Brewing with household remedies?

[Brewpastor]

Sugar, water, turbo yeast.

Lose your head. Wish you were dead. Pass out in bed. Enough said.

I will stick with beer thank you very much.

 

[obezyana1]

Sugar, water, yeast.

Lose your head. Wish you were dead.

I will stick with beer.

Fixed. Now it is a brew haiku!

 

[Homercidal]

Well, Denmark might have some high taxes, but that should only make you want to brew your own even more!

See if you can find a bottle of beer that still has the yeast in it. If so, buy it, and save the yeast and make a starter. From that you brew a batch and save the yeast for the next several batches. So on. There are instructions around here somewhere.

You can use plastic soda bottles for putting your beer in. Or, perhaps you could talk the bars into letting you pay them the deposit for the bottles. It would cost a bit, but probably not much compared to buying new bottles. (Although soda bottles don't require a capper, which you will need for glass bottles)

A large pot to boil in, and some siphon hose, and a fermentation bucket is all you need.
As far as ingredients, I have no idea. Malted grain is necessary, as are hops. Where you find the, I don't know, but i find it hard to believe that you can get that stuff somewhere in Denmark, for not too much.

 

[jmiracle]

I'm still confused if there is a brewer supply show wouldn't they have buckets and tubes and such so you wouldn't have to have them shipped?

Or are even the local, non-shipped fermenters too much cash?

 

[Brewpastor]

Fixed. Now it is a brew haiku!

That is great! We need to sticky that.

 

[kbutcher5]

I'm still confused if there is a brewer supply show wouldn't they have buckets and tubes and such so you wouldn't have to have them shipped?

Or are even the local, non-shipped fermenters too much cash?

Yeah they kinda cost an arm and a leg, but the page i was referred to is not so bad with the pricing, but a fermentation bucket is still 30 dollars for a 30L plastic fermentor, and yeast is still 3-4 dollars per bag.
To that, the cheapest boiler for 30L is 200 dollars at least, and remember all of these items is still without shipping, and shipping here is insane aswell, posting a letter costs approx 1,5 dollars.

Having been to Denmark, yeah, everything is really expensive, taxes are insanely high, it's socialist, so I think that is pretty much why.

A cheap beer (light domestic) at a restaurant i think was like 4 or 5 dollars when I was there (granted, the Krone-dollar exchange is probably slightly different by now), and a sandwich is like 6 dollars, and that's not a particularly good or large sandwich. A pint of Guinness was like 8 dollars, haha, my friend and I split one because we wanted one but couldn't justify spending that much at that point (eventually we said F@#$ it and started buying beer at 7-11s)

My friends uncle used to bring up German beer and sodas and ciders when he went to Germany on business trips I think (I got kind of wrecked on some berry cider one night hanging with some friends and some Danish girls, made a total ass of myself :rockin, I'm guessing he neglected to pay any taxes that may have been due on the stuff he brought back, I don't know how that kind of thing works there anyway.

It would seem to me that if you are in Denmark and don't have much money, you are just going to have to be content with not drinking much beer, as the cost of beer is ridiculous (A guy from Stuttgart told me Norway is worse, don't go there if you like to drink beer) and the cost of proper equipment and ingredients is probably just as high.

How much is like a 33 cL can of Carlsberg?

You are absolutely right, the prices have if anything gone up. A lot of people go to germany to buy soda/beer, simply because you save that much driving those 100 miles. My problem is that i live approx 300 miles from the german border and have to cross a bridge where the toll is 100 dollars, which basically defeats my point

A can of carlsberg is approx 3 dollars, in a supermarket, in a bar it can be as much as 10 dollars.

 

[kbutcher5]

Something i have been wondering about is, why do we boil the stuff?

 

[Revvy]

Something i have been wondering about is, why do we boil the stuff?

Two resaons...To steralize the wort.

And equally important for hop utilization...

It sounds like you really need to begin reading the free book that several of us have linked for you...It will answer all your basic and even advanced brewing questions.

Once you understand the foundation principles of this stuff, you will easily begin to see other things that you can perhaps find cheap and re-purpose to brewing, such as water jugs as fermenters...

 

[COLObrewer]

Just boil some sprouted seed bread, set it outside for a week to "cool" and "collect" "wild" "yeast", put it in some "vessel" with a "lid" on it and call it "lambic kvass", seriously, I would try this before paying out all the "cwon" ($) you're talking about. . . . but it's probably illegal anyway, nevermind. Oh yea, first read Palmers book.

 

[kbutcher5]

Two resaons...To steralize the wort.

And equally important for hop utilization...

It sounds like you really need to begin reading the free book that several of us have linked for you...It will answer all your basic and even advanced brewing questions.

Once you understand the foundation principles of this stuff, you will easily begin to see other things that you can perhaps find cheap and re-purpose to brewing, such as water jugs as fermenters...

Oh yea, first read Palmers book.

The problem is, that i read the first few pages of it, and i really understand dink of it.

 

[Revvy]

The problem is, that i read the first few pages of it, and i really understand dink of it.

Well, since it is one of the simplist, clearest explanations of how to make beer, then until you can master the basic understanding then you won't really be able to figure out what you need to try to find to use...



