Homebrewing - more than a plain hobby

pixomanic (52) · 7 years ago

How cool is that!
I started home brewing this summer as well. And it all started from home made blackberry jam! I work in construction, and near the site I was this summer was a lot of blackberry bushes. So one Saturday I decided to pick some and make home made blackberry jam as my kids love jam and we buy it all the time. So I thought I'm going to save some coin here and it's homemade, everyone is the winner. And to be honest it was not money save driven, but the process of making it, almost something caveman like in our digital age, where a lot of people get distant from reality, making things and stuff.
My mate once told me his fourteen year old son was good at computing and he could model and render egg and bacon sandwich, but he could not ever make one for real.
So anyway I picked berries and made 4 litres of lovely jam, and I had some berries left over, so I decided to try making blackberry wine, how bad can it go, right? So managed to make 1 litre of deep burgundy colour wine, which when poured in the glass was amazingly clear colour, I mean it was not muddy or anything. Taste was rather on the dry side, but with a bit of sweetening it was ok. So that was a foundation to my home brewing.
Then I thought to myself why not try making cider. And when talking to one of the fellas at work I mentioned my intention in experimenting with home brewing and he said he had some apples from his garden, my name was all over those apples I told him. And that is how I started to plan for my cider production. I got the apples, I juiced them on my juicer, which we bought I used couple of times and now I had ultimate purpose, yay.
So I had juice done, I poured it into empty 1 gallon water bottle a set it aside to ferment. I needed hydrometer to check alcohol as I read on some blog, you meant to check before fermentation and after. Anyway it was an excuse for a shopping trip.
When in my local shop, where they have a home brewing section, I discovered all sorts of handy things, and most importantly that you can buy a kit to make beer, cider, wine, etc. I was all over it)) I bought couple plastic kegs for storing my cider and beer, bought proper fermentation bucket, empty bottles and caps.
When I got home set my first cider kit batch fermenting, now it was not 1 or five litres of brew , but exciting 40 pints of Wilco's kit cider!
Now it's been over 4 weeks and I already started tasting and testing this lovely drink, I gotta tell you, it's quite satisfying the fact that you drink beer/ cider you made. Since then I set some beer fermenting, and I have stout in my plans for Christmas. So home brewers around the world I salute you!
This is it, my story of home brewing and newly obtained hobby.
Thanks for reading.

imperfect-one (62) · 7 years ago

Thank you very much for this comment. You are 100% right, making stuff by your own is so exciting! Now I'm brewing and I'm making fruit liqueurs from time to time, but I'm also planning to start making my own bread, cheese and smoked meat - this should be fun also :)

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pixomanic (52) · 7 years ago

Absolutely!

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damianmaly (49) · 7 years ago

dobre piwo, nie jest złe :-)

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karinxxl (68) · 7 years ago

I think it will feel very gratifying making your own stuff. And true it does not have to cost much at all.

But hey, if you look at your last picture there... it doesnt look too much appealing right? ;)))))
More like a saturdaynight accident after the combi of Indian food, with pale ale

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imperfect-one (62) · 7 years ago

I accept. Thank you :)

j1upineya (46) · 7 years ago

I was thinking of home-brewing. After your post I'm deffo getting a kit

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imperfect-one (62) · 7 years ago

I'm very glad to hear that :D Remember to share your opinion with us, and remember - if you will have any problems with starting, feel free to contact me and ask questions :)

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j1upineya (46) · 7 years ago

I will thanks for sharing

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twolittlebirds (55) · 7 years ago

I will show this to my boyfriend when he comes home and he will for sure love this and want to try on his own :) thank you for showing how it's done! :)

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imperfect-one (62) · 7 years ago

I'm very happy that my posts inspired someone - or will inspire :) If you will have any further questions, please feel free to contact me.

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twolittlebirds (55) · 7 years ago

Thank you! here's "the boyfriend" and yes my girls was right :D right now i'm trying to distill my own spirits but i know for sure what comes next - thank you again for sharing your experiences :)

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imperfect-one (62) · 7 years ago

Haha - moonshiner? :) You are very welcome!

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twolittlebirds (55) · 7 years ago

Haha funnily the little distillery is called "easy moonshine" but as long as the bowl doesn't exceed 0,5 liter it's legal in Germany. And in 2018 the legal qty will become increased to 2,0 liter ;)

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imperfect-one (62) · 7 years ago

Cool, it's still illegal in Poland...

