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I've read several articles where cruisers were brewing their own beer aboard
their boats. I brew my own when ashore, but have had to resort to
store-bought beer when living aboard for the winter.

Have any of you any experience brewing your own afloat?

Glenn.
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Ahhh...yea...makes me ill to thing of drinking that stuff...is that what
you've resorted to? :-)

Was thinking of something a little higher quality.

Glenn.

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I've read several articles where cruisers were brewing their own beer

aboard
their boats. I brew my own when ashore, but have had to resort to
store-bought beer when living aboard for the winter.

Have any of you any experience brewing your own afloat?

Glenn.
s/v Seawing
www.seawing.net


Have you looked in your bilge lately?




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Glenn A. Heslop wrote:
I've read several articles where cruisers were brewing their own beer aboard
their boats. I brew my own when ashore, but have had to resort to
store-bought beer when living aboard for the winter.

Have any of you any experience brewing your own afloat?

My experiment indicated to me that you can't do it unless docked. There
are beer brewing kits available - do an online search. I can't see it
worth the bother to secure one of these things for sailing.

Also the beer it make wasn't any good. Others say they have better luck,
but I sure didn't. I gave up drinking (well not due to that).
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Paul Cassel wrote:
Glenn A. Heslop wrote:
I've read several articles where cruisers were brewing their own
beer aboard their boats. I brew my own when ashore, but have had to
resort to store-bought beer when living aboard for the winter.

Have any of you any experience brewing your own afloat?

My experiment indicated to me that you can't do it unless docked.
There are beer brewing kits available - do an online search. I can't
see it worth the bother to secure one of these things for sailing.

Also the beer it make wasn't any good. Others say they have better
luck, but I sure didn't. I gave up drinking (well not due to that).


Surely beer has to stand during the fermentation/settling process. How can
you achieve that unless it's a houseboat you live on?

Dennis.


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Periodically I make beer at my home ashore...that was what I was wondering.
I always make sure that I place the fermenter where i can syphon it without
disturbing the sedment. Can't imagine how that would work on a constantly
moving boat. Maybe filtering would work.

Glenn.

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Paul Cassel wrote:
Glenn A. Heslop wrote:
I've read several articles where cruisers were brewing their own
beer aboard their boats. I brew my own when ashore, but have had to
resort to store-bought beer when living aboard for the winter.

Have any of you any experience brewing your own afloat?

My experiment indicated to me that you can't do it unless docked.
There are beer brewing kits available - do an online search. I can't
see it worth the bother to secure one of these things for sailing.

Also the beer it make wasn't any good. Others say they have better
luck, but I sure didn't. I gave up drinking (well not due to that).


Surely beer has to stand during the fermentation/settling process. How can
you achieve that unless it's a houseboat you live on?

Dennis.






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Surely beer has to stand during the fermentation/settling process. How can
you achieve that unless it's a houseboat you live on?


Not to mention how NASTY the smell is gonna be WHEN that thing tips over due
to wave action.

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Hi Bill,

Bill Kearney wrote:
Surely beer has to stand during the fermentation/settling process. How can
you achieve that unless it's a houseboat you live on?


Not to mention how NASTY the smell is gonna be WHEN that thing tips over due
to wave action.


I have never personally tried to make beer or ale, but have
always thought it would be a neat hobby.

Some friends of mine in Seattle used to make great beers,
ales, and wines at home. They were members of the Boeing
Employees brewing club (or some such org). Also, my cousins
used to make very tasty dark beer at home.

Here are some questions wrt this thread:

Take it for granted that you could set up a gimbled
arrangement for the brewing keg--could be as simple as
suspending from the ceiling in an aft cabin with some
bungees to keep it from swinging around too much...

1) Would you be able to brew a batch in a fairly quiet
anchorage? How long does the brewing process take?

2) Is there something inherent in the brewing process that
would cause it to not work when the contents are constantly
agitated such as at sea? If settling is the issue, could
you substitute filtration?

3) Are ingredients (besides the water) such that they could
be stored fairly long term while on a cruise?

Any successful homebrewers out there?

Don W.

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"Glenn A. Heslop" wrote in message
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I've read several articles where cruisers were brewing their own beer
aboard
their boats. I brew my own when ashore, but have had to resort to
store-bought beer when living aboard for the winter.

Have any of you any experience brewing your own afloat?

Glenn.
s/v Seawing
www.seawing.net



I have yet to have a brew at home beer that is pleasant to drink. In fact,
I cannot think of any homemade alcohol products (beer or wine) that I liked.
But then again, I am an American who favors a nice cold bottle of Miller
Genuine Draft. ;-)


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JimH wrote:
But then again, I am an American who favors a nice cold bottle of Miller
Genuine Draft. ;-)


and therein lies the problem
go north young man...great white north that is
pop-fzzzz-gulp-ahhhhhh
MGD? naw, that's not beer
__
everyone need something to believe in...
I believe I'll have another one (thanks Norm)
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"prodigal1" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
But then again, I am an American who favors a nice cold bottle of Miller
Genuine Draft. ;-)


and therein lies the problem
go north young man...great white north that is
pop-fzzzz-gulp-ahhhhhh
MGD? naw, that's not beer
__
everyone need something to believe in...
I believe I'll have another one (thanks Norm)


I have. When I drink beer I do not expect to find clumps of barley, malt
and yeast in it (a very stout beer!). I also do not expect to have to scoop
it out of the mug. ;-)

I want a beer that is pleasing to the taste yet does not overwhelm my
senses. Perhaps if I were raised in Dublin, Ireland or Fort George, Canada
I would have different tastes. ;-)

If you have a problem with MGD have you ever had a Coors Lite? Nothing
but water passed over some barley and hops for 2 seconds.


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