Home Brew

[RustyBob]

Do you home brew ?
I never have, nor know nobody who has.
But looks interesting. Just wondering how difficult it is.
And what the quality is like ? If you do, home brew,
would you say it is worth the time and effort ?

[Conquest10]

Home brew? Coffee?

[yoda313]

Home brew? Coffee?

No. I believe the original poster is talking about a platform for developing games for the defunct SEGA DREAMCAST.

I never got around to using them when I still had my dreamcast. I finally sold mine in a garage sale this summer.

If you are talking about something else - sorry I don't know what it is.

[rallynavvie]

Wow. Just wow

I'm sure he's talking about brewing your own beer from home. You know, beer?

I've never tried brewing. My dad used to go to a microbrew and work on his own recipe a few years ago and the results varied pretty widely. I'd never try it since I like beer too much to make a mistake.

I do distill my own spirits though. Perfected the mash and reflux for maple sap and am still trying to make something of coffee grounds.

[yoda313]

Well only rustyrob can tell us if he's refering to beer or the Dreamcast....... But do a netsearch for "homebrew" and you'll find a ton of gaming sites for the dreamcast as proof I'm not out of mind (at least in regards to this subject )

[Conquest10]

Wow. Each one of us has a different idea of what the OP is talking about. What do you mean RustyBob?

[Craig Tucker]

Coffe, dreamcast, whats the matter with you guys

BEER

[b1tchm4gn3t]

I thought it was beer the very second I read the title of this post.

[Noahtuck]

Coffe, dreamcast, whats the matter with you guys

BEER

yep, you can tell the true geeks eh :P

You guy's really need to get away from those monitors and outside more often

I thought it was beer the very second I read the title of this post.

First thing i thought also.

Edit:
Looking again i guess yoda was the only one that thought electronic

[enstg8er]

yes, i've brewed beer.

decide if you want to commit (do you like flavorable beer, not canned stuff from 7-11). cheap beer kits give slightly better beer, but it takes much longer and is expensive.

if beer is your bag- you need about 48 grolsch type 16 oz bottles and a supply of replacement gaskets. then you have to learn beer. pilsner, ale, bitter, stout, ipa.... this is important in choosing a recipe and equipment.

all ingredients and equipment are available. your beer can excede all but the best. alcohol content can be high. but it is not pasturized and will have a shelf life. you will find yourself wanting to experiment with different recipes and some won't be drinkable. if you like beer, homebrewing is quite a treat....

[ZAPPER]

Yeah, I gotta go with the beer vote on this one, and while I could be wrong, because there a lot of different things that could be brewed I guess, beer was the first thing I thought of.


Me, myself? Nope, but I have tried it from a few folks that have and that do it on a regular basis.

From my taste it is usually a stronger and sometimes more bitter concoction, although not altogether bad. I may be wrong, but I am pretty sure that the end products are either stouts or ales or laugers or mostly darker stuffs (I think that the stuff that passes for American beers is like really low on the extreamist list and possibly harder to do or less desirable or for some reason not done or done much)


I think getting and keeping the equipment clean is like the big time most important thing, but I have seen it done in a styrofoam cooler in a closet up to almost a Drew Carey like micro brewery in a guys basement. The later guy is big time into it. He uses like quart or liter sized bottles that have the glass cork with the wire bail and rubber gasket (Kind of a big investment but not needed) He also uses a big side by side commercial cooler to keep some of it in before serving it. Alot of us have joked that the purest would give him hell for refridgerating beer, and that it is like supposed to be rootceller warm. He quickly offers up a warm beer to anyone that wants one, but I have never seen a taker for a warm beer, ice cold is just right it seems.

[MeDiCo_BrUjO]

Coffe, dreamcast, whats the matter with you guys

BEER

Ditto

I thought it was beer the very second I read the title of this post.

Ditto ditto

I think we can play "spot the geek" in this thread.

[adam]

I tried one of the kits (cheap one shaped like a small beer keg) and it was just nasty. Most of the other home brewed beer I've tried is also nasty. I mostly just use the one's I'm given for cooking.

Now I've got a relative in Canada who has dedicated about 25 years to perfecting his brewing process and his stuff is fantastic. He tries all kinds of bizarre vegatable flavors like carrot and beet and some them are really interesting. You'd never think it but beet beer is great.

[SquirrelDip]

When I lived out east (Ontario) we had a gang of 4 that used to brew our own at a "U-Brew-It" place. Took a while to tweak our recipe to what we all liked but once we did the beer was great.

If you have access to one of these places I'd strongly recommend you give them a try. They've generally got good equipment, filters, carbonation etc... They supply all the ingredients and will tutor you on what to do.

