Christmas homebrew thread

[RichardCranium]

I take it this brewing malarkey a)needs a warmish room

Somewhere it will be sort of around 18-21C but you can bung it in the shed / garage on a heating plate or on a polystyrene sheet with a heating belt, wrapped in an old quit or blanket.

, so you need to set aside a whole room because it b)stinks a bit?

Making ale from scratch pongs a bit on the day, but it is not unpleasant. Then you put it in a container to ferment which has an airlock. There is then no smell.

Wine I imagine is much cleaner but is beer likely to stink out the house and generally be messy?

I don't think there's any difference. Mashing up a couple of buckets of fruit to make into country wine also pongs the house out, on the day. Just like making marmalade or jam pongs. But again, it is not unpleasant.

[CheeseSlice]

Just barrelled...

Black Sheep - Riggwelter x 25 litre
Adnams - Broadside x 25 litre

Both now in temperature controlled cupboard for warm conditioning/carbonation, followed by a drop in temp for cold conditioning/maturation.

[MarillionFan]

I take it this brewing malarkey a)needs a warmish room, so you need to set aside a whole room because it b)stinks a bit? Wine I imagine is much cleaner but is beer likely to stink out the house and generally be messy?

Are you talking about brewing or an Atw bedsit?

[cojak]

Doing the 1st racking of the apple wine this weekend.