once i ran out of the extract that came with it i never bothered getting more. I assume you could use it just like a regualar brewing kit and just buy the ingredients but i haven't had time to research it yet.

Irenfrea:

--- Quote from: Aurjay on 23 Nov 2010, 07:05 ---I brewed my own once or twice only because I was given a Mr Beer home brewing kit as a wedding gift. It was fun but once i ran out of the extract that came with it i never bothered getting more. I assume you could use it just like a regualar brewing kit and just buy the ingredients but i haven't had time to research it yet.

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Yeah, you can get more ingredients to keep brewing using extracts, yet its funnier (and messier) to brew from grains and natural hops. And you can fit your recipes to your personal taste.

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