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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

homebrewing [ healingheel ]

8:34p Ok I thought this would be interesting... Back in the day I was a teacher at a prison... so when this item came up I was 'sort of' thrilled: Prison Wine! http://www.disinfo.com/2010/01/make-your-own-prison-wine-aka-pruno/ Enjoy how the other half lives...

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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

homebrewing [ zenith_the_high ]

1:44p vanilla porter question I am making a 10 gallon batch of vanilla porter, and the recipe includes 2 packets of vanilla powder to be added at kegging/bottling. I have 2 vanilla beans I'd rather use. I have read a few recipes which recommend soaking the beans in bourbon while your beer ferments in the primary, then adding the beans and bourbon when you rack to the secondary. I have no bourbon, but I have the following: rum, cachaca, beirenyager (honey liquor), and jack daniels green label whiskey. so I have 2 questions- 1) are 2 beans enough vanilla for 10 gallons, or should I also add some real vanilla extract or that powder also? 2) which liquor would you soak the beans in? I immediately thought of the honey liquor, but I'm not sure if it would work being so high in sugar (70 proof). Or would the whiskey be better? my husband might kill me if I use his rum.

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Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

homebrewing [ poxydoo ]

9:50p hello I am new to the group, and I am also new to homebrewing. I'm actually going to go pick up the necessary equipment this week. There is a really great homebrewing store here in Louisville, with a wide selection of grains, hops, and other ingredients, and I am really excited to try this out. I was hoping for some advice. This homebrew store has some ingredient kits that I've been told are really good, but I'm eager to start experimenting on my own. This store also offers an introductory class, which I've attended, and the process seems pretty straightforward. I'm wondering if, for my first time, I should start with an ingredient kit, just to be sure I know what I'm doing, or if it's worth it to just jump right in and try out different combinations of my own. Any other advice before I do this is of course welcome and appreciated.

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