Lame idea Thread

[feedthebear]

Tastes like apple cider vinager. Trust me.

 

[traderearl]

Yeah I was going to try the Kilyu recipe and went into my local homebrew shop and the guy just talked me into making some wine as it is basically fruit, sugar, water, and yeast. So I bought a bunch of ripe honeydew melons and started a batch of that along side of some more beer. I always saw the wine kits at like around $80 so I never really considered that an option right now but with the recipe I just made it was only like $15. Once I get enough blackberries (20lbs) from the bushes across the street I will try some blackberry wine and that will only run me about $5-$7 per 5 gallons. So I figure if I can make wine that cheap why bother with any of the nasties. I think for my next beer I will try making the cherries in the snow recipe from the Complete Joy of Homebrewing and then brew my 3 normal beer recipes (Mac & Jack African amber clone, Oatmeal stout, & Ginger beer). So I now realize the complete lameness of the original idea I posted in this thread, however if I had not posted it I probably would have not found how inexpensive wine can be which allows me to brew the more expensive occasional brews.

 

[gyrfalcon]

Ok, this is basically going to get me flamed, but ........what if I just used 5 gallons of water and a bunch of sugar?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I read through a lot of the replies and didn't get an answer to this guys question. Would you basically end up with a yeasty ethanol flavored water?

 

[CBBaron]

I read through a lot of the replies and didn't get an answer to this guys question. Would you basically end up with a yeasty ethanol flavored water?

Yep!
What's the flavor in this brew? Answer, not really anything. That means the yeast and alcohol will be the primary flavors. Very unbalanced unless you are trying to distill for fuel.
Craig

 

[lackofstyl]

5 gallons of water and sugar.... sounds like you could cure 300 cases of the hiccups

 

[Willie3]

What are the malt beverages like Mike's Hard Cranberry made from?

What about doing something like that?

- WW

 

[CBBaron]

What are the malt beverages like Mike's Hard Cranberry made from?

What about doing something like that?

- WW

My understanding is Mike's are malt beverages. Which mean they take malted grains, add additional enzymes to more completely break down the starches and unfermentable sugars. This mixture is then fermented and filtered then back sweetened, flavored and carbonated.
If you want to replicate Mike's add vodka to your favorite non-alcoholic drink.

Craig