Each batch was about 100 half litre bottles. Originally it was quite a bit cheaper than store bought but once these places started getting popular the government wanted their share (ended up being just a bit less than store).

[Craig Tucker]

I have never brewed myself but each year I go to a beer tasting festival with a few of my mates. Most of the homebrew type stuff are porter ales and are almost black. Some taste quite nice, some not so nice, most are strong, between 5 and 9.5 abv. You are pissed on 4-5 pints

[träskmannen]

Many years ago I experimented a little bit in brewing together with some friends. The result tasted horrible and it ruined your stomach but it was effective... we got drunk on it and that was the most important factor at the time. If someone was to serve me a beer like that today I would almost consider it to be an insult.
Times change...

[rallynavvie]

You'd never think it but beet beer is great.

Quoted for posterity

I took on this promotion for work where I travel the country and my goal in every place I visit is to find the local microbrewery/brewpub and see what's out there. I did the same thing when I worked for the airline in college and travelled the world. I think that's why I find the idea of brewing my own such a very daunting process. I'm mostly of German descent and initially from Wisconsin so beer is part of my heritage. I just wouldn't want to create something awful, it would seem a sacrilege.

What I can tell you from my travels thus far is that Belgium has beer in quantities unimaginable, almost all of it quality stuff. There and the British Isles I've had some of the best beers in my life. In the States nothing beats the microbreweries of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (and Bell's should be in there too). In particular my home away from home at the Keweenaw Brewing Co in Houghton. $2 pints all day of their 6+ small batches. The brewmaster there went to school for it in Eire. One of the most outstanding hefes anywhere.

If you do get into brewing I'd highly recommend going to one of the microbreweries and see if you can visit with the brewmaster and get some advice/tips on making your own.

[Noahtuck]

I tried one of the kits (cheap one shaped like a small beer keg)

I bought one once and it also had a little plastic wood style beer keg, maybe between 1-2 gallons, except it was for making "Root Beer" does that count ?



So where is the OP ? ha started this and now he's just sitting back watching all of us

Answer's!! We need answer's

Coffe, dreamcast, whats the matter with you guys

BEER

Ditto

I thought it was beer the very second I read the title of this post.

Ditto ditto

I think we can play "spot the geek" in this thread.

[Faustus]

I thought he was talking about Beer and I don't even drink beer. I figure if he meant homebrew software he would have specified a system.

For the record I don't but a friends older brother used it. Seemed like a lot of work to me.

[stiltman]

I used too, but I had to quit. I gained about 40lbs from drinking too much.

I brewed mostly porters and brown ales. Towards the end I was brewing lagers in a special temp controled refrigerator.

My very first batch was with a Mr. Beer kit.
My very last batch was 5gals of Lager

[Guest]

I used to homebrew for a couple of years when it came into vouge in the early 90's. Not a bad hobby. Kinda a pain. I would recommend keg brewing though.The bottle washing is a pain.

[Lucifers_Ghost]

Meanwhile, 20 posts later and the OP is nowhere to be seen lol


PS. I thought of beer also.

LG

[Craig Tucker]

Perhaps he's pissed

[Noahtuck]

Perhaps he's pissed

[lordsmurf]

I think of "homebrew" as homemade video games for emulators.
I think of "bootlegging" as making your own homemade beer/alcohol.
I think of coffee as coffee. Be it from home, 7/11 or Starbucks.

[SquirrelDip]

I would think homebrew to be beer firstly, depending on the crowd. Secondly would be coffee. Bootlegging would be selling stolen (or other illegal) items. Coffee could be referred to in many different ways depending on how good (or bad) it is.

[yoda313]

I think of "homebrew" as homemade video games for emulators.
I think of "bootlegging" as making your own homemade beer/alcohol.
I think of coffee as coffee. Be it from home, 7/11 or Starbucks.

See! I'm not the only one who thought that! :P :P

[Craig Tucker]

Nope, there are at least 2 ubergeeks here

[hudsonf]

Meanwhile, 20 posts later and the OP is nowhere to be seen lol


PS. I thought of beer also.

LG

Probable drank to much home brew.

[Noahtuck]

I think of "homebrew" as homemade video games for emulators.
I think of "bootlegging" as making your own homemade beer/alcohol.
I think of coffee as coffee. Be it from home, 7/11 or Starbucks.

Bootlegging is not just making your own beer..... it's making and transporting for sale high proof alcohol/whiskey/liquor 8)

I doubt the guy sitting in his basement making some homebrew beer for personal consumption is conidered a bootlegger :P

Bootlegging would be selling stolen (or other illegal) items.

Wouldn't that be a fence