On Jan 9, 1:31*pm, wrote:
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
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My first experience was with a 25 dollar "Mr. Beer" (TM) kit from
spencers, or kmart. It is a quick easy way to see if you like brewing,
all you add is the bottles, the first batch ingredients are in the
box.

Of course, you can also see them at:

http://www.mrbeer.com/

again, a cheap, quick way to get your feet wet without spending about
100 dollars for a cheap 5 gallon setup with a couple of buckets,
thermometer, airtrap, hydrometer, and a few other gadgets just for a
basic batch. Well worth it if you start brewing, but for 25 bucks or
so you can try it first.