The brewing thread

[peas_and_corn]

OK, the idea of a brewing thread was mentioned in the beer/ale thread, so I decided to start one.

I have been brewing continuously for 4 years now. It took me about a year to go all grain- each step I made everything slightly better/more complex and got to where I am now. I make 44L (10 gall in the US measure) batches, as I realised that the same time and only a small amount of extra money (everything's the same except for ingredients and a little more gas for the nasa) would double the size of my batches. Regularly my friend pitches in half the money and takes home half of the beer when it's fermented.

I have a beer fridge with two taps coming out the front- they have a chocolate porter and a brown ale coming out of them right now (the choc porter is soooo tasty...). I also bottle with longnecks (halves the work), and have an orval clone (haven't tried it yet), the same choc porter (bottle version tastes a bit more choc), and I'm waiting for the July case* to come through- a Russian Imperial Stout.

SOOOO... share info about brewing, questions that could be answered etc... have fun!

* I am a member of a brewing forum and every Christmas we have a case swap, where everyone goes to someone's house with a case of their beer, and then goes home with a bottle of everyone else's. We're having a Christmas in July swap, which is awesome- the theme for this one is 'winter warmers'.