Beer Brewing Bender

Started by Monsterlover, October 06, 2008, 04:12:50 PM

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Monsterlover

"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

TiNi

i like the labels  [thumbsup]

so, are you building one?

acalles

that is awesome beyond everything.... even  [bacon]

695LAM

I love that show,  Bender just cracks me up. [drink] [drink] [drink]

Monsterlover

Quote from: DuCaTiNi on October 06, 2008, 04:24:32 PM
i like the labels  [thumbsup]

so, are you building one?

(Wo)Man, the last thing I need is another project  [laugh] [laugh]

Im booked for like the next 2 years  :-\

I don't like beer enough to brew my own, but if someone were to hire me to build one. . .
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

DucatiBastard

Wowzers!

Thats a lot of work for some crappy beer!

1.  You will always get a better brew if you boil the malt "tea" for at least 45 min.  This sanitizes the wort (unfermented beer) and extracts the flavor of the malt, barley and hops.
2.  Your brew will taste and look cleaner if you use secondary fermentation (to get your beer off the yeasty sediment in the primary fermenter).
3.  Plastic bottles with screw on caps make very poor vessels for natural carbonation, lagering and aging.  Screw-type caps do not seal as well as crimp-type and in his own text the builder states that in a year the plastic bottles will leak. 
4.  Priming (adding sugar to the flat beer to generate natural carbonation) by adding sugar to each individual bottle results in inconsistent carbonation and bacterial contamination.

Methinks this is why the poster had no more entries after "Now all there is left to do is drink it once it has matured!"

Seriously, brewing beer is not hard to do, I encourage everyone who has the slightest inclination to do it.  I also recommend "The Complete Joy of Homebrewing"  by Charlie Papazian

The book is really a confidence booster after your first batch tastes like over-carbonated ass water (ask me how i know  ;))

right, I'll get down off my soap box now...
Give a man a beer, and he wastes an hour.
Teach a man to brew, and he wastes a lifetime.

2006 Ducati S2R 800, 2004 Honda Dream 50R, 2001 Kawasaki W650, 1940 BSA M20

He Man

Time to build a bender keg dispenser. I wonder how big a pony keg is......

TiNi

Quote from: Monsterlover on October 06, 2008, 06:39:18 PM
(Wo)Man, the last thing I need is another project  [laugh] [laugh]

Im booked for like the next 2 years  :-\

I don't like beer enough to brew my own, but if someone were to hire me to build one. . .

tease  :P

Monsterlover

"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Big Troubled Bear

Best sci fi animation series ever and combined with beer [thumbsup]
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

Jarvicious

Quote from: DucatiBastard on October 06, 2008, 07:56:34 PM
Wowzers!

Thats a lot of work for some crappy beer!

1.  You will always get a better brew if you boil the malt "tea" for at least 45 min.  This sanitizes the wort (unfermented beer) and extracts the flavor of the malt, barley and hops.
2.  Your brew will taste and look cleaner if you use secondary fermentation (to get your beer off the yeasty sediment in the primary fermenter).
3.  Plastic bottles with screw on caps make very poor vessels for natural carbonation, lagering and aging.  Screw-type caps do not seal as well as crimp-type and in his own text the builder states that in a year the plastic bottles will leak. 
4.  Priming (adding sugar to the flat beer to generate natural carbonation) by adding sugar to each individual bottle results in inconsistent carbonation and bacterial contamination.

Methinks this is why the poster had no more entries after "Now all there is left to do is drink it once it has matured!"

Seriously, brewing beer is not hard to do, I encourage everyone who has the slightest inclination to do it.  I also recommend "The Complete Joy of Homebrewing"  by Charlie Papazian

The book is really a confidence booster after your first batch tastes like over-carbonated ass water (ask me how i know  ;))

right, I'll get down off my soap box now...

You're in St. Louis right?  You're officially my new brew buddy.  I bought all the shit I need (with the exception of a steel vat/ boiler) a year ago and never finished up the project, but  I've done a couple of brew days since then with a friend of my ex and they're an absolute blast. 

*End Threadjack*

Beer Good [drink] [thumbsup]
Bender Good
We're liberated by the hearts that imprison us.  We're taken hostage by the ones that we break.

DucatiBastard

#11
It is a crap load of fun to


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there i go, tagging the post button before i'm done, hittin the ole homebrew again...

but yeah, it's a shite-load of fun to brew your own beer.  It gives you a whole new perspective when you take an A-B brewery tour, or a Schlafly tour (the largest locally-owned brewery in St. Louis)  hopefully i didn't sound too pompous in last post, brewing beer is easy; screwing it up is easy too!  as far as steel vat, i guess you mean brew pot? fer on the stove?  i had a hard time finding a 3-4 gallon pot, and even then, beware of boil-over!  but i'm rambling...yeah that book is good reading, the dude has great knowledge and a funny writing style.   [beer] [drink] [beer] [drink] [drink] [thumbsup]
Give a man a beer, and he wastes an hour.
Teach a man to brew, and he wastes a lifetime.

2006 Ducati S2R 800, 2004 Honda Dream 50R, 2001 Kawasaki W650, 1940 BSA M20

Pakhan

Bite my shiny metal ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is amazing.  [thumbsup]
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nkryptit

I just met Charlie last weekend at an American Homebrewers Association get together in kalamazoo, MI.  We've been using corney kegs and CO2 from the start...totally worth it...get your beer 2 weeks earlier!

Quote from: DucatiBastard on October 06, 2008, 07:56:34 PM
Wowzers!

Thats a lot of work for some crappy beer!

1.  You will always get a better brew if you boil the malt "tea" for at least 45 min.  This sanitizes the wort (unfermented beer) and extracts the flavor of the malt, barley and hops.
2.  Your brew will taste and look cleaner if you use secondary fermentation (to get your beer off the yeasty sediment in the primary fermenter).
3.  Plastic bottles with screw on caps make very poor vessels for natural carbonation, lagering and aging.  Screw-type caps do not seal as well as crimp-type and in his own text the builder states that in a year the plastic bottles will leak. 
4.  Priming (adding sugar to the flat beer to generate natural carbonation) by adding sugar to each individual bottle results in inconsistent carbonation and bacterial contamination.

Methinks this is why the poster had no more entries after "Now all there is left to do is drink it once it has matured!"

Seriously, brewing beer is not hard to do, I encourage everyone who has the slightest inclination to do it.  I also recommend "The Complete Joy of Homebrewing"  by Charlie Papazian

The book is really a confidence booster after your first batch tastes like over-carbonated ass water (ask me how i know  ;))

right, I'll get down off my soap box now...

nkryptit

We use a turkey fryer to brew the wort in...Works really well...30 quarts I believe...We can do a full 5 (+ boil off) in it without going over if we watch it...it's boiled over a few times...but you gots to pay attention...instead of playing bags (by the way...what do you all call corn hole..?)