New Brewery!

[fifthcircle]

Awesome!

[Barron]

Yup, that's my first shot at meade

[Apocalypse Cow]

Just bumping around waiting for my latest batch of LMB (Lawn Mower Beer) to come of age.

[fifthcircle]

Originally Posted by Apocalypse Cow

Just bumping around waiting for my latest batch of LMB (Lawn Mower Beer) to come of age.

I need to bottle mine...like, three weeks ago! *gasp* I have been preoccupied with other stuff. I somehow brewed a "one hop" beer for a local competition, and made it past the first round. Sunday, I serve it to the public at a ticketed event. Popular beer of the 10 brews gets to brew it with the brewery on their system, and have it on tap at all their brew pubs. Pretty cool deal...no way will I win.

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[Mista Bob]

Heres a couple shots of my cousins 'tiny' setup.

[levain]

Originally Posted by Mista Bob

Heres a couple shots of my cousins 'tiny' setup.

Where is your cousins brewery?

[Mista Bob]

Originally Posted by Jim Williams

Where is your cousins brewery?

Shawinigan, Quebec. It's a brewery within the bar he owns.

[fifthcircle]

The stuff of my dreams right there!

[Dansrc51]

Originally Posted by fifthcircle

The stuff of my dreams right there!

yep. I'd give my left arm for that setup, but then I couldn't brew!

[Marsh Tiger]

[P B G]

Originally Posted by Barron

Yup, that's my first shot at meade

What's all in it?

[Barron]

Originally Posted by P B G

What's all in it?

12 pounds of honey
3.3 pounds of light LME
4 large oranges
1 pound of rasins
5 cloves
Wyeast mead yeast

It's my first shot at making yeast so I followed a recipe I found... kinda. I usually add more fermentables to up the ABV.

-Barron

[P B G]

Did you have to boil with the fruit or did you pasteurize?

[Barron]

Originally Posted by P B G

Did you have to boil with the fruit or did you pasteurize?

Nope, I washed it, cut off the "ends" and threw it in. For beer I would never do this, but I have seen lots of recipes that say it will be fine, and it's all kind of an experiment so I said what the hell. It's still bubbling nicely

-Barron

[P B G]

Originally Posted by Barron

Nope, I washed it, cut off the "ends" and threw it in. For beer I would never do this, but I have seen lots of recipes that say it will be fine, and it's all kind of an experiment so I said what the hell. It's still bubbling nicely

-Barron

Interesting, and they used the fruit?

I've been under the impression that if you use honey alone, and buy it pasteurized instead of "wild" you can get away with not boiling the batch, but that if you wanted to do wild honey that it should be briefly boiled, or perhaps have tablets added to knock down any batch infections prior to introducing your yeast.