Any home beer brewers?

[anomad]

I’m thinking about taking up home brewing. Lord knows I don’t need this hobby, but I am still fascinated. My roommate years ago was (and still is) a home brewer and I helped him brew and drink a lot of beer. But that was way before online everything made trying new things easier.

I am a home coffee roaster. If anyone is brewing and would like to have a smart ass come “help” and hopefully refresh my limited brewing knowledge I’d love to hear from you. I could bring my roaster over and share the coffee roasting process with you. Which is relatively simple in comparison.

Cheers and bottoms up!

Topic

[ChampionTier]

@creadinger 174254 wrote:

Next I need to figure out how to up the flavor. It’s pretty bland.

I found that if I don’t back-sweeten my cider it has a bland, dry taste to it. Normally I plop a can of apple juice concentrate into the keg and that works great. That plus some honey (or just by itself) has worked pretty well, too.

@creadinger 174254 wrote:

If you sh&* yourself, stop drinking it.”

A parable for how to live a long, happy life!

[creadinger]

@ChampionTier 174258 wrote:

I found that if I don’t back-sweeten my cider it has a bland, dry taste to it. Normally I plop a can of apple juice concentrate into the keg and that works great. That plus some honey (or just by itself) has worked pretty well, too.

A parable for how to live a long, happy life!

To back-sweeten, how much concentrate or honey would you add for gallon sized batches?

[ChampionTier]

@creadinger 174267 wrote:

To back-sweeten, how much concentrate or honey would you add for gallon sized batches?

I tend to use the TLAR (That Looks About Right) method for smaller batches but for a gallon batch, I’d scoop out maybe 2-3 TBSP of concentrate…maybe 2 for the honey. Of course, stick it in the fridge afterward to keep it from fermenting.

[Author]

Replies