Setting up a Homebrew in Israel

[Kahler]

Any new news opl?

 

[opl]

not so much... went with my wife to barcelona for a week, found this excellent pub/brewery.

some more stuff came for the stir plate

i hope that this weekend we will have a full day of work at the brewery

in the glass - mushroom ale (thats right...mushroom)

 

[Kahler]

Mushroom?! How was it?!

 

[opl]

lets just say that if they wouldn't have told me it had mushrooms in it i would never have known... it was a great beer.

another nice place:

 

[opl]

some new stuff:

we bought a carboy 5 galon second hand
and i sewed a carrier for it

we finally maunted the new dry wall in place

 

[opl]

some more

 

[Easily_Distracted]

Don't tell me; you made that capper out of an old car jack a spare tap handle and some red paint you had lying around.
Just kidding, but seriously, I love how resourceful you guys are. Your handiwork is fantastic.

 

[opl]

some more:

its all prier to filing

 

[opl]

ready for the fastest build ever?

 

[Kahler]

Ha! well played sir.

 

[opl]

We got two used refrigerators, cleaned the hell out of them

 

[opl]

Installing a willhi digital temperature controller

 

[Kahler]

Any new updates?!

 

[opl]

not so much... the two fridges are broken and of no use... we didn't do anything at the brewery -still no power.

we have been brewing:
cider
stout with coffee and dark chocolate
cherry liquor

 

[opl]

 

[krenshaw]

i love the photos on this thread.. you have a good eye for staging up bottles .. looks like the brewery is coming together nicely.. any updated pics of the actual brewspace?

 

[CaptainDucman]

Hello OPL,

I just found this thread... LOVE IT!!

I travel to TLV quite a few times a year. We stay downtown at Herods (next to the Pu$$yCat), last month I found a new pub "The Elephant" where the owner brews his own. It's about a 1/2 mile north of the David and a block off the beach.

Would like to see your set up next time Im over there. Maybe an exchange of homebrews

Steve

 

[Spinrathen]

Someone already touched on it, but you really should install a trap under that sink if you have not already. It's dangerous and possibly stinky.

 

[opl]

krenshaw - at the moment the brew brewspace is the kitchen stove at my partners home. the brew stand hasn't been built yet. thanks for the tip.

CaptainDucman- next time your in Israel go to the places i have mentioned earlier in the thread. if you need help contact me trow the FB link in the bottom of my post.

thank you both for the compliments

on the 15 of march we will be entering our first contest at the local supply store/pub/brewery
https://www.facebook.com/pages/נינקאסי-הפאב-של-בירדי-Ninkasi-Public-House/222480214461665

 

[NateLTB]

good luck in your contest!

 

[opl]

some pics from the event

more on our FB page

 

[psbuckland]

Great Job GUys.. I wish I would have run across this thread last month. I was in Tel Aviv for 3 days in Feb! Next time, I'll be sure and catch up!

 

[CaptainDucman]

Just landed in tlv, where are you located? Flying back to the US tomorrow.

 

[opl]

i have just seen the post... anyway we are not located anywhere

just two shmuks brewing at home, not much to see

 

[opl]

long time no update :cross:

on the equipment front:

both of the refrigerators did not work... we got a new one, we sand it, painted it and now we have our first lager fermenting in it

we started cooking all grain finally with a new gas burner

 

[opl]

on the brewing front:

we made another apple cider, and an apple/peach cider

we made "murika" - an APA

we made cherry/Raspberry liquor - will be ready in 4 months

we are now fermenting polish mead

 

[psbuckland]

I'm in tel aviv again in two weeks! Any suggestions for good beer?

 

[opl]

http://www.dancingcamel.com/en

 

[RickH]

This is too awesome. I can say this is probably the only thread I have read every page and message. Its so neat to see whats going on in a place that seems like a world away. Keep up the amazing work and pictures.

 

[USAFSooner]

Pomegranate in a Saison would be quite tasty.

 

[opl]

the "birth" of x:

me and my partner ariel have different tastes in beer. he is of a more traditional one and i like to experiment a lot mostly with fruits. so... i started a small "eXperimental" brewery at home - batches of 10L using extract.

first of the line was not a beer. its a cherry tea extract that i decided to introduce champagne yeast to and carbonate it. the result was great color, great smell but lack of flavor next time i will double the amount of the tea extract.

my next experiment is to remake chunky monkey, the banana ale that went south

pomegranates? i have learned my lesson about pomegranates/cherry/strawberry last year... if you want flavor you must use a lot of it.

pomegranates is going to be ready soon to pick. for a 10L batch i am going to use 4 KG of it.

 

[opl]

a quick update with pics:
i have made a bottle drying trolley for my home. it holds all of the equipment and is very easy to move it about

we have made wheat beer with hot chilly

i have taken about 20 pomegranates worth of juicy and added yeast to it - its been sitting for about 3 months now and tastes great

we have made polish mead

i have made a stout with the kids favorite chocolate in Israel

 

[deanpowers]

Hi Guys,

I'd love to visit your setup. I'm on the Golan. If you are up for a visit please reply here or my email: [email protected]

Skype: deanpowers

I'm interested in where I can guy grain and hops.

Regards,

Dean

 

[mheitt]

Thought I'd reawaken this thread. Hope the brewshed is still churning out great stuff.

A little more than 30 years ago I was in Israel and we drank Macabee beer. I was in high school at the time so I didn't know any better but we enjoyed it. Are they still around?

One of these days I'll make it back to Israel. I've got some cousins who made Aliyah about 15 or 20 years ago who I could visit with.

I just made a sukkot beer using etrog zest and I (symbolically) stirred the mash using a lulav. I posted on a thread about it (search for etrog).

Take care,
michael

 

[opl]

hi all

Macabee is still alive and well. they have a strong version now with 7.9%

some more pics:

 

[Gavin C]

Really cool pictures in this thread. You guys are so bloody creative with your brews and how you present them. Tremendous stuff.

Thanks for sharing so much.

L'Chaim!

 

[mkyl428]

Just found this, what a cool thread! Agreed, I love the pics please keep us posted this is awesome!!

 

[medicmike63]

Very cool, good to see homebrewing is alive and well in Israel. I have been over there a couple times for work. Wonderful people, great food, beautiful women. It is a great country. Sampled a few of the local brews in Tel Aviv but I sure can't remember what ones they were. Thanks for posting this. Shalom!

 

[mheitt]

so what does "amet" and "m'chal" mean? and why is that beer so green?

-michael

 

[opl]

thank you all for the comments

emet and mahal where the biggest political parties in the lest election. that day was also st patrick's day so naturally - we grilled

mahal won - benjamin netanyahu the guy on the right