Anyone here brew?

[HuskerCradle2Grave]

All grain?

Partial?

Extract?

 

[Cobrabit]

Several of us do and there are a couple that work for breweries. Scroll through the forum and you'll probably come across several threads.

I haven't stepped up to all-grain yet primarily due to space and time limitations. Stick with extract and specialty grains mainly. Keeps my brew day down to a little over 2 hours from start to finish.

 

[757Hokie83]

Several of us do and there are a couple that work for breweries. Scroll through the forum and you'll probably come across several threads.

I haven't stepped up to all-grain yet primarily due to space and time limitations. Stick with extract and specialty grains mainly. Keeps my brew day down to a little over 2 hours from start to finish.

i'm tellin ya, AG takes longer yea....but what's better than chillin outside, all afternoon, listening to music, making beer and drinking beer??

 

[tometom]

i'm in the extract and specialty grain stage. similar to Cobrabit I just don't have the time or space for all grain. I'd like to do it, but I have a feeling that won't happen until the kids are bigger and can do more things on their own.

 

[757Hokie83]

the equipment takes up some space for sure when you're not brewing. but you can just build a shelf to keep it all nicely contained on a small footprint...don't know how old the kiddos are, but sound like their young....hire a sitter to take 'em to the park, brew and relax for a few hours...then make a drunken pass at the sitter when the kids come home

 

[thecrow124]

Extract brew mostly due to the fact that I make beer for me and a couple friends. I am not trying to win any contests, just trying to make beers that I like. Have friends that AG, and the beer comes out consistently better, but not enough that I have seriouslty thought about stepping up yet.

 

[HuskerCradle2Grave]

i'm tellin ya, AG takes longer yea....but what's better than chillin outside, all afternoon, listening to music, making beer and drinking beer??

 

[wartyOne]

All Grain doesn't have to be a huge investment, or a big footprint, if you know where to start. I've known homebrewers with cooler mash tuns and gravity feeds that have brewed beers that would rival professionals in a blind taste test.

Personally, I like gadgets. I like my pumps (no lifting), I like my oxygenation assembly (yeast need oxygen, not aeration; big difference in outcome), and I like my counterflow chiller (homemade). These are my toys, and what I save up for. Sigh. I need to win a lottery.

 

[hawkeyedan]

I've been brewing for probably about 11-12 years now. I do partial mash brews. I also just started making my own hard cider about a year ago. Haven't brewed a whole lot this year and I'd like to brew more often than what I have.