Home Brewing

[Lowrider]

I would like to know more about it too!
I'm really interrested in the kitt you use! my father used to do it in a 25 liter drum and it didn't turn out half bad.

At the moment I'm very busy, so no home brewing for me yet. I did do a lot of whiskey in the past, but after moving for the third time in 10 years I gave away all the stuff!

Any good recipe's for a 5 to 6% are very welcome too!

[NH3LVR]

Homebrewing is alive and well in the USA!
We do things a bit different than in the UK.
We boil all of our worts before fermentation and throw away the yeast pack that comes with a kit. We have a good many liquid yeasts available. At $5-$6 a dose it could get expensive. However I reuse the yeast up to four times.
I do not brew as much as I did, due to time. I made about 40 gallons last summer, mainly because I was teaching a couple of other guys how to brew.
I do kits as a base and straight extract with good stuff added.
I also do all-grain on occasion.
The Lady next door was asking me about making Whiskey last night. Unfortunatley that is not something one can do legally at home in the USA.

[paul_h]

Homebrewing is alive and well in the USA!
We do things a bit different than in the UK.
We boil all of our worts before fermentation and throw away the yeast pack that comes with a kit. We have a good many liquid yeasts available. At $5-$6 a dose it could get expensive. However I reuse the yeast up to four times.
I do not brew as much as I did, due to time. I made about 40 gallons last summer, mainly because I was teaching a couple of other guys how to brew.
I do kits as a base and straight extract with good stuff added.
I also do all-grain on occasion.
The Lady next door was asking me about making Whiskey last night. Unfortunatley that is not something one can do legally at home in the USA.

That's how I do it too, boil all the adatives, use good LHBS yeasts.
I dont boil the brand kit can contents in the wort though because it's pre-hopped, but I do put the whole unopend can in a saucepan that's filled with boiled water to sanatise the outside of the can and can opener.
Distilling is illegal here too, you can buy all kit ingrediants though, funny isn't that? It's just having a still that's illegal.

I'm learning all extract now, adding specialty grains and hops.

Looking into AG if I bother to make a mash tun and get 40L stockpots.

As far as how to do it:
Good forums:
http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/index.php?
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/index.php

Good ebook:
http://www.howtobrew.com/intro.html

Also heaps of youtube videos and videos on www.expertvillage.com