On Jan 9, 1:28*pm, "CalifBill" wrote:
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On Jan 8, 3:40 pm, Vic Smith wrote:

On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 12:34:28 -0800 (PST), wrote:

Well, they are consistent enough after the recipes are finalized. When
brewing, changing one little thing can change the taste entirely, even
a different type of yeast. But, Harry thinks it's all just throwing
stuff in a bathtub and getting beer.

Sounds like fun brewing your own beer. I might try it.
Use the site you posted as a starting point.
I made a Colby cheese once, from a kit.
Took about 2 gallons of milk to make a pound.
It was actually pretty good, but a bit rubbery.

--Vic

It's fantastic, you'd love it. Start with extract, they basically boil
the grains for you and then can it after removing much of the water.
Here's a good place to get kits that include everything except the
bottles, including the caps. You can get a basic brewing kit like
this:http://www.williamsbrewing.com/HOME_...T_P680C156.cfm

then look for an ingredient kit.
Cheese making sounds alot like homebrewing, so you'll be golden. Same
rules as far as sanitation.

When I used to go to England on business, the Boot's Pharmacy chain carried
about 30 feet of shelf space of different brewing kits. *Any variety you
could imagine. *Came with the Canned Wort,
That'd be extract, if it were the wort, it'd be the full volume, five
gallons or so.


and a packet of yeast. *Made a
few different varieties. *Some better than the others. *But the local
microbrews are better. *And a lot easier. *Only problem was the first time I
made beer, forgot an English pint is bigger than an american pint. *Ran out
of bottles.