BF2S Forums Who else here brews their own beer?

Sounds cool. I don't brew beer, it takes to long. I just buy it.

Ty wrote:

I just buy it.

Same.


A friend of mine brews some on occasion. Not too bad.

mcminty wrote:

Ty wrote:

I just buy it.

Same.


A friend of mine brews some on occasion. Not too bad.

Why buy it when you can make 2 gallons at a time, and you set how strong it is.

My wife wants to buy the home wine kit next, she helps me brew.

I would like to try doing it once, to see if you could actually get a nice taste to it.

UK|Hooligan wrote:

I would like to try doing it once, to see if you could actually get a nice taste to it.

You actually can, the beers from the big companies are watered down.

I refuse to use the kits.  I don't really have a reason to, I just like brewing on my own from scratch.

SgtHeihn wrote:

mcminty wrote:

Ty wrote:

I just buy it.

Same.


A friend of mine brews some on occasion. Not too bad.

Why buy it when you can make 2 gallons at a time, and you set how strong it is.

Fair enough. Honestly, I wouldn't mind doing this some time in the future.

SilentscoutIX wrote:

Three mod responses in a row... Wow...

Lol, we must love our beer.

Hummm...brewing my own beer, seem like a nice idea...would cost less and would be great.

do we have any belgian members that can tell me how to make a delicious tripel? bc i would like that very much.

Last edited by Marinejuana (2008-02-24 14:27:47)

I've made a brown ale, apple ale and scotch ale.

I got the shites from drinking home-brewed peach beer. Is it still expensive to brew your own beer rather than buy it?

FlemishHCmaniac wrote:

Marinejuana wrote:

do we have any belgian members that can tell me how to make a delicious tripel? bc i would like that very much.

Technically if you brew it yourself it wouldn't be a tripel. Only the beer brewed in specific monasteries (and there aren't that many that make tripel) get to call their beer tripel.

Really? I had thought that was the case for the word Trappist, which, I guess, refers to some specific order of monks. I thought "tripel" just meant it went through 3 stages of fermentation. There are some breweries in North America (notably Unibroue, in Canada, whose head brewer used to be the head brewer for Chimay) that sell "tripels," but they definitely aren't made in a monastery. They are just using similar ingredients and brewing techniques. I read that, as of now, many of the Belgian tripels aren't made in those specific monasteries and therefore are not considered Trappist, but they still bear the label "tripel" and are referred to as "abbey style." Are those breweries incorrectly using the word tripel? do u guys actually drink the stuff made outside the traditional abbeys or do they just export it? I'm proud to mention, though, that I've tried all of the Trappist offerings except Westvleteren, which, as I'm sure you know, is not legally imported to the US. D: So far, I would say that Trappistes Rochefort's tripel and "10" are the best I have tried but some of them are hard to compare. I have the impression that these beers are labor intensive and I probably couldn't pull one off at home with my complete lack of brewing experience.

Anyway, after having tried a selection of Belgian beers from a local importer, all I can say is, wow, you guys are the world's ultimate brewers. I'm really jealous. I want to do the tourist thing where you "try every beer in Belgium" but I'll have to save a bit (lot) more $$ before making that trip. And I'm sure I could happily find myself next door in the Netherlands enjoying a few other regional delicacies.

Last edited by Marinejuana (2008-02-24 15:05:25)