beer brewing

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Does anyone on here brew there own beer? I got a basic kit for christmas and tomorrow i'm going to pick up glass bottles, caps and a capper. I figure it will be 2-3 weeks before this batch is done but I have a feeling this could turn into an obsession very quick.

This batch is going to be a fairly basic test run but my next one i'm going to try for a guiness knock off.

What does brew mean?

Brewing beer means making your own beer.

Our across the road neighbours brews his own beer. I don't drink beer, but my husband likes our neighbour's home brew.

Helen

no, I do cook though
though odd things
not the traditional ham and eggs

Heh... I assume you don't mean brownies? kidding

I made my first and only batch up in Alaska.
I thought I had ruined it when I was moving it to the fermentor (if I remember the steps correctly).
It actually turned out well and I got lots of compliments for it.
I like it okay, but I don't drink more than a glass of alcohol at a sitting, if that.

My wife and I had saved up a bunch of longneck Lonestar Beer bottles and that's what I used.

I just looked online for the book I used but didn't find it, although I'm sure most any book works.

I wish you good luck on your first batch! It was fun... oh... remember to take good notes!
I still have mine in a journal.

I want to make rootbeer someday... I can drink that a lot easier AND drink it with my daughter!
Beer is a no-no for her... 14y.o. (plus, she isn't crazy about alcohol anyway... ranks it way down next to smoking as things to avoid).

I was brewing years ago, but haven't done it in awhile: very labor intensive, as all the bottles have to be sterilized.

Great fun though!

I love cooking, but I don't do anything that involves sterilizing equipment. So no pickling, preserving or fermenting.

I don't have much interest in brewing beer. I would rather leave that tot he professional, and gladly buy them for the beer.

My great grandfather brewed his own beer.

Me...I am 16, don't drink it, and have absolutely no clue how to brew it

If I had known about brewing when I was 16 the latter half of high school would have been a blur.

We have plans to homebrew once the renovation is finished. But the way the renovation is going (or not ), we might just start brewing and be done with it.