Topic: Brewing beers like those you buy

[curryhell]

how many more brewers / ex brewers are on here then??? ;D

[ELW]

how many more brewers / ex brewers are on here then??? ;D

Never tried it, just never got round to it, nows as good a time as any. The Dave Line book looked brilliant when I bought it years ago. Forgot I had it until today. If I remember correctly, he said he got alot of the recipe's from the brewers themselves. Any report from the book?
ELW

[mr.mojorisin]

used to be partial to the odd gallon or ten
very potent stuff
ain't made it for years though
this thread may resume my interest

[JerryM]

i'm tempted to give it another go.

i was a tad too young when i first got going to boots for their kit.

i'd like to make from scratch though.

given my pizza and curry interests and a bit of KFC i'd need a sure fire recipe sheet to go at.

[loveitspicy]

Its a long long long time since i made any - and to be honest wouldnt know where to start now - mind you following a recipe should do it -
I think finding the ingredients out here in Thailand may be a problem

best, Rich

[Stephen Lindsay]

I'd love to have a go at cider

[beachbum]

Now don't get me started .......







A great UK resource for new brewers is Jim's Beer Kit Forum. I've been brewing for about 4 years and make all grain brews - it's becoming a huge hobby around the world. One reason I got into it was to brew real ales I remember from my younger days, and nowadays you can get malt, hops and other ingredients from all over the world and make any style you want - for example I currently have a sack of malt from Thomas Fawcett at Castleford Yorks to knock out Timothy Taylors Landlord lookalikes, and one from Weyermann's maltings in Bavaria to crank out Oktoberfest Biers.

You think Indian cooking is addictive? Ha.
However, warning, anyone thinking of brewing, forget about using kits and tins, go straight to all grain, it's a bit like the difference between what we do on this forum and currying up some left overs using Tesco's own brand curry powder.  ;D  That Dave Line book is still very apt even after 40 years. I have a copy.

[Willyeckerslike]

I do a bit of home brewing,  I did some really nice beer last year but I couldn't remember what it was because I never labelled it .  But I did have 3 others on the go at the same time and a couple of wines too, the white wine kits I get here in Doncaster are pretty good & easy to do too.  Not on the same scale as beachbum though, I usually buy the packs then add brewers sugar/malt etc to them.

[Stephen Lindsay]

My goodness beachbum that is real hardcore!!!!!!

[Aussie Mick]

Now don't get me started .......

I currently have a sack of malt from Thomas Fawcett at Castleford Yorks to knock out Timothy Taylors Landlord lookalikes,

Now we are talking BEER!!!

You have some set up there BB and that beer looks SUPERB.

I wish I'd found this forum before our recent trip to Queensland. I would have been round to your place with a bit of a thirst on  ;D ;D

I can't see myself getting back into it, i simply don't have the time. I have to make do with Guiness and Kilkenny at me local.