Inspired by a post here by u/MajorasMask89 back in January I got into homebrewing to beat the MUP. This latest batch is a Pilsner lager, 4.8% Abv and it cost €22 to brew 40 pints so 55 cents a pint. Tastes lovely on draught from a keg too. A big two fingers to minimum unit pricing 👍

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1. Looks like a lovely pint anyway! Fair play to ya.

2. Drinking a homebrew pilsner here too, cheers man!

3. I’ve all the ingredients to start making mead!!

4. Fuck, I used to love a pint of Smithwicks

5. That looks lovely

6. That’s Savage, how hard is it to do and would you have a link to the kit including the keg?

7. Many batches have you done? I must start my third tomorrow

8. God I’d love my own place to do stuff like this.

9. Hey man great stuff! Next time add some isinglass it will help with the clarity. Enjoy

10. Fair fucks to ya. Patience of a saint and reaping the rewards.

11. I’m very keen to get information on not only your setup and choice of ingredients, but also that beautiful keg. Would you mind sharing it, please?

12. We’ll see keg licence and keg inspectors soon

13. OP talks about two fingers then uses a thumb. Sure, the lager looks great but I wouldn’t trust him to pour me a whiskey.

14. I never have! Must try, good be a good substitute

15. Is it easy to brew light blonde/Helles style beers? I cant hack the IPA/pilsner style of beer unfortunately.

16. I waited until brew #10 to try a pilsner, it’s not easiest!

17. Think I’m going to get myself a kit and give it a go, looks tasty out

18. How much inc. setup?

19. Fair play, lad. I made cider for about 5 years up until last year. It was a fair bit of work with having to pick the apples, crush them, press them, and then bottle them, but maaaaaaan, was it nice. And was like rocket fuel. 3 bottles meant you felt like you had 10 pints. Probably because of the strength.

    Anyway, I’ll probably go back to it again this year, but was always thinking of giving this a go.

20. Got into it myself around Christmas. The first batch went wrong somehow, i have another batch ready to go so hoping its better!

21. Any Good books you’d recommend or other ways to learn the craft?

22. So is your process that you do your initial fermentation in a 25L bucket and then transfer that out to all the mini kegs for conditioning? Do you carbonate the kegs at that