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sweetpea (66) · 7 years ago

Nice to meet someone who has just as many hobbies as I do! But this is one impressive one to boast about, super cool that you brew your own beer! I agree with you, home brewed beer WOULD make an excellent gift! An awesome entry into this week's #hobbyhub challenge! Thanks for your participation, upped and resteemed! Much love, @sweetpea

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rezpatex (47) · 7 years ago

Thank you for posting. :)

For the last half year i have thought now and then that i should start to make my own vine. But then i forget about it again.

Its not the same as beer, but pretty much the same anyway.
And this post inspired me and reminded me about that.
So within the next days i will go and buy some of the equipment i need for that.

The main reason for why i want to do it, is because i want to do some experimental things and try to find some completely new stuff.
I expect to fail a lot of times before i find something i am pleased with,
but then my pleasure will just be even greater when i finally manage to get what i want.

I will start with 3 separate 50 litre kegs, so that i can try 3 different variations at the same time.

Thanks to this post, i will remember to buy the equipment, and when i have that, things will go faster from thoughts to action. :)

Cheers! :)

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imperfect-one (62) · 7 years ago

It's all about experimenting and finding what fits you the best :) Making wine is also a great thing to do, the results, in my opinion, are often far better than the wine from the store.

rezpatex (47) · 7 years ago

I can believe that, and also as you point out in your post, the fact that it is something we have made our self will also add a extra pleasure to it if we like it. :)
Maybe even more if other like it too. :) :)

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imperfect-one (62) · 7 years ago

Well said my friend, well said :)

karenmckersie (74) · 7 years ago

Now this is a great hobby ! And something I did many years ago before my kids were born ! LOL they are now 27 & 30 ! I still love my beer though haha ! Great post and photos , im glad to see your planning on entering again next week which I may be guest judging as well , not sure yet . Good luck , hope your beer turns out awesome ! Cheers !! @karenmckersie

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imperfect-one (62) · 7 years ago

Thank you :) In the very near future, I'm planning to brew again and make some video from the whole process to post it here on Steemit. Just saying, if you are interested ;)

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karenmckersie (74) · 7 years ago

Awesome ! send me a link if you do , with a reminder , im following you but I would rather add it to my @momskitchen account way easier to follow posts there as its new / not thousands of posts to keep track of ! LOL and its an all food and drinks blog . Steemit steem down right now so I cant log in on steemitstages ,.💕👌❤🍻🍺🍺

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imperfect-one (62) · 7 years ago

I will try to remember to do so :)

karenmckersie (74) · 7 years ago

Awesome !👍👍👍

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rezpatex (47) · 7 years ago (edited)

lol
I seriously have to take a closer look at some of your animations for future use.. ;)
PS, can you make someone for men too?
I would feel a little bit to feminine if i for example made a cheers salute as a woman.. lol

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karenmckersie (74) · 7 years ago

Yes haha ! If you checkout my post on it , I tell where to Google to get the app or whatever it is . Once you sign up you will see how easy it is , it walks you through how to make your head first you pick male or female ! And you can choose the type of 2 kinds of heads , the other one is a emoji head that's fatter then the one I chose ! But once your done making your head of you , all the other stuff and cartoons are automatically done for you ! You will get a little icon that will appear in the top right corner of your screen instead of a app ! So its then very easy to just choose what you want while your commenting or posting without leaving the page ! Very easy to use !

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rezpatex (47) · 7 years ago

sound like something i will look in to next time i am bored :)
Thank you :)

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karenmckersie (74) · 7 years ago

Cool !!!👍👍👍💕

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karenmckersie (74) · 7 years ago

awesome!

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imperfect-one (62) · 7 years ago

Thank you very much :)

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joe.nobel (55) · 7 years ago

Looks like fun. Always wondered about homebrewing.
Now I'm getting thirsty for a beer, being Friday, almost end of the workweek.

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imperfect-one (62) · 7 years ago

It is fun :) Trust me ;)

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what-did-she-say (46) · 7 years ago

Very interesting hobby! I have dabbled in Home brewing myself. I am busy drinking a batch of Ginger beer that I made. This is a great hobby to have. What a fun topic to use as your first #hobbyhub entry. Good luck in the challenge.

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imperfect-one (62) · 7 years ago

Thanks! I never tried to make ginger beer, I need to do it one day :)