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03-28-2006, 09:16 AM
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| | | Other brewing
Anyone tried any other brewing, such as root beer? |
09-01-2006, 01:45 PM
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| | | Yep,
I've tried brewing root beer twice and it was a dismal failure each time. I'm not really sure why, I think one of the batches got some bacteria in it. I don't know what happened to the other one. I guess I might try it one more time at some point in my life, and if that fails, forget it. It's done. Has anyone succeeded at it should be the question.
Matt |
09-13-2006, 05:40 PM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Calgary AB Canada
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| | | My girlfriend wants me to make some rootbeer after she saw a kit on one of the sites I was browsing.. I might try it some time. Other than that, I want to make the occasional batch of hard cider, and maybe once in a blue moon some wine. |
09-13-2006, 08:41 PM
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| | | What kind of cider are you using, brand wise? Are you using fresh off of a farm? |
09-14-2006, 04:24 PM
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| | | ive never made cider before.. not even sure where to buy a kit... |
09-17-2006, 12:25 PM
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| | | Oh, ok. I do not know of any kits. My local brew shop can get me the yeast, but I want some fresh unpasturized juice, which I cannot find down here. Its driving me nuts. |
10-11-2006, 12:35 PM
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| | | Honnestly, fresh, unpasturized juice isn't all it's cracked up to be. Professional cider makers usually own their own orchards, or specifically contract to have a specific apple blend made. Most cider from a mill is horridly dissappointing after you brew it. IMHO the best is just to buy 5gal of pure apple juice from the grocery store (no preservatives), and a bag of cheap red apples (a mix is okay, but all Granny Smith is a bit sulfuric). Wash the apples well, slice them in a sanitized food processor, and toss them in the primary with the apple juice and some champagne yeast. Rack to a secondary after a week, give it another week and prime with honey (I know, I know, it's not really cider after you add honey, but .. It tastes good!). I usually repitch my yeast before bottling after I had a few batches go flat. |
10-11-2006, 12:40 PM
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| | | I was looking up how to brew soy sauce. But that takes far too long. I was also asked to make wine with the grapes from the vinyard that my fiancee's brother incidently purchased with his house / property. I turned that down though as it was more work than I wanted to undertake (he was an hour away and insisted that I do EVERYTHING). |
10-12-2006, 12:55 PM
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| | | Llewner, I know someone with an orchard, well used to know them, I haven't talked to them in a while. I was trying to get some from them, as I know they make their own pretty often. They may have been making their own blend like you stated though. But it came out pretty good, better then some others I've tried. |
10-18-2006, 02:08 PM
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| | i dont know if any of yall tried this sight,,but they have kits for everything,,from rootbeer to mead and them some,i think im gonna order the rootbeer kit and the home made bubble bum kit just for the hell of it http://www.leeners.com/index.html | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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