I am new to brewing beers, had never tried because didn't know how. Last month I saw something on Youtube that led me to the discovery of makgeolli, a type of traditional Korean rice wine. I was intrigued by the claim that makgeolli has more than 100 times of active healthy enzyme culture counts than what is in the same serving size of yogurt, so I decided to find out more, and that led me to HomeBrewTalk.com.
Since then, I have successfully brewed many batches (close to 10, lost count) of Chinese sweet rice wine, which is similar to makgeolli but much easier and quicker to brew (it takes only 24 hours, as opposed to 5 to 10+ days for markeolli), and one batch of markeolli, which I am still enjoying drinking one glass a day, and the flavor of makeolli gets better everyday!
I have finally purchased all the ingredients for brewing my own sake (why not? all three are rice wine that share the same root of Chinese sweet rice wine, but each evolved into very different and distinct style, I love them all, but sake is my favorite among the three), including making my own koji rice using koji kin, which is quite simple and easy, it's fun to make my own, and it is cheaper than buying the Cold Mountain Koji rice, not by much though, since I am only making 5 gallon batch sake at a time that would last me several months, but if I will be making 50 gallons, the savings of making my own koji rice will be substantial.
It's a dangerous path that I got myself in, now I am addicted to brewing and had purchased the complete beer brewing equipment kit, and, one beer recipe kit from AIH, so I plan to brew my very first beer in 2016 real soon! next week I think.
The beer recipe I bought is AIH Reindeer Dribble Brown Ale Recipe Kit:
http://www.homebrewing.org/Reindeer-Dribble-Brown-Ale-Recipe-Kit_p_4514.html
Has anyone know anything about this recipe kit? I was told that for the first brew, ale is the easiest since it can be fermented in room temperature, and LME recipe is really newbie friendly, once I tasted my success and gained some confidence, I want to learn to brew all grain recipes.
Sorry for the lengthy introduction, I am really excited about my new beer brewing adventure, can't wait to taste my very first home brew beer in Jan 2016!
Happy 2016 everyone! Thanks all for sharing, without HBT it would be a lot harder for newbies like myself to hit the pavement and run at full speed in such a short time, I have been drinking my home brew rice wine for over one month everyday, and I had just heard about HBT last month! Before that I knew nothing about home brewing. and I am brewing my very first beer next week! Thanks again everyone!
Since then, I have successfully brewed many batches (close to 10, lost count) of Chinese sweet rice wine, which is similar to makgeolli but much easier and quicker to brew (it takes only 24 hours, as opposed to 5 to 10+ days for markeolli), and one batch of markeolli, which I am still enjoying drinking one glass a day, and the flavor of makeolli gets better everyday!
I have finally purchased all the ingredients for brewing my own sake (why not? all three are rice wine that share the same root of Chinese sweet rice wine, but each evolved into very different and distinct style, I love them all, but sake is my favorite among the three), including making my own koji rice using koji kin, which is quite simple and easy, it's fun to make my own, and it is cheaper than buying the Cold Mountain Koji rice, not by much though, since I am only making 5 gallon batch sake at a time that would last me several months, but if I will be making 50 gallons, the savings of making my own koji rice will be substantial.
It's a dangerous path that I got myself in, now I am addicted to brewing and had purchased the complete beer brewing equipment kit, and, one beer recipe kit from AIH, so I plan to brew my very first beer in 2016 real soon! next week I think.
The beer recipe I bought is AIH Reindeer Dribble Brown Ale Recipe Kit:
http://www.homebrewing.org/Reindeer-Dribble-Brown-Ale-Recipe-Kit_p_4514.html
Has anyone know anything about this recipe kit? I was told that for the first brew, ale is the easiest since it can be fermented in room temperature, and LME recipe is really newbie friendly, once I tasted my success and gained some confidence, I want to learn to brew all grain recipes.
Sorry for the lengthy introduction, I am really excited about my new beer brewing adventure, can't wait to taste my very first home brew beer in Jan 2016!
Happy 2016 everyone! Thanks all for sharing, without HBT it would be a lot harder for newbies like myself to hit the pavement and run at full speed in such a short time, I have been drinking my home brew rice wine for over one month everyday, and I had just heard about HBT last month! Before that I knew nothing about home brewing. and I am brewing my very first beer next week! Thanks again everyone!
Last edited:
