Re: Want to get into Home Brewing

April 1, 2008

You can make a soda by adding yeast to any sweet beverage, and store

is ok, I've even used canned coconut milk. A good yeast is s.

boulardii because it's very beneficial to the gut, and you will be

consuming the live yeast.

Some good books are Sandor Katz's " Wild Fermentation " that tells how

to make meade (honey wine) and many other fermented drinks, and " The

New Complete Joy of Homebrewing " by Charlie Papazian, which you can

get cheap used because homebrewing outfits used to give them out for

free with big orders, or so I've been told. That's a fascinating

book that really goes in depth into the lifecycle of yeast, the

enzymes that turn barley into malt, etc. Another really good book is

Harrod Buhner's " Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers " that has

ancient recipes using herbs and really neat information.

--- In , " jkruer01 " <jkruer01@...>

wrote:

>

> Hey Everyone,

>

> I am new to the list and new to style eating. I am

> interested in getting started with home brewing. At first I want to

> start simple and was thinking about getting started with Kefir Beer

> and Kombucha. Then I wanted to branch into lacto-fermented cokes

and

> finally beer and wine.

>

> I want to make sure I enjoy doings this before I spend a couple

> hundred bucks on equipment so I am trying to get started cheap.

>

> If anyone has any advice for a newbie brewer I would appreciate

it.

>

> I was reading about Kefir Beer and if I am reading it correctly, it

> sounds like I can simply add Kefir grains to a glass container of

> Apple or Grape Juice and let it sit out for about 48 hours. Will

> store bought juice work or do you have to make your own?

>

> Thanks,

>

April 1, 2008

We've been making ginger beer from NT and mead from Wild

fermentations. We don't have any equipment - yet. Just some big jars

for brewing and small bottles that we've saved from other things.

Ginger beer has become everyone's favourite - I'm going to have to

step up production for summer.

-- In , " jkruer01 " <jkruer01@...> wrote:

>

> Hey Everyone,

>

> I am new to the list and new to style eating. I am

> interested in getting started with home brewing.

April 1, 2008

Wow I just joined this group today and already a topic I can post on. I am a

homebrew

idiot! I mean my hobby is I have been brewing for about 19 months and I have 26

batches

and 6 medals (from competitions) under my belt. I make all malt beer from 100%

grain

and I am getting really good at it. I would be more than happy to help out with

any

specific questions that you have and if I can't answer your questions I know

tons of

resources so I can certainly point you in the right direction.

I do have a question of my own. I would like to start making kombucha so I

bought and

read a book on the subject. The book said definitively not to use anything but

clear glass

to store your kombucha. As a well outfitted homebrewer I have a hard time

believing that

a stainless steel keg or brown bottles would not be a suitable storage container

for

kombucha. So can I use non reactive storage vessels other than clear glass to

store my

finished kombucha product?

Thank you in advance for any information.

> >

> > Hey Everyone,

> >

> > I am new to the list and new to style eating. I am

> > interested in getting started with home brewing.

>

April 2, 2008

Hi

I started with Kombucha tea and Kefir... Bought a 5 gallon bucket for KTea

much easier to do continuous brewing... I end up brewing it a couple of weeks,

then bottle... So bought a bottle capper, pleanty of bottles from friends --

This is where I learned about fermentation and secondary fermentation and

bottling....

Kefir well I only do the milk Kefir.. Plop the gains in milk, let it ferment

abt 24 hours, strain and drink... Great..

Didn't die from botulism....

This past year I make Hard Apple cider... (6 gallon bucket). Use 5 gallons

apple cider, brown sugar (2#), 2 packages of yeast,,, Let it Ferment a month

and put into gallon jugs to clarify.... Needed a couple airlocks, used some

hose from the fish store... finally bottled it into beer bottles (sam b

is good) (the ones that are not twist off) let it mellow a couple of months,

taste testing it... Believe me it is not something you drink right away....

(makes fur patches on the back of your tongue)... Mine is mellowing out now....

Starting to taste good.. Of course taste testing the past couple of months has

lowered the quantity (I'm learming as I go)

Today I bought a 3 gallon Carboy to make mead (an old celtic drink -- Honey -

water - yeast) (takes abt 2 years b4 you can drink...

All I am saying here is, try one thing at a time... No sense going and buying

out the store.. Believe me they will try to sell you kits... You dont have

to buy a lot of equipment... Keep it simple... Buy as you go...

I'm having fun taking it one step at a time...

In another month or so will make dandelion wine... Wish me luck..., blueberry

wine etc...

jkruer01 <jkruer01@...> wrote:

Hey Everyone,

I am new to the list and new to style eating. I am

interested in getting started with home brewing. At first I want to

start simple and was thinking about getting started with Kefir Beer

and Kombucha. Then I wanted to branch into lacto-fermented cokes and

finally beer and wine.

I want to make sure I enjoy doings this before I spend a couple

hundred bucks on equipment so I am trying to get started cheap.

If anyone has any advice for a newbie brewer I would appreciate it.

I was reading about Kefir Beer and if I am reading it correctly, it

sounds like I can simply add Kefir grains to a glass container of

Apple or Grape Juice and let it sit out for about 48 hours. Will

store bought juice work or do you have to make your own?

Thanks,

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April 2, 2008

-

> As a well outfitted homebrewer I have a hard time believing that

> a stainless steel keg or brown bottles would not be a suitable

> storage container for

> kombucha. So can I use non reactive storage vessels other than clear

> glass to store my

> finished kombucha product?

As there seems to be increasing uncertainty about what might leech out

of stainless steel into foods or beverages (particularly acidic ones)

the warning against stainless steel is probably worth heeding, since

kombucha can become very acidic. I have no idea why brown glass would

be a problem, though. That doesn't seem to make any sense.

-

April 2, 2008

If stainless steel leeches things into food then what are we supposed to cook

in? Doesn't Sally Fallon recommend using stainless steel cookware? I don't

think they make glass cookware do they???

As there seems to be increasing uncertainty about what might leech out

of stainless steel into foods or beverages (particularly acidic ones)

the warning against stainless steel is probably worth heeding, since

kombucha can become very acidic. I have no idea why brown glass would

be a problem, though. That doesn't seem to make any sense.

-

April 2, 2008

Thanks for the advise. That is where I am going to start....with Kefir and

Kombucha. I have some mason jars that I am going to use for the Kefir and I am

going to buy a 1 gallon glass tea jar for the Kombucha.

Then, I will go from there.

Thanks,

Kruer

Stratton-Kruer Team

RE/MAX Performance Realty

30 Stonecrest Ct

Shelbyville, KY 40065

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Re: Want to get into Home Brewing

Hi

I started with Kombucha tea and Kefir... Bought a 5 gallon bucket for KTea much

easier to do continuous brewing... I end up brewing it a couple of weeks, then

bottle... So bought a bottle capper, pleanty of bottles from friends -- This

is where I learned about fermentation and secondary fermentation and