HOMEBREWZ

dudes
it's feBREWary, and in my world that means make some beer. last week we made this bavarian hefeweizen
i know it's a kit and bah! to you who think it's stupid to brew when you can buy it so easy
so do any of ilxors brew then? let's talk about this, baby

we made this baltic porter this weekend. the hefe tastes like it's going to be good later when bottled. i have some more hops in my freezer that i am going to design a recipe around and perhaps keep brewing with regularity or atleast have more than a few per year

would like to do this but iirc it stinks up the place and is hard to do right (my dad did it a few times). also my apartment is one floor, nowhere to store stuff. hmm.

i think it makes smells awesome!!
during mashing think grainy 'oat' type odor, then during boiling same but now with flowery and green smell of hops. most of equipment is 5G buckets so they all fit into one another and take less space than might be thought
total bro when yr like 'wanna try some beer i made?' if is good

weird smell only lasts a couple of hours. have assisted in this & ridiculous cider production and had some great beer

http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd210/jdchurchil/food%20porn/?action=view¤t=DSC_0019.jpg&newest=1
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bavarian hefeweizen specific gravity before and after fermentation

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http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd210/jdchurchil/food%20porn/DSC_0019.jpg?t=1268494097
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^^ you can tell the fermentationisms of yeasts take sugar out of the 'beer'

thus making the hydrometer measurements deacrease before and after

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2LUvRC1t9E

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