Homebrewing myths that need to die

That you need to sanitize bottle caps...

 

Yeah - not in most cases. Nuther one here - All grain brews have no twang. The same goes for it - not in most cases.

Hypthesis - twang is from too much body. An imbalance of malt versus hop. ?

 

So educate me. Why would one not sanitize the caps?

 

Maltodextrin powders are always 100% unfermentable....

 

I never heard the 100% part before.

 

Bottle bombs??? I tried!

 

How about...beer for breakfast is a bad thing?

 

Myth: if you don't drink while brewing, you will offend the yeast and they will refuse to do their job.

 

Well said

 

I think Founder's Breakfast Stout already debunked this myth.

 

Homebrewing is illegal, like those guys on moonshiners.

 

Myth: if your beer looks funny while fermenting, it's infected and you should dump it immediately without tasting it.

Myth: infected beer will kill you if you drink it

 

A gallon is bigger in Canada. An imperial (non-US) Gallon is used by the rest of the world, a 5 Gallon batch will come out to about 66 beer...likely closer 60ish once bottled.

 

Is Canadian brewing equipment all scaled up to imperial gallons as well? How about the recipes? I ask because I don't think any of the brew kettles, for example, are imperial-based, and I'd have to imagine they use the same buckets and carboys in Canada that we do here in the US. And I haven't seen a lot of threads about scaling recipes to Canadian gallons.

 

I am just starting out, so this has been a difficult process for me distinguishing between American and Canadian recipes and equipment. The Fermenting buckets I have seen are all listed in Liters (23L being 5 Gallons, as opposed to 18.9L being 5 US Gallons). Recipe kits from OntarioBeerKegs.com are in Imperial gallons but I am not sure about other recipes, I think most people just scale on their own...or make a 5 Gallon US batch.

 

Myth: Your wife supports this hobby of yours


(Don't be fooled by the 2L erlenmeyer for X-mas or the gift certificate to LHBS for your last birthday. It's a front, she's the anti-ninkasi.)

 

Hot Side Aeration is not a myth unfortunately.....

 

I've had a couple bombers explode...might have had more to do with brewing and bottling at 1000' above sea level and then moving to 7800'!!!

 

Please not this again.

 

I've found out that my wife has turned my "but brewing my own beer saves us money" argument against me. Now she says she needs to buy nicer clothes because they will "last longer" and save us money.

 

I've been laughing while reading some of your posts, people.

 

Myth: Almost everything ever written about water chemistry. ie. Guinness is dark because Dublin water hard. Pilsners are pale because Pilsen water is soft.
Myth: Almost everything every written about beer history: ie. Strong Scotch Ale is an historic style of beer

 

I remember trying to write on my first post. Lol JK

 

Myth: That I shouldn't bother proof reading my posts before clicking "submit"

 

^ heh heh. Good stuff

Cheers!

 

Lol I am literally laughing out loud right now haha haha I love home brewer since of humor haha

 

I've found mold on a bottle cap. The seal was good. It was the second bottle for my first competition.

 

Why wouldn't someone sanitize bottle caps? It takes 10 seconds to put a small amount of sanitize in a bowl and keep your caps in their while you fill the bottles. That's almost less effort than farting.

 

Yeah, I couldn't understand this one, either.

 

OK!, thanks........

 

Literally laughed...out loud...just can't bring myself to put LOL into a conversation with intelligent folks, even via the interwebs! Thanks for the chuckle, I needed that! And I agree wholeheartedly.

 

I'm not going to chance it.

 

So what are the chances the stuff we can buy at lhbs or NB or whatever is actually true Belgian candi sugar in that case?

 

Yea I get all that.
I didn't say how many I just said people do it.
Right now I am doing it because I have two kegs on gas in my fridge, and I can't fit another.
You can prime with sugar and the push with CO2 and the beer will be fine.

 

Excuse me while I find my monacle.

 

yeah must agree with this wholeheartedly. canada has crazy beer prices set by the government, i was getting quality beer for 1/4th to 1/6th the price of the store depending on the style. i keep my setup simple and make great beer at a good price.

 

Myth - Homebrew makes you fat.

 

I switched from eating snacks in the evening to drinking homebrew instead, and I've lost 5 pounds! I don't like to get smashed, so I make lots of session beers...

 

I'm going to die from cirrhosis of the liver by the time I "save" enough money drinking homebrew to pay for all my equipment. Or maybe I can just live to be 236? But then I wouldn't be able to lift my carboys...

 

"Manatees are bad for head retention"


Patently false.