home brewers?

Bushfix

Been home brewing for years, you get used to the slightly different taste and after a very short time you get to like your own better than the commercial stuff.
I own my gas bottle and save around $80.00 a year in hire rates. I run three kegs in rotation and keep two in the 100 litre trailblazer fridge that runs on solar panels and a couple of batteries. A keg costs around $13.00 per 18 litres. I use 500gms of dextrose in each brew, I like the taste and donlt want to get blind every night. My favorite brew is called canecutter draught from coopers. There is usually one or two tallies left in the brewer after filling a keg and I use this for fishing trip refreshments.

Pray tell, what is PET?

Pooley
www.bycompass.com

PET =plastic bottles. I tried these a couple of years ago and find that the brew goes flat if you leave it for a couple of monthsso went back to the real thing

Home Brew is like a Fart.

Your own is terrific and everbody else's is dreadful.

I've got about 80 of the older King Browns, the ones with the proper cap top, not the poxy screw top that doesn't seal properly, everynow and then one breaks, and I shed a tear... We've just got a set of plastic bottles with the coopers kit my brother inlaw has got, it will be interesting to see how they go, I've heard they only stay gassed for about 3 months in plastic, but for most purposes that would be fine... Nothing like crunching the bench capper for 30 minutes to build up a thirst though!! ;-)

I dunno, all my mates enjoy my home brew and they don't much like my farts! In fact every now and then I can't even stand my farts!! LOL
I guess when it's free it always tates better though hey...

Howdy,

I split my brew between PET and heavy green glass bottles I bought from the home brew supplies. Feel like a bit of a heel demanding my bottle back before leaving somewhere we've been for dinner, but heck, them's important bottles..

I drink the PET first before it goes flat. Not sure about only a three month life span. Must use fresh closures - screw lids - according to home brew supplier. Don't reuse old caps.

I've drunk 18 month and 2 year old beer stored in glass. Beautiful stuff. I reckon 6 months is a good time to leave it to mature until drinking. Sure you can get into it after a month or so, but once you've built up a cellar, you can afford to leave it. Well worthwhile.

Always keep PET in the dark - beer oxidises and tastes like bad stuff when left in the sun.
My favourite is a Morgans Dockside Stout with an Irish Stout kit enhancer, or a ginger beer from Brigalow is very nice on a hot day, or even a nice lager, or in fact - anything really!!

Tim

"triggered by gramps reference in another post"

Bloody hell bushfix, you've really got me scratching. I know I dribble/babble on but I only drink "brew". Could never trust myself to make it. Too damn impatient to taste the product LOL

Think you've got me confused with another old codger.

Me too but i use Grolsh bottles if bottling but mostly i keg my homebrew.


Much easier i think

Baz.

Is good to see a healthy amount of brewers on the site!

I've only been brewing 2 years...but its turned from a way of cheap grog, to a hobby, to an obsession..

I use stubbies, king browns, and the odd 1.25 or 2L coke bottle.
within the next 12 months will organise a keg setup.

Fav brews:
Munich lager or anything aleish
Dark Ale with extra roast grains.

Alcoholic Ginger beer from scratch (ie ginger root) experimenting with mild hops in it.

Tropical death (6L golden circle sunshine punch, 4L water, 700g dextrose) ferment it up..turns out like highly alcoholic punch with a grapefruit flavoured twist.

Cheers

Rev

Paul J (ACT)

That Keg System looks familiar.
I have been brewing for 22 years and now have my own homebrew shop. Like being in heaven. It is great to make a living out of your favourite hobby. I do bottles, PET and kegs. Make all types of beer. Favourite would be "American Pale Ale". Have also judged at homebrew competitions all over Australia over the years. Someone has to do it.
It is a growing industry and with the price of commercial beer going up like it is I think homebrewing will keep growing and become more popular in the future.
The extra dollars you save on beer can then be spent on travelling our great country and you can take your beer with you.
If any of you are ever in Bathurst, call in for a cold beer and say G'Day.
Cheers
The Bigfella

For those stout lovers, I do a coopers stout with a milk stout booster from the local brew shop in Greenwood and 500gms of dark brown unprocessed sugar. Give it three months(or ten) and it is very good. Comes in at around 6-7% Alc though.

Cheers

Jeepster

I've only ever seen 18L kegs. Can you get 22/23L ones?

anyone know where you can get 45L kegs - Sydney/N'castle area?