Any home brewers out there? Got 5 gal.of smoked porter aging out with a double hand full of Jack Daniels wood chips going right now.

There is a guy around here named "Homebrew". I think he may, in fact, home brew. But it's just a hunch.

I did it a few years back. I got pretty good at it but lost interest. Lots of reasons I quit doing it, but mostly it was getting too expensive. I was brewing batches of 48 - 52 bottles for around $30. If I wanted to use DME or cracked barleys add another $5-10. When we moved, I recycled 12 cases of good bottles and gave my gear away. It takes alot of time, but the beer is great. I miss it sometimes, but not the mess or the cleaning. You have to always be cleaning the gear.

Best of luck with your hobby. I hope your recipe works out and you enjoy the results.

wood chips? in the wort?

I'm still a beginner, only have a dozen or so batches under my belt, so beer with me.

Rockmeister, most likely in the secondary...

herfsnipe......I can't remember the actual figures, but I was able to brew beer for less money than I could buy similar quality beers.

Of course, I did not put a value on my time and I brewed from all grain (no extracts).

It took the better part of a Saturday though to brew.

I gave up on bottles too.......too hard to clean and time consuming. I had a dual five gallon keg setup.

thanks pliny, sounds interesting...

In the secondary fermenter. I rinse the chips and then microwave them for a couple of minutes to kill bacteria. I don't use wood chips in all my batches, just ones that would lend themselves to cask aged flavor.

I've been doing this stuff for nine years now. It does get expensive, it is time consuming and messy but you can make great beer that's one of a kind.

Thanks for the explanation GB2, my next question was about killing the bugs on the wood chips before trowing them in..

Where are you located GrayBeard2?

It's about time all us homebrewers meet up and do a brewinherf, ain't it?

If you're tossing them into the secondary, you've probably got enough alcohol already built up that what's on the chips isn't gonna harm the beer. It's like adding fruit or dry hopping. If it makes you feel better then hey, go for it. Or you could probably freeze the chips till you need them.

Got an IPILSA that I'm drinking now, a spreed brew brown ale sitting for St Patty's day, and a Porter in the fermenter that's getting entered into the Sam Adams Longshot competition.

I'd like to try getting an oak barrel and age a barley wine in it.

You Rang????

LOL

I save a bundle brewing my own.

Just saw this thread, but I gotta get to work

Happy brewing.

Dave (A.K.A. Homebrew)

definately $ saving hobby, but as andy said, you can't count yer time, or it gets expensive, but hey, its a hobby right?

i'd much rather drink a quality beer from the blackrock homebrewery than most store bought...............kegged or bottled.................

I do my own and have my own labels

copyright of course

grow my own hopps and barley and have the best well water in Michigan

Just a hobby

#10 - Montvale NJ