Backyard Beer Production

[Martin A1]

Hi Murray,

Not sure if you want to promote this on your site given your target audience but I thought I would share this. Please kill it off if you feel it's inappropriate.

For those who enjoy a beer after a hard days self sustainable aquaponics gardening then you should look into brewing your own.

I employ a keg system which I would highly recommend. Those of you that have tried the bottle brewing method would agree that washing bottles gets to be a chore.

My keg system is used to store the brew after it is brewed in a carboy as per normal home brew procedure. The keg's are pressurised with food grade CO2 to gas the beer instead of secondary fermenting in a bottle. With an old fridge (hopefully not that old cause they are inefficient by comparison) you can have a gas line going in and a beer tap coming out! Bob's your uncle !

It's great for ginger beer and the like too (non alcoholic if you prefer)

Steady temperature when brewing is very important so I find the best time to brew is spring and Autumn when the temperature is steady around 20 degree's. Like aquaponics the more you control the system the better results you get. Sterilisation against wild air borne yeast is very important.

Anyway just some thing for consideration and remember to always drink responsibly

[fishfood]

Hi Murray,

Not sure if you want to promote this on your site given your target audience but I thought I would share this. Please kill it off if you feel it's inappropriate.

For those who enjoy a beer after a hard days self sustainable aquaponics gardening then you should look into brewing your own.

I employ a keg system which I would highly recommend. Those of you that have tried the bottle brewing method would agree that washing bottles gets to be a chore.

My keg system is used to store the brew after it is brewed in a carboy as per normal home brew procedure. The keg's are pressurised with food grade CO2 to gas the beer instead of secondary fermenting in a bottle. With an old fridge (hopefully not that old cause they are inefficient by comparison) you can have a gas line going in and a beer tap coming out! Bob's your uncle !

It's great for ginger beer and the like too (non alcoholic if you prefer)

Steady temperature when brewing is very important so I find the best time to brew is spring and Autumn when the temperature is steady around 20 degree's. Like aquaponics the more you control the system the better results you get. Sterilisation against wild air borne yeast is very important.

Anyway just some thing for consideration and remember to always drink responsibly

Or like this

[fishfood]

And heres pickys of the latest fridge this holds 6 kegs

[Murray]

I do not drink alcoholic beverages personally, but it's fine for those who enjoy an ale or two.
When I lived in Port Moresby I was the President and licensed victualer of the "Squash Club" for a number of years. The "Squash Club" at that time was the nicest and best appointed club in Port Moresby with over 800 members.
My qualification for the position when I was approached to take it on was that "I was the only bloke in Port Moresby that they know for sure did not drink"
I spent many an enjoyable Saturday night (and week night) behind the bar. Disco nights were particularly busy.
I learned a thing or two about the care of temp rites and how to pull a good beer, not to mention some of those bar cocktails the lady members enjoyed.
So enjoy your "home brew", and I will stick to "Lemon Squash" thanks

[GaryD]

Hi,

FF......Is that fridge in your shed? It's beautiful.....particularly the one with the beer tap and drip tray.

Martin.....don't be concerned. This site is about backyard food production and when Jan and I owned a pub some years ago, the brewery rep never tired of telling me that beer was actually a food rather than a drink. So, it's cool.

As someone who has been down the bottle washing track, I agree heartily with your choice of postmix syrup kegs for finishing homebrewed beer.

Gary

[fishfood]

Hi garry its just a 4 m=4m extention for entertaining on the back verander

[GaryD]

Mate.....can I come and live at your place?

Did you build that wood oven yourself? I have a steel pizza oven but it doesn't hold a candle to your type of oven.

When I was a kid there was one of these things in the backyard of every second Italian person we knew.....and that was plenty.

What did you do before you became the accomplished dump rat that you are?

Gary

[fishfood]

Beleve it or not i was a buttermaker [won the australian champion ship in 85 out of 94 entries] the rest is self tought[ both parents dead before i was 16]
only ever had 5 jobs

[Martin A1]

Awesome set-up Fishfood!!!!!

A wood fired pizza oven... now that is something that's been on my list for a long time. I love wood fires and thin base pizza.

Mate what else can I say? When can I come over?

Your a genius!

PS Gary I think you can buy the pizza oven as a kit and make it yourself. I have a friend in Sydney who did it by his pool. You just need a suitable location. No doubt FF picked his up for free somewhere.... legend!

[fishfood]

Heres 4 shots just to show how it was done