Home Brewing

[BigMouth]

Can anyone tell me what the chemical is called that home brewers clean their equipment with and where can I buy it in Shetland?

 

I have been told that this is good stuff to clean out hydration packs with.

 

Thank you

[Fjool]

Only time I've ever tried home-brewing (massive failure, I must admit) we sterilised using Milton tablets; same ones used for sterilising babies' bottles). Smelled just like bleach.

[Guest Anonymous]

Can't tell you the chemical, but Rod and Line in Harbour Street sell Home Brew kits and all the accessories.

 

Cheers,

Da Auld Een

[typhoon_2099]

A quick google Came up with this.

 

Also, a typo got me here.

 

Hope these help.

[BigMouth]

I brewed some beer when I was a youngster. I have no idea how I got away with it as I had a somewhat strict upbringing. Anyway, being that my sole income was £1 a week for a 7 day a week - 87 house paper round, I couldn't afford the filter paper so I had to drink the beer until just before the sediment arrived at my lips. I misjudged it a couple of times.

 

Being a bit of a numpty I had doubled the sugar content to add to the strength. None of the bottles exploded by some miracle.

 

I have to admit though that the beer was vile-tasting.

[BigMouth]

Can't tell you the chemical, but Rod and Line in Harbour Street sell Home Brew kits and all the accessories.

 

Cheers,

Da Auld Een

 

Ah ha!! Yes I remember now - Thanks a lot one and all.

[peeriebryan]

The peerie healthfood shop at the Malakof junction sells homebrew stuff downstairs, or at least they used to when Distortio and I was making poisonous beverages in our yoof

[Guest Anonymous]

I think I'm right to say that it was the health shops stock that Rod and Line took over..

 

Cheers,

Da Auld Een

[BigMouth]

^^^ That would make sense as those that I have spoken to always refer to Healthcraft having sold the stuff in the past

[peeriebryan]

Are you a homebrewer then BM?

 

I used to have great fun making cider and rice wine out of 'natural' ingredients, rather than the cans of chemicals. Never did get beer to taste any good

 

Gave myself gut-rot more than once though

[tarotangel]

Gave myself gut-rot more than once though

 

Did you leave it long enough before drinking it I think that is the mistake that a lot of folk make.

 

I ken when I lived at home Dad used to get his hom brew fae Healthcraft. I'm sure he used Milton most of the time but I'm sure I remember about him using Sterodent I think it was once. Need to ask him.

[peeriebryan]

^ No, I didna leave it long enough

 

The peerie blooper thing on the top (what's that called again?) was still bloopin, so it was far from finished fermenting. I only did that once!

 

Anybody got a good recipie for making rhubarb wine?

[Colin]

Brewing beer and wine was always a big thing in my family and used to do a fair bit myself.

 

Never used anything other than clean water and elbow grease on the equipment.

 

Best results (with patience) came from making wine and you can make it from almost anything.

 

I have to admit that I used to cheat a little and add concentrated grape juice to the initial mix.

 

Basic recipe was fruit (anything will do) that was 'mashed' then boiled in a strong sugar solution.

 

Allow to cool then add the yeast.

The type of yeast used is quite important and should be matched to the fruit.

 

Try pears with a champagne yeast. Finish slightly sweet. Epic.

 

One of my uncles once made quite a large batch of strawberry wine that not only tasted like a mild strawberry syrup but was also 'weapons grade' in it's effect. To see one of the hardest drinkers in the village staggering home from my uncle's with his trousers over his arm is a life changing experience

 

I still have a couple of brewing jars + airlocks in the loft. Might just dig them out sometime.

 

A tip for anyone interested;

Try the local supermarkets for fruit. They have fairly strict (?) quality rules on what they can offer for sale so there's a good chance that you might be able to pick up some 'seconds' for brewing with.

[tarotangel]

 

I ken when I lived at home Dad used to get his hom brew fae Healthcraft. I'm sure he used Milton most of the time but I'm sure I remember about him using Sterodent I think it was once. Need to ask him.

 

Called Dad wasn't Sterodent was Campden tablets. peeriebryan will see what I can do for a recipe for rhubarb wine for you, no promises but I'll ask Dad and see if he will gie me the recipe.

[peeriebryan]

^ Are Campden tablets really stinky things. A horrible chemically whiff?

 

Cheers for having a look for a rhubarb wine recipe TA. There's tons of wild rhubarb that we chop down every year at the girsecutting. It would be good to put it to use (and get boozy!)

 

 

 

 

P.S. I'm going to edit the name of this thread and move it to the Food & Drink section