allenwrench
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How did the old timers make beer? I mean back in the middle ages or a little later. They must not have made things as complex as they are nowadays with beer brewing.
I look at all this brewing discussion here and it looks like you need to be a scientist to do it with plenty of space and $$. And really my interest in brewing is based on the fact that all the beer in the supermarket has gone to hell. All pasteurized, flavored garbage with funny names. Even Becks is made in America now. I just want to get some unpasteurized, decent tasting brews and don't want to devote my life to making them.
Last week I made some easy peezy ginger beer for a first go. (And maybe it is better termed as hard ginger soda, dunno.) But it is nothing like you discuss here. Fresh ginger juice, water, sugar, fresh lemon juice and pinch of bread yeast. Ferment for a few days...boom you are done.
It may not be up your alley, but I was pretty happy with it. Maybe a little too sweet, but very promising for low amount of work. I've found with cooking that seldom are recipes you find perfect, they always seem to need adjusting. I brewed the ginger beer right in recycled Evian liter water bottles.
What else can be brewed VERY easy?
I look at all this brewing discussion here and it looks like you need to be a scientist to do it with plenty of space and $$. And really my interest in brewing is based on the fact that all the beer in the supermarket has gone to hell. All pasteurized, flavored garbage with funny names. Even Becks is made in America now. I just want to get some unpasteurized, decent tasting brews and don't want to devote my life to making them.
Last week I made some easy peezy ginger beer for a first go. (And maybe it is better termed as hard ginger soda, dunno.) But it is nothing like you discuss here. Fresh ginger juice, water, sugar, fresh lemon juice and pinch of bread yeast. Ferment for a few days...boom you are done.
It may not be up your alley, but I was pretty happy with it. Maybe a little too sweet, but very promising for low amount of work. I've found with cooking that seldom are recipes you find perfect, they always seem to need adjusting. I brewed the ginger beer right in recycled Evian liter water bottles.
What else can be brewed VERY easy?