Try this first, then go back and read what you confused by.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/1080718-post1.html

This has pictures as well...

All Centennial IPA - Step by Step: How to make an extract beer « Homebrew Japan

 

[RCCOLA]

Sounds like a "Mr. Beer" kit is in order here.

 

[WBC]

Well if the ingredients are not available then (at worst) you will have to move to another place in the world. Having brewed since 1972 I could not stay in a place that had no beer supplies. I brew from grain and as far as cost and taste goes it is the most rewarding.

 

[Revvy]

Found theses through google...you aren't isolated from a Homebrewing community in Denmark...if fact sites in Denmark were registered for teach a friend to homebrew day.

Maltbazaren.dk

HaandBryggeriet®

Danish Beer Enthusiasts English Introduction

I'm sure you can hook yourself up with some other brewers, or gear through one of those places, they may even have a local forum...

 

[HillbillyDeluxe]

OK, i read the thread and then drank a beer. Where is this kid? We need a task force assembled immediately. +1 on the Mr beer kit! Its how i started. I know alot of us snub it here but truth be told its how alot of us started. Go to Mrbeer.com and order a basic kit, brew a few batches(with the instructions...no windex or break fluid). If you wanna brew it'll almost certainly hook ya.

 

[kbutcher5]

OK, i read the thread and then drank a beer. Where is this kid? We need a task force assembled immediately. +1 on the Mr beer kit! Its how i started. I know alot of us snub it here but truth be told its how alot of us started. Go to Mrbeer.com and order a basic kit, brew a few batches(with the instructions...no windex or break fluid). If you wanna brew it'll almost certainly hook ya.

That mr. beer kit looks pretty good, but couldn't i just buy a cheap fermentor, some yeast and some hops?

 

[grammatron]

This guy's great.

 

[AltitudeJunkie]

couldn't i just buy a cheap fermentor, some yeast and some hops?

Love this idea on brew day...

Yeast? Check.
Hops? Check.
Grain? Oh, cock...

 

[HillbillyDeluxe]

OK whitch one of you guys started a Noob screen name to screw with us. No way this guy is this difficult!

 

[Revvy]

OK whitch one of you guys started a Noob screen name to screw with us. No way this guy is this difficult!

I've been wondering the same thing.......

Plus there length of time between posts/responses...how many of you took this long to jump into the hobby? It's been a week of this thread...How many of you were so excited about this great hobby that you were already brewing and had a substantial post count in the same timeframe???

 

[HillbillyDeluxe]

Gotta be, this guy if he was for real woud have moved on by now cuz no one is cooperating(a good sign we all have a little brew snobin us). Also if it it were just about getting hammered every college kid can just get the local liquer bottom shelf stuff nearly as cheap as the cheapest yeast.

 

[kbutcher5]

Gotta be, this guy if he was for real woud have moved on by now cuz no one is cooperating(a good sign we all have a little brew snobin us). Also if it it were just about getting hammered every college kid can just get the local liquer bottom shelf stuff nearly as cheap as the cheapest yeast.

It might be like that in the US, but the cheapest liquor is atleast 35-40 dollars.

 

[EvilTOJ]

I don't understand why you're being so difficult. Many knowledgeable people have given you excellent advice, and even pointed you in the way of some local help. We can only handhold you so much, but we can't do it for you. If you really want to get into this hobby you need to read what we are saying.


Bah. You know what? Just buy your yeast and hops. Try that and see how it tastes. It'll be great. Over and over we keep saying you need malt or grain, and somehow, it's invisible text to you. YOU CAN'T HAVE BEER WITHOUT MALT!

And with that, I bid you good day.

 

[duskb]

I've been wondering the same thing.......

Plus there length of time between posts/responses...how many of you took this long to jump into the hobby? It's been a week of this thread...How many of you were so excited about this great hobby that you were already brewing and had a substantial post count in the same timeframe???

Funny...I knew this was a troll from post 1. Something struck me as odd. I had to read it to the end to figure out I was right. I see the same thing happen all the time in my line of work....

"Oh Mr. Engineer please tell me how to get that major label sound for $20.00"

Right....NEXT please.

 

[JebCkr]

I didn't bother reading through all the mass response you've gotten, but can tell you as a fellow student in an apartment...brewing is very possible anywhere on any budget. Google "homebrew shop" and find the closest on to you. IT IS YOUR FRIEND. If there's nothing close, ebay is your new friend.

Don't use bread yeast. If there is no HBS near you buy a few packets off ebay for like 4 bucks.
From experiance I can tell you that making simple wine is easier than beer (not to discourage you from making beer!). There are a million and a half recipees you can find for this. The simplest would be something like 100% grape juice, add "X" amount of sugar to raise OG and yeast. Wait 2 weeks and it is drinkable, for best results let it clear for a few months.

One last thing, homebrewing is about quality. Just because you are in college doesn't mean these rules need not apply to you. Erm, so that's about all I've got.

Edit: My bad, I didn't even look at the post dates. I feel like i'm talking to no one. ='(

 

[Yuri_Rage]

I suggest we all just move along. There isn't much to see here. The thread is a few months old, the OP hasn't been back since May, and we really don't need any more hooch recipes, anyway.

 

[bob1852]

probably just as much reason to close this thread Yuri....