Anyone else here Home brew?

[Brewer79]

I've been brewing my own beer & cider for almost 3 years now.

Started out doing Partial mashes and finally went All Grain, if just for the cost savings.
I'm slowly putting together a "brew sculpture" but I don't know of any welders who would trade work for brew so its been slow going.

Brews on tap
English ale
English Stout.

Kegged & carbonating
Irish red

Currently brewing
Black Lager (if everything works out it should be between 7.5 and 8% ABV)
Strong Cider
Maple Mead


Some people reload ammo, I reload bottles.

[VegasSMG]

That's really cool! I don't home brew, but I do drink at home... Does that mean I'm halfway there?! :lol:

Any chance you could post some photos? What's you average cost per brew? Interesting stuff!

[Brewer79]

My costs average $0.85 to $1.00 per bottle, so about the cost of a premium six pack or so. I brew in 5 gallon batches, which yields about 48 bottles.

I'll need to take pictures of my current setup, but here's some from my 1st batch of beer a few years ago.

http://www.vegasshooters.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=55
http://www.vegasshooters.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=56

Newer mashing boiling and cooling setups.
http://www.vegasshooters.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=60
http://www.vegasshooters.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=59
http://www.vegasshooters.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=61

[sideforce]

Now that is a good hobby! One I'll have to take up someday, as soon as I shed a few other hobbies I suppose.

Good thing you don't reload. Reloading while loading can be dangerous:drool5:

[bigfoot]

Wow! Now this is interesting. It doesn't look that difficult.

[Brewer79]

Drinking while brewing does have some inherent dangers... not as dangerous as drinking while reloading however.


Bigfoot, if you can make soup/boil water, you can make beer.

http://morebeer.com/ thats where I bought my starter equipment from.