Thread: Home brew beer!!

I am wanting to make my own beer (not for sale of course) and i was wondering if anyone has made it before here in Thailand and where to buy the ingredients?? anywhere in Bangkok?

Cheers

Haven't we had a thread somewhere already on this? I know there was a recent one on whiskey, but I'm pretty sure there was one on beer too, no?

Edit: Here we go - https://teakdoor.com/the-teakdoor-lou...er-in-los.html

Most of the equipment can be made from things available at Makro etc. More specific stuff can be bought from Ibrew in Singapore. All the ingredients are available from Ibrew as well. You will need a fridge and a temperature controller from Mashmaster in Australia for fermentation.

With such a setup it is possible to brew a very wide range of beers of exceptional quality (if you have the skill ) I wouldn't even bother with a starter kit, but, if you insist, they are available from Ibrew in Singapore.

Thanks, still haven't managed to work the search engine out yet!! So basically there aren't any suppliers here in LOS and i will have to order from abroad!! Hmmmm...... will keep on trying.

Thanks

Originally Posted by Thungsongsausage

Thanks, still haven't managed to work the search engine out yet!! So basically there aren't any suppliers here in LOS and i will have to order from abroad!! Hmmmm...... will keep on trying.

Thanks

Might be wrong, but i was told that its illegal to do home brew in Los !

Originally Posted by Thungsongsausage

Thanks, still haven't managed to work the search engine out yet!! So basically there aren't any suppliers here in LOS and i will have to order from abroad!! Hmmmm...... will keep on trying.

Thanks

There are some excellent home brew stills available in OZ or NZ. Mine cost around $A700. I am a bit apprehensive about bringing it to Thailand, but a mate told me to tell customs if they ask questions that i am looking at starting a business extracting natural oils, Lemon Grass, Kaffir Lime etc ! What do you mob think about that ?

I've been pondering myself whether to do this Thung. Let me know if the companies online will deliver starter kits to Thailand. The other thing that made me wonder was the temperature.

Good luck and let me know if you have any success.

Cheers. Thanks for the replies. If and when i find any information i will pass it on.

Better still - invite us all around to taste the quality!

wine is a lot easier
Menow ginger is great

I just get the can of coopers that comes with a small packet of yeast sent from Oz. makes about 23 litres, Buy a rubbish bin wash it out in vinger mixed with water, mix the brew, seal the bin lid with tape and put a nail hole in the top, place the bin in area that stays a farly constant temp, I think 28 deg is about right and took about 5 days. under a cool kitchen table is a good place or a stair well
Then cleaned the bottles with vinger/water and let dry, fill each bottle and add two tea spoons of normal sugar to each big bottle. I used plastic corks and taped them on with strong tape. couple of weeks later you should have good beer.
You dont need all the other crap they try and sell you to do it.
Also add a extra 250grams in the bin when you first mix to give it some kick and dont kill the yeast with hot water.
Been awhile since I did one but suposse to be doing one next time home

Originally Posted by Rigger

I just get the can of coopers that comes with a small packet of yeast sent from Oz. makes about 23 litres, Buy a rubbish bin wash it out in vinger mixed with water, mix the brew, seal the bin lid with tape and put a nail hole in the top, place the bin in area that stays a farly constant temp, I think 28 deg is about right and took about 5 days. under a cool kitchen table is a good place or a stair well
Then cleaned the bottles with vinger/water and let dry, fill each bottle and add two tea spoons of normal sugar to each big bottle. I used plastic corks and taped them on with strong tape. couple of weeks later you should have good beer.
You dont need all the other crap they try and sell you to do it.
Also add a extra 250grams in the bin when you first mix to give it some kick and dont kill the yeast with hot water.
Been awhile since I did one but suposse to be doing one next time home

Why use vinegar and chance killing the yeast. If you are going to get ingredients from OZ then you might as well get the proper steralizer. Its quite cheap from their home brew shops.

I found a pressure barrel to be a well worthwhile investment. You fill your glass straight from the barrel. Get the next bucket brewing while drinking draught from the tap.

Originally Posted by Rigger

couple of weeks later you should have good beer

Highly unlikely, you may be able to produce something which is drinkable but using that method it would be virtually impossible to produce anything properly decent. Using a kit with all the proper equipment only normally results in beer slightly better than poor.

Originally Posted by madjbs

Originally Posted by Rigger

couple of weeks later you should have good beer

Highly unlikely, you may be able to produce something which is drinkable but using that method it would be virtually impossible to produce anything properly decent. Using a kit with all the proper equipment only normally results in beer slightly better than poor.

I like the taste of home brew and here to tell you it is possible the only thing that is different than the kit is no air trap. Decent home brew is better than Thai beer. The last one I did using the method above was a hit with my pommie mates and the locals.

Originally Posted by Rigger

Originally Posted by madjbs

Originally Posted by Rigger

couple of weeks later you should have good beer

Highly unlikely, you may be able to produce something which is drinkable but using that method it would be virtually impossible to produce anything properly decent. Using a kit with all the proper equipment only normally results in beer slightly better than poor.

I like the taste of home brew and here to tell you it is possible the only thing that is different than the kit is no air trap. Decent home brew is better than Thai beer. The last one I did using the method above was a hit with my pommie mates and the locals.

Yeh, but the Poms will drink anything after their beer !
Please don't get angry, just joking !

Originally Posted by madjbs

Originally Posted by Rigger

couple of weeks later you should have good beer

Highly unlikely, you may be able to produce something which is drinkable but using that method it would be virtually impossible to produce anything properly decent. Using a kit with all the proper equipment only normally results in beer slightly better than poor.

Thats entirely incorrect. It is possible to brew some excellent beer from kits, just need a bit of practice thats all.

In the land of the free its illegal to home brew, a Frenchy got busted last year for making his own fruit wine.

Was he trying to sell it? Or maybe he pissed someone off?

Originally Posted by madjbs

All the ingredients are available from Ibrew as well. You will need a fridge and a temperature controller from Mashmaster in Aust

Tried I-Brew, shipping was expensive

Good luck with the project. From my Saudi experience, many made good liquor (brown or white sid), lots of folks made good to very good wine, few made good (or even drinkable) beer.

Originally Posted by filch

Let me know if the companies online will deliver starter kits to Thailand.

They do.

I have ordered all the kit from here (The Country Brewer - More Than Just A Home Brew Store!) with no problems, except them thinking Coopers is a good beer.

If you really have to use a kit then the following is the least you should do to ensure a decent end result.

-Throw away the yeast which comes in the kit and use a separate decent dry yeast. SAFale yeasts are good.

-Make sure everything is sanitized but don't use vinegar, instead use a bleach and water mix (make sure you rinse well) or an iodine and water solution.

-For a fermentation bucket buy a 20l plastic water container from Makro, make an air lock by drilling a hole in the lid and sticking in a tube which runs out with the end submerged in a bottle of water.

-The fermentation should take place at about 22c, 24 at a push. Leave to ferment for 2 weeks minimum and then bottle with a small amount of sugar. Leave the bottles for 3 weeks in a place no warmer than 24c and drink.

Basically the same as Riggers method, but, by doing this there will be much less chance of off flavours developing due to infections etc.. In Thailand ants and other creatures are bound to find a way in to the beer if you don't use an airlock.