Gotta Love Homebrew

[Mitternacht Brauer]

The last couple of months has been flat out for me and as a result I haven't been able to brew. This has all caught up with me recently when I have had to purchase some commercial beers for BBq's at my place. It makes me realise how good I feel after a night on mine or others homebrew as opposed to a night of commercial beers . I had about 6 stubbies and a heavy (6%) dark wheat and I woke up with a blinder head ache . I know I have had much bigger nights with homebrew and not a trace of headache after.

 

[benno1973]

My good feeling comes from the cost. I've been too busy to brew, so I just picked up a six pack of White Rabbit Dark Ale. Sensational beer, but at $22 for the sixpack, I was left thinking that I could have brewed 20L of something nice for the same price. Still, always good to try commercial examples for inspiration.

 

[kelbygreen]

yeah mine is more for the cost. To bad with the cost of getting my brewery up is slowing my beer making as work is a hit and miss so the little money I get is to commercial beers and some put away for HB supplies as its hard not to drink for 6 weeks waiting to drink home brew and from the last brew (drank half at 3 weeks in bottle) I didnt like it been 4 weeks in bottle and has improved 20% so the rest will sit for a few more weeks till then I plan a brew monday and weekly or fortnightly after that.

 

[manticle]

The last couple of months has been flat out for me and as a result I haven't been able to brew. This has all caught up with me recently when I have had to purchase some commercial beers for BBq's at my place. It makes me realise how good I feel after a night on mine or others homebrew as opposed to a night of commercial beers . I had about 6 stubbies and a heavy (6%) dark wheat and I woke up with a blinder head ache . I know I have had much bigger nights with homebrew and not a trace of headache after.

I've probably written this about 80 times but my own homebrew, some european beers, sulphite free ciders and preservative free wines all leave me feeling a-ok in the morning. Other grog tends to make me feel like my temples have been squashed together. I blame preservatives (and possibly methanol in the case of some spirits).