Prezs Homebrew

[Brob2]

Originally Posted by atoll

isn't the president a muslim?

I don't believe all Kenyan born folk are necessarily Muslim. Most, perhaps, but definitively not all.

Originally Posted by Starbuck

George Washington was a home brewer @ Mt. Vernon, and I guess I presumed from this that he established this craft at the White House, but according to the news articles I've read this is the first White House brew and this recipe came from a local brew shop. NTTAWWT

Unfortunately for George and Mr. Adams to follow, Jefferson was the first to take residence in the White House. (and I'm Canadian for gawd's sakes).

Originally Posted by Starbuck

I believe Jefferson made wine.

He was particularly fond of Bordeaux, as I recall, and just about anything else that was French.

[minaret]

Originally Posted by Ironhorse74

So are there any boat brewers amoungst us? I am a home brewer even grow our own hops. I have not btewed much except IPAs for the past couple of years

Don't worry, be hoppy!

I don't brew, but I believe that brewing on a boat is actually not possible due to the motion. I did, however, once have a boat with a beer tap built into the galley counter top. A friend who brewed kept me supplied with soda syrup cannisters of beer, they fit right into a cabinet under the counter. That was a good boat...

[fstbttms]

Originally Posted by minaret

I believe that brewing on a boat is actually not possible due to the motion.

Please describe how a boat's motion would make brewing aboard impossible.

[roverhi]

Washington undoubtedly brewed beer at Mount Vernon for his own use. He got into the commercial whiskey distilling business when he found that it was way more profitable than growing the normal crops.

Have a friend who is into home brewing, he is trying to talk me into brewing on board he boat. I've seriously considered it but the thought of having gallons of brew around sounds like too much of a good thing.

[Brob2]

Originally Posted by fstbttms

Please describe how a boat's motion would make brewing aboard impossible.

Please note I have never made beer at home, but I did work in a brewery while in uni and I have drunk my fair share, so....

I suspect that the motion of the boat would serve to aerate the wort and as oxygen slows down the fermentation process, this perhaps could ruin it? I know that the wort is neither stirred nor shaken during fermentation to allow the process to work efficiently and produce the desired quality.

[fstbttms]

Originally Posted by Brob2

Please note I have never made beer at home, but I did work in a brewery while in uni and I have drunk my fair share, so....

I suspect that the motion of the boat would serve to aerate the wort and as oxygen slows down the fermentation process, this perhaps could ruin it? I know that the wort is neither stirred nor shaken during fermentation to allow the process to work efficiently and produce the desired quality.

I don't doubt that the results of a fermentation cunducted on a boat in motion would be less than optimal, but would it be impossible to complete the fermentation? I don't see that happening.

[Brob2]

Originally Posted by fstbttms

I don't doubt that the results of a fermentation cunducted on a boat in motion would be less than optimal, but would it be impossible to complete the fermentation? I don't see that happening.

You may well be right, and I certainly believe it to be an experiment worth the effort

[minaret]

Originally Posted by Brob2

Please note I have never made beer at home, but I did work in a brewery while in uni and I have drunk my fair share, so....

I suspect that the motion of the boat would serve to aerate the wort and as oxygen slows down the fermentation process, this perhaps could ruin it? I know that the wort is neither stirred nor shaken during fermentation to allow the process to work efficiently and produce the desired quality.

That is exactly what my brewing friend told me. He was brewing in his cool dark basement, I mentioned that a boat bilge might be optimal conditions, he stated that the motion would ruin it. Seemed quite certain, but then he's a bit of a perfectionist...

[haiqu]

Originally Posted by Ironhorse74

So are there any boat brewers amoungst us? I am a home brewer even grow our own hops. I have not btewed much except IPAs for the past couple of years

Don't worry, be hoppy!

Down here we use the hops from the kangaroos. They have quite a kick!

[Brob2]

Originally Posted by haiqu

Down here we use the hops from the kangaroos. They have quite a kick!

Oh my God where is that 'block poster' button????

[s/vfootloose]

I think Capt Woody from Lats & Atts used to brew on his boat

[Canibul]

In order for something to be someone's home brew, THEY have to brew it, at home. That's not the case here.

Just another lie amongst a million others.

[Sand crab]

He was particularly fond of Bordeaux, as I recall, and just about anything else that was French.

I didn't know Sally Hemmings was French.

[belizesailor]

Originally Posted by fstbttms

I don't doubt that the results of a fermentation cunducted on a boat in motion would be less than optimal, but would it be impossible to complete the fermentation? I don't see that happening.

Sure would be tough to clarify that agitated beer though w/out a filtration system.

Yeastie beasties like oxygen, but O2 after fermentation has begun in beer can cause off flavors. So, beer wort is typically aerated prior to pitching the yeast, but avoided after.

Mead however likes to be aerated during fermentation.

So, brew beer in a calm anchorage and mead underway.

Maintaining proper ferm temps sure would chew up a lot of juice though -- especially here in the tropics.

[Roy M]

Four more cheers!