hey im new as
have been brewing standard kit beer for years and have just started making mead (honey wine) and hard apple cider
but i like the quickness of beer and am thinking about making random fruit beers like carrot beer and tomoto beer for a chistmas present wheree my family can sit around trying a heap of random beverages possibly throwing up haha
now because im more familiar with making kit beer which is almost full proof and have just started making mead im not really sure what i will need in a few areas
now making carrot beer is probably going to taste like arse but please try to look past the obvious and give me constructive critisusim would be helpfull
now first off, the only yeast i have purchase seperatly from beer kit, is a basic wine yeast, can i use that or do i need a beer yeast specifically to get a fast fermentaition (1 week, 2 weeks bottled etc)? i understand how to use the hydrometer and how to make the sugar content enough, how to rack etc.
i just want to chuck some carrots and in a batch some tomatos in another, maybe another batch of potatos, chuck them in a juicer, chuck this in a fermenter, check the sugar content add sugar if required, add water maybe some yeast nutrient (or rasin/sutlana mix instead) and brew for a week, bottle for 2 weeks and have a funny christmas
i want to make something interesing and simple and different(as natural as possible with out using wild yeast etc) Im not into adding a ton of chemicals and time
please give advise
thanks heaps
have been brewing standard kit beer for years and have just started making mead (honey wine) and hard apple cider
but i like the quickness of beer and am thinking about making random fruit beers like carrot beer and tomoto beer for a chistmas present wheree my family can sit around trying a heap of random beverages possibly throwing up haha
now because im more familiar with making kit beer which is almost full proof and have just started making mead im not really sure what i will need in a few areas
now making carrot beer is probably going to taste like arse but please try to look past the obvious and give me constructive critisusim would be helpfull
now first off, the only yeast i have purchase seperatly from beer kit, is a basic wine yeast, can i use that or do i need a beer yeast specifically to get a fast fermentaition (1 week, 2 weeks bottled etc)? i understand how to use the hydrometer and how to make the sugar content enough, how to rack etc.
i just want to chuck some carrots and in a batch some tomatos in another, maybe another batch of potatos, chuck them in a juicer, chuck this in a fermenter, check the sugar content add sugar if required, add water maybe some yeast nutrient (or rasin/sutlana mix instead) and brew for a week, bottle for 2 weeks and have a funny christmas
i want to make something interesing and simple and different(as natural as possible with out using wild yeast etc) Im not into adding a ton of chemicals and time
please give advise
thanks heaps