Home brew? Homebrew? Winemaking

There's a Lakeland not too far from the new place, and they do these: http://www.lakeland.co.uk/p52206/Home-Brew-Accessories

Found 3 bottles of 2010's batch of elderberry wine in the garage today. Certainly drinkable although very dry.

I'm more excited about the huge crop of apples I've rounded up which will shortly be turned into cider.

There's a Lakeland not too far from the new place, and they do these: http://www.lakeland.co.uk/p52206/Home-Brew-Accessories

Fuck me! That is well over priced.

Stick with eBay, etc, etc. You will find everything you need to brew with a lot cheaper as you have to pick it all up in person.

My 50L full brew kit cost me £15 on t'bay

Well about 75% of the apples have now been turned into 15 litres of juice and it's already fermenting away in the garage.

Still a huge apple glut round these parts so I might have another go at it soon. Does any man really need say 30 litres of rough old rotgut scrumpy.... ?

I normqlly had 50 pints or so standing by in my kitchen.

Try fermentating with some snoked oak chips. ..makes all the difference I find.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cargo/brewbot-the-smart-brewing-appliance/description

Anyone have some champange yeast I can use for ginger beer? Or where to buy some in london?

^^ re that kickstarter thing. I like their dedication to bring technology to brewing and open it to a new audience, but that thing is going to cost two thosand dollars! My three-vessel setup, also a 5-gallon process, cost around £100 (and you could do it for less if you didn't a stainless boiler).

What are you paying for? Some automation. Some gadgetry that is, admittedly, cool. But what this idea actually trades on is people's fear of having to learn something. The wizardry masks the fundamentals so that they may get beer but never really understand why.

It will probably sell, like other 'smart' modern systems which take the 'mess' out of thins like beekeeping and domestic chicken keeping, because of society's current unfocused desire to be green, eat seasonally and locally, enjoy artisan products and so on ad nauseum.

But ulimately anybody who takes more than a passing interest inthese simple arts - which have been practiced by man for eons, on a shoestring - will want to learn more about the process and soon outgrow the limitations of the technology.

Anyone have some champange yeast I can use for ginger beer? Or where to buy some in london?

Same question.

I just bought a sachet of ebay. Will let you know how it goes. Going to make a batch of "lewisham market 'paaaand a bowl, alcoholic ginger beer". Like a vid posted somewhere ^^

Oh yeh, you posted it. Great minds etc etc

Does this guy sound like he knows what he's doing? Might try this once I'm in new flat...

http://youtu.be/OBxB9Set7n8

https://www.facebook.com/events/172590429601425/?_fb_noscript=1

Brewed a Rosemary and Honey Ale to my own recipe, just pale malt, honey, hops and rosemary as an aromatic. It's delicious, 5.6% and definitely a sipping beer. Recipe here.

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Does anyone have some spare yeast I can use for making cider?

Pressed a load of apples last week but the juice hasn't started to ferment yet, so need some soon before it goes off...

Are you anywhere near a Boyes or Wilko? Or a homebrew shop?

No, in central London. Don't seem to be any shops like that around here.

London Fields have got some ale yeast, going to give that a go.

London's only homebrewing shop coming soon... http://londonfieldsbrewery.co.uk/homebrew-kits/

Does anyone have some spare yeast I can use for making cider?

Pressed a load of apples last week but the juice hasn't started to ferment yet, so need some soon before it goes off...

I've got a spare sachet of cider yeast. I live in Barnes and work near Fitzroy Square if that is any help...

Oh amazing^ All sorted now though thanks. Where did you get it from?

Ordered a complete kit from Brew the other day with the St Peters IPA kit... Gonna start it this weekend at a mates house.

Really want to make some porter or some honeyed ales too.

Oh amazing^ All sorted now though thanks. Where did you get it from?

Cant remember for sure but i buy a lot of stuff from http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk so probably there.

Just kegged my first batch of cider with oak chips in. Trying to leave it a month before tasting but finding it near impossible.

No way near as complex as half the stuff going on here, but for the past couple of years, along with sloe gin, I have been making apple and blackberry vodka - great on its own or with tonic.

Would recommend if you have access to a hedge and an apple tree. Sharp apples are far better. Eat the fruit if you're hard.

Yo dawgs, just did around 200 pints of cider in our little cooperative in my back garden on Sunday. Got whammed on a load of last years stuff too - looks like piss, tastes great.

More details for cider geeks.

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^Sweet! ^_^

Yo dawgs, just did around 200 pints of cider in our little cooperative in my back garden on Sunday. Got whammed on a load of last years stuff too - looks like piss, tastes great.

Does Jim know where you live?

If so, I'd be very, very worried. :)