Monthly discussion thread about brewing.

Share whatever - success brews, failures, questions…

Fruit season is in full swing, so give the people who don’t know what to do with too much fruits some ideas ;-)

  • poleslav@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Success- watermelon brandy, turned out amazing. Failure- in expecting my flamin hot Cheeto whiskey to turn out awful but maybe I’ll be surprised? Waiting- flamin hot Cheeto whiskey and blueberry brandy, I was expecting the fermentation to slow down by now but it’s going strong for the 4th day in a row. On deck- my girlfriend wants me to brew my fall pumpkin beer, so that’s planned for one of my two fermenters once my other two brews are done. Besides that, I’ve got a long list of weird stuff to try distilling, dunno yet, kinda feeling smarties or some other candy

    • plactagonic@sopuli.xyzOPMEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I am too conservative for this but I really like your prisonhooch experiments.

      I don’t know if you brew pumpkin beer before but it can get really messy. I had to get in to tank and shovel out pumpkin residue last year.

      • poleslav@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Join in on the fun and get wild! You never know what’ll happen lol. And oh yeah I have a pumpkin beer recipe I’ve done the last few years, i can confirm, it’s very messy lol.

        • plactagonic@sopuli.xyzOPMEnglish
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          2 months ago

          I brew 1000l of it so whole day cleaning filters, clogged pipes and other stuff that usually take few hours. Still better than one time blackout stopped the brewery. Unboiled mash and starches are hard to clean lol.