Comments on: Home Brew http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2008/08/blog-post.html simplicity, creativity, self-sufficiency,...minivans Sun, 20 May 2012 20:48:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Matt http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2008/08/blog-post.html/comment-page-1#comment-6535 Matt Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:47:20 +0000 http://littlehouse2.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/home-brew/#comment-6535 And if I had to theorize your bad beer it's bottling methods caused lack of fix. I had 2 bad bottles with no fiz in my batch and it as because I used a cork that had been pierced all the way through! That's of course assuming you added the priming sugar after secondary fermentation, right before bottling. And if I had to theorize your bad beer it’s bottling methods caused lack of fix. I had 2 bad bottles with no fiz in my batch and it as because I used a cork that had been pierced all the way through! That’s of course assuming you added the priming sugar after secondary fermentation, right before bottling.

]]> By: Matt http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2008/08/blog-post.html/comment-page-1#comment-6533 Matt Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:45:02 +0000 http://littlehouse2.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/home-brew/#comment-6533 My first brew has had rave reviews!!! Even women who don't like beer liked my brew, and it was a dark stout! Major pitfalls of home brewing. 1. Directions. Follow them to a T, with nerd-like intensity. Details! 2. Cleanliness. Beer is the product of yeast fermenting. Bacteria wrecks this and causes horrible smells. Sanitize everything, including tap water. 3. Time. Beer gets better with age. 4. Recipe. Don't try to be Sam Adams. Follow a tried and true recipe and enjoy. And then, don't make an IPA if you don't like hops. 5. Use a good kit. www.midwestsupplies.com. They've thought of everything, even the smallest pieces AND they have recipes with excellent directions. My first brew has had rave reviews!!! Even women who don’t like beer liked my brew, and it was a dark stout!

Major pitfalls of home brewing.
1. Directions. Follow them to a T, with nerd-like intensity. Details!
2. Cleanliness. Beer is the product of yeast fermenting. Bacteria wrecks this and causes horrible smells. Sanitize everything, including tap water.
3. Time. Beer gets better with age.
4. Recipe. Don’t try to be Sam Adams. Follow a tried and true recipe and enjoy. And then, don’t make an IPA if you don’t like hops.
5. Use a good kit. http://www.midwestsupplies.com. They’ve thought of everything, even the smallest pieces AND they have recipes with excellent directions.

]]> By: Vonnie http://littlehouseinthesuburbs.com/2008/08/blog-post.html/comment-page-1#comment-5856 Vonnie Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:45:11 +0000 http://littlehouse2.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/home-brew/#comment-5856 I hope you actually try again. There are so many different styles of beer you may not have picked one that you like. My family has been brewing our own beer for 11 months now and have only had 2 bad batches. The first one was because after we bottled it we went on a two week vacation and the tempertures soared to over 100 degrees in Seattle. Cause the beer to "skunk" even though it was in our crawl space under the house. Beer doesn't like high tempertures after it is fermented. Also you probably didn't have enough sugar to re-energize the yeast, or there wasn't enough yeast after fermentation to get the carbonation. I would strongly suggest you try again. Home brewing and bottling is the ultimate recycling! you reuse the bottles multiple times, and the grains left over from brewing make great mulch for the garden or can be used to add texture and flavor to home made bread. I hope you actually try again. There are so many different styles of beer you may not have picked one that you like. My family has been brewing our own beer for 11 months now and have only had 2 bad batches. The first one was because after we bottled it we went on a two week vacation and the tempertures soared to over 100 degrees in Seattle. Cause the beer to “skunk” even though it was in our crawl space under the house. Beer doesn’t like high tempertures after it is fermented.

Also you probably didn’t have enough sugar to re-energize the yeast, or there wasn’t enough yeast after fermentation to get the carbonation.

I would strongly suggest you try again. Home brewing and bottling is the ultimate recycling! you reuse the bottles multiple times, and the grains left over from brewing make great mulch for the garden or can be used to add texture and flavor to home made bread.

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