Thread: Homebrew - What are you currently brewing?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Got a grape vine growing over from next door. shit loads of bunches, from the two i have seen that were almost ripe they were a red one not green.
should I prun leaves to get them to ripen or leave alone?

once ripe apart from squashing em what's involved in making a wine ?

Theres a bloke used to live next door to my Uncle in Atawhai who was a bit of a home made wine guru ... used to make the stuff out of anything he could get his hands on ....

I can dig out his deets if you want .. he'll give you a few tips for sure ...

His wines has fire many a good party ( and subsequent hangover ) up that way ...

I had a play with this setup towards the end of last year, not really homebrew but brewing... 200L batches x 10 fermenting chambers.

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4ng51bekna4ii37/IMG_0003.JPG

Originally Posted by Raging Bull

I had a play with this setup towards the end of last year, not really homebrew but brewing... 200L batches x 10 fermenting chambers.

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4ng51bekna4ii37/IMG_0003.JPG

Holly shit that is very cool. I had a play with a mates wee Farra Personal Brewery the other day and was super impressed. Yours just is a whole other level RB, very neat.

Originally Posted by Wildman

Holly shit that is very cool. I had a play with a mates wee Farra Personal Brewery the other day and was super impressed. Yours just is a whole other level RB, very neat.

I've had a look at the Farra setups, I have seen them used a couple of times. Great units but pricey, I reckon I could build my own setup for half their price. The setup in my photos you can hire out, this particular time it was used for demonstration purposes for a brew course I was on for work.

After whirlpool, trub cone (kinda).

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h3qndq1t6ke7b0n/IMG_0082.JPG

CPU

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1v4dzwb7f2...MG_0076.JPG?m=

Mashout > Lauter tun

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/14wj1qh8jh...MG_0019.JPG?m=

Fermenting vessel bank.

Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zs956m2icz...MG_0040.JPG?m=

Very cool. I have a soft spot for things well made in stainless steel. That combined with beer makes it awesome!

Yeah I agree about the Farra, nice but pricey. I think I will just add items to my setup as I make/find them....