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Homebrewing counts as "Arts & Crafts"?
Elysiana:
Pear mead is awesome but would probably require a lot of work to get out the majority of the pulp and work it down to just juice. Would be nice with a little zap of ginger or vanilla.
Are you wanting to actually brew something or hoping that it will ferment properly on its own? I know a few people who liked this thing pretty well, including some brewers/vintners.
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: Inlander on 15 Mar 2011, 07:18 ---If you're feeling really adventurous you could try making some Poire Williams. (Warning: necessitates home distilling; may not be legal.)
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Very cool, and the pears I have are Bartlett/Williams. But yeah, it involves making pear wine then distilling it, and I think one tree won't really give me enough - in a good year, I only get 150 - 300 pears of various size and quality, from huge supermarket style to little stunted nubbly things (I don't spray the tree, so it's catch-as-catch-can).
@Elysiana, I've just gotten some bottles and airlocks to finish the cider. For cider, some people add yeast, but there are naturally occuring yeasts on the skins of apples, and they'll usually do the trick, though they sometimes introduce weird flavors. Same's true for pears. Commercial products are fully pasteurized to remove the natural stuff and then their own yeasts are added. The stuff I've got going now was pasteurized, but it seems a few of the buggers made it through!
Bearer:
Figured I'd restart this thread instead of making a new one since there's a lot of cool projects here.
I've done one successful extract brew so far: a Kolsch that I got to use some whole flower hops with that I got from work, and it turned out quite nice (I do photo/video stuff for a PA craft brewery.) I've got my first all grain test batch fermenting now (a dunkel). Looking at the carboy now however, it appears to be stuck... probably a byproduct of not having a thermometer during the mash. For that brew I actually went out and converted a tiny 2-Gal. igloo cooler into a mash tun. I'm working on putting together a 10-Gal. job for some future brews, but until then I'll try to give the current stuck one another go.
catflea:
I'm going to buy a kit I think and start from there. Can anybody reccomend a good but relatively inexpensive kit in the UK (they seem to be around £50 so I'd like a little cheaper if possible, but you gotta pay for the right stuff)
Border Reiver:
I just started brewing and am having a blast with it. I've done up a decent ginger beer, but my two fave are an apple ale (done using apple cider in place of water) and a fraoch or heather ale.
I've even got the kids to help out (with the brewing, not the drinking), although they will get to try the root beer.
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