DIY beer brewing

[Poortraveller]

Actually if u guys are keen, I suggest u visit http://www.ibrew.com.sg at Clementi.

He's got good selection of beers on tap for tasting. That'll give u an idea of how homebrewed beers taste like before you take that jump into homebrewing...

Raymond, the owner is a very friendly guy who can give u the best advise on beer brewing

 

was out and thinking of visitng them but left their address @ home ...

 

then recall that parisilk carry it and went to transit rd store and found out that only holland carry it. the boss explain that he used to carry it in transit but for 7~8mths cant even sell one and holland selling it as hot cakes. he said all the beer drinker stays in holland

 

maybe i will visit raymond in his shop tomorrow and have some slip of free beer too

Edited December 18, 2007 by Poortraveller

[Poortraveller]

went to ibrew to get the kit today and start the process just ....

 

cant wait till next week ...

 

[Tunge]

hey hey... i got my kit for x'mas and started yesterday! so excited keeping my fingers crossed that the beer turns out good.

 

where did u get that huge styrofoam box from ah? the one i got a NTUC abit of a squeeze.

[Poortraveller]

i got it from iBrew .... where did u get the kit from?

[Poortraveller]

some pix of the kit

 

http://hungry-poortraveller.blogspot.com/2...experience.html

[Tunge]

OIC...

 

I got the same kit from a shop along River Valley. maybe i'll pop down to the main ibrew outlet to have a look too...

 

beer is fermenting n bubbling nicely, manage to keep temp at abt 24 degrees.

[Kezg1]

Been there done that in Downunder back in 1989....fresh and good. They actually sell the canned ingredient with instructions in supermarket like K-mart and PAYLESS.

but have to be wary when you are pouring the last bit from your bottle becoz there are

RESIDUEs (like barley)...experience brewer don't drink that....fair-dinkum CHEERS

[Poortraveller]

mine hover between 27~29 ... think i better drop in more PET

 

one thing is that whenever i walk pass it, can smell a nice fragrance coming out from there

[Poortraveller]

thanks for the tip

[Tunge]

one thing is that whenever i walk pass it, can smell a nice fragrance coming out from there

 

yeah man... hehe... yummy...

 

counting down today day 3...

[Poortraveller]

whahaha ... last night i throw in another ice block and when i check on the temp this morning, the temp hover between 19~20 deg

 

3 more days to bottling ...

[Tunge]

4 days... i just checked the beer w the hydrometer, reading looks fine... about 1090... tmr check one more time, if reading never change can bottle loh! had a taste of the beer too.... taste slightly sour not sure if it's infected... but it taste ok. will see...

[Poortraveller]

seem very quiet for the past 2 days and the water droplets on the cover are gone ... check on the hydrometer and seem promising

 

so took out the bottler and start bottling

 

all needly placed in the ice box

 

start to countdown

 

took the fermenter to wash ... gosh, does remind me the stuff you throw out when ur drunk

 

[Seabass_sg]

Wow must be exciting i also interested maybe will learn from your successes . .

[Tunge]

bottled today too...

 

just washed out my fermenter... but the residue left in the fermenter smells really nice n sweet leh. hah...

 

 

oohh... 1 more week to first tasting...

[Poortraveller]

huh?? i tot secondary fermentation need at least 2 weeks?

[Tunge]

eh.. think secondary is 1 week, by than beer is carbnated, but need to condition for 2 weeks to 3 months for gas to be finer n taste better... actually i'm just too eager to try, just gonna try one bottle to see how it taste will leave the remaining bottles to continue conditioning! hehe. in time for CNY!

[Poortraveller]

hehe ... i'm thinking opening the first bottle to taste on the 2nd week, do let me know if the taste is ok