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Beer making. Not traditional home brew but at a beer factory: http://www.thebeerfactory.com.au/
Me and a few mates go select the type of beer we want to brew, get the ingredients and cook them up then leave the fermentation storage and clean up to the guys at the factory. 4-6 weeks later we turn up and bottle it while tasting a sample or two. Can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday afternoon.
@ Jim, loot what the beer of the month is: http://www.thebeerfactory.com.au/beer_of_the_month.html
Bloody good fun and tasty too.
Very cool idea. Dad used to make beer years ago-though now he really would not be able to lift the huge jug. I do recall my uncle telling me about a u-brew place in Hamilton Ontario they used to brew at similar to what you did at the factory TarJack. Mighty fine stuff on both cases and you know exactly what goes into it. :()1:
My father used to home brew too and I helped both make and drink it. The biggest problem was the smell whilst the brew was cooking and all the cleaning up afterwards. Now that stays at the factory. FTW!
Nice. What size batches are you brewing?
About 50L a brew. We got about 140 375ml bottles out of the last brew so it was around 52L. It's a lot cheaper than buying retail beer, even at the premium end of $192 per brew. I Australia you would pay around $6.60 per litre, for retail premuim hand crafted beers.
This way we pay around $3.60 per litre, for very similar quality beers. Splitting it 4 ways means we can brew pretty regularly without breaking the bank and get a variety in the brews we make and drink.
Madox58
07-16-11, 09:15 PM
Thank God your brewing beer!
:haha:
You have no idea what images went through my mind when I saw the title of this thread!!
:o
Jimbuna
07-17-11, 06:06 AM
Beer making. Not traditional home brew but at a beer factory: http://www.thebeerfactory.com.au/
Me and a few mates go select the type of beer we want to brew, get the ingredients and cook them up then leave the fermentation storage and clean up to the guys at the factory. 4-6 weeks later we turn up and bottle it while tasting a sample or two. Can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday afternoon.
@ Jim, loot what the beer of the month is: http://www.thebeerfactory.com.au/beer_of_the_month.html
Bloody good fun and tasty too.
Now that is a hobby to behold :DL
Novocastrian eh? :yeah:
I still remember introducing Jeff and Todd to the old broon dog at The Flying Saucer in Houston only to find out it didn't travel too well :DL
I've only ever made wine but Kratos makes a mean brew when he's in the mood.
I wonder if this beer factory idea has ever been tried in the UK? :hmmm:
We bottled some Uncle Toby's Canadian Brown Ale yesterday. Quite a nice drop and only 7.3% Alc/Vol.:yeah: Had half a dozen of them this afternoon and am feeling well lubricated.
I recall that day. I think I introduced you guys to Coopers Sparkling Ale while we were there as well and got Jeff a taste for Paulaner Pils.
If you move quick it could be a good little earner for you if you can get it up and runnign cheap enough.;)
Jimbuna
07-17-11, 06:44 AM
Is it a new idea/recent enterprise in Oz?
Kicked off down here about 2006 I think.
Jimbuna
07-17-11, 08:50 AM
Kicked off down here about 2006 I think.
2006!! :o
I'd be a life member of the AA by now :DL
papa_smurf
07-17-11, 09:42 AM
Any possibility you could brew me some Real Ale:D
nikimcbee
07-17-11, 11:59 AM
Thank God your brewing beer!
:haha:
You have no idea what images went through my mind when I saw the title of this thread!!
:o
This!:har:
Does the new hobby involve a Kiwi, a scouser (midget), 2 wallabies, rubber gloves, and hot, scented candles?
Yeah, it is a good thing you explained everything.:har:
Penguin
07-17-11, 04:14 PM
mhhh, beer...
Looks like a good way to waste your spare time! :DL
They have a nice selection of beers there, I just wonder who would try to brew a Foster's - except for tourists :o
kiwi_2005
07-17-11, 04:31 PM
Only in Aussie-land they would start a business like that. :O:
4 - 6 weeks another here mention that as well, they don't make brew ingredients like they use too - my brew concoctions would take 2 weeks (beer) and it was ready to drink it came with a kick that would make any homeless wino happy. 4 -5 wks if it was wine.
Ive been thinking over the last few weeks if I should go back to brew making, I have two adults living here and they drink. That's whats putting me off making it. There be booze ups on the weekends. :dead:
Its actually between 2-4 weeks depending on the brew. There is no bottle fermentation with this as it is refrigerated before bottling.
Any possibility you could brew me some Real Ale:DSure
http://fingersofgreen.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/real-ale-pint.jpg
This!:har:
Does the new hobby involve a Kiwi, a scouser (midget), 2 wallabies, rubber gloves, and hot, scented candles?
Yeah, it is a good thing you explained everything.:har::har:No, 4 Aussies a few kegs of malt, some hops and glucose and a load of water.:O:
mhhh, beer...
Looks like a good way to waste your spare time! :DL
They have a nice selection of beers there, I just wonder who would try to brew a Foster's - except for tourists :o
No one I know. And certainly no self respecting Aussie.
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