Anybody here brew their own?

>>8449191
i used to but its just more work than its worth so i stopped

>>8449203

How so? It takes 15min to put a kit on.

Do cider/wine and you don't have to piss about with bottles and carbonation. Just put it in jerry cans/2L coke bottles.

>>8449246
The boil generally takes an hour. Then you have to cool it before pitching the yeast. Then you have to bottle it. Kits here generally end up being $1 per 12oz bottle made. It is fun and helps you learn about beer but is usually not way tastier or economical.

>>8449258

Fair enough. Have you checked out the grainfather? If you have the money of course. But they are very good.

Also have you tried any kits that come in a dual pouch? They are much better than cans. Check out mangrove jacks / make your own range, depending on where you are from.

Ever thought about having a go at distilling you own?

>>8449276
I made a still in college but I think my mash was shit because it tasted like shit. Was flammable though.
The kits I got were pretty good. Malt extract, some fresh ground malt for steeping, liquid yeast, and pressed hops. The store is one of the only ones around so I trust them when they say at most the extract and grains are a month old. Plus they produce their own extract.

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>>8449191
yes

>>8449191
I've just started making my own wine, 30$ for 20L, roughly 30 min work = worth, since i live in sweden where alcohole is taxed way to much, usually a ok 3L wine is 25$

>>8449299
alcohol*

>>8449286

Fair play. Did you ever try using turbo's? Excellent for producing consistent clean distillate. You just need to find a flavour / liqueur you like. Or even re distilling it with botanicals / peat grains

>>8449292
Looks good what is it?

>>8449299
Yeah I don't blame you, alcohol is massively taxed in Scandinavia. What did you use?

>>8449286

Forgot to add, you can do whisky turbo's with LME

>>8449309
it was supposed to be a strawberry pale ale but i added the strawberries too early so you couldn't taste the strawberries

it was still beer tho

way too much work for beer

i prefer buying it

>>8449258
>kits $1/ bottle

You really start saving money when you go to all grain. My average 5 gallon batch ends up being abou $.50 / bottle. My blueberry wines are dirt cheap since I pick my own berrys for $9.00 a gallon and use 2.5 gallons for a 5 gallon batch. My meads are cheap because I have a supplier that sells me 5 gallons of honey for $145 and I use 1 gallon per 5 gallons of mead.

So you can produce very good quality stuff for a lot less.

>>8449292
dude that looks like diarrhea what did you do