• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Anyone thirsty?

T

ThaGrandCow

Diamond Member
pic 1
pic 2
pic 3

BEHOLD! Such is the power that I have mastered this night!
Well not really, but what you see is the end result of my first attempt at making my own beer. It's just been bottled for about an hour now, and needs to sit in the closet you see in the pictures for another 2 weeks while the final bit of sugar I put in while bottling it makes the carbonation. The closet is in our smallest bedroom, and that's why I couldn't get in there to get a really good picture, but you can at least get the idea. Total was 49 bottles made in the end, and it smelled great while I was bottling it. I'm hoping it's the first of many good batches to come.
😀

So who wants to drive to VA and come to the tasting party?

EDIT: I forgot, there was some kind of smear on my camera lens, I've cleaned it off now but I don't feel like taking the pics again.
 
me and a friend tried making some beer once, when i was younger.

friend's dad found it and dumped it before it was done. argh!
 
Originally posted by: Colt45
me and a friend tried making some beer once, when i was younger.

friend's dad found it and dumped it before it was done. argh!
Click to expand...

Ouch! That's gotta be harsh. How old were you when you tried to make it?
 
Originally posted by: Moralpanic
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I'm thirsty. Stupid surgery.

At least I get milkshakes!

mmmmmm
Click to expand...

Got your tonsils out?
Click to expand...

Link

They had to put a bunch of stitches and stuff in where my tooth was. I have to bite down on cotton for like 2 days. It makes eating impossible and drinking difficult. It's very bloody.
 
Originally posted by: ThaGrandCow
Originally posted by: Colt45
me and a friend tried making some beer once, when i was younger.

friend's dad found it and dumped it before it was done. argh!
Click to expand...

Ouch! That's gotta be harsh. How old were you when you tried to make it?
Click to expand...

I think i was... hmm... 16?
 
Originally posted by: Colt45
Originally posted by: ThaGrandCow
Originally posted by: Colt45
me and a friend tried making some beer once, when i was younger.

friend's dad found it and dumped it before it was done. argh!
Click to expand...

Ouch! That's gotta be harsh. How old were you when you tried to make it?
Click to expand...

I think i was... hmm... 16?
Click to expand...

I'd be pissed. But if I was your friends dad I'd finish it myself then drink it
 
Originally posted by: ThaGrandCow
pic 1
pic 2
pic 3

BEHOLD! Such is the power that I have mastered this night!
Well not really, but what you see is the end result of my first attempt at making my own beer. It's just been bottled for about an hour now, and needs to sit in the closet you see in the pictures for another 2 weeks while the final bit of sugar I put in while bottling it makes the carbonation. The closet is in our smallest bedroom, and that's why I couldn't get in there to get a really good picture, but you can at least get the idea. Total was 49 bottles made in the end, and it smelled great while I was bottling it. I'm hoping it's the first of many good batches to come.
😀

So who wants to drive to VA and come to the tasting party?

EDIT: I forgot, there was some kind of smear on my camera lens, I've cleaned it off now but I don't feel like taking the pics again.
Click to expand...

which part of VA? 🙂 I live in Northern VA 😀
 
🙂

I'm going to build a still one of these days.. Not to make drinking alcohol though.
 
Ahh, a Hokie. I'll probably be down for the WVU/Va Tech game this year (football). My roomate was a Hokie too... good luck with the beer!
 
Originally posted by: Colt45
me and a friend tried making some beer once, when i was younger.

friend's dad found it and dumped it before it was done. argh!
Click to expand...

LOL, same story, but friends dad didn't pour it out, ha showed us how it SHOULD be done, he is dead now...

 
Originally posted by: SnapIT
Originally posted by: Colt45
me and a friend tried making some beer once, when i was younger.

friend's dad found it and dumped it before it was done. argh!
Click to expand...

LOL, same story, but friends dad didn't pour it out, ha showed us how it SHOULD be done, he is dead now...
Click to expand...
Did you rip his arms out?
😉
 
Originally posted by: ThaGrandCow
Originally posted by: dabuddha

which part of VA? 🙂 I live in Northern VA 😀
Click to expand...

I'm down here in Blacksburg, living off Main Street in Virginia Tech
Click to expand...

Hey, I live in Hillsville just 40 minutes up I-81 and make beer too! Got into making beer after I left Germany and wanted a good stout dark bock. Best of luck with your first brew.

 
Originally posted by: SP33Demon
Ahh, a Hokie. I'll probably be down for the WVU/Va Tech game this year (football). My roomate was a Hokie too... good luck with the beer!
Click to expand...

Save some for me too, I will be up there on September 18 for the A&M-VT game. You guys were pretty cool when you came to College Station last year.

-MC
 
Originally posted by: kami
How much did it cost to make all that? Just curious.. 🙂
Click to expand...

The equipment was about $100, that includes the brewing kit, 5 gallon stock pot, and $25 of that was the actual ingredients and bottle caps. So basically, 50 beers is about $25-$28 after the initial equipment purchase, and it's not cheap, non-flavorful beer, it's looking and smelling like a Killians or another dark beer.

<-----can't wait for 2 weeks to go by.
 
Originally posted by: Frodo301
Originally posted by: ThaGrandCow
Originally posted by: dabuddha

which part of VA? 🙂 I live in Northern VA 😀
Click to expand...

I'm down here in Blacksburg, living off Main Street in Virginia Tech
Click to expand...

Hey, I live in Hillsville just 40 minutes up I-81 and make beer too! Got into making beer after I left Germany and wanted a good stout dark bock. Best of luck with your first brew.
Click to expand...

How was your first batch? I've heard stories that some people had horrible first batches, and others had some of the best beer they've ever tasted. How long was it before you could start designing your own flavors (bit more hops, little less grain, different flavor malts, etc.)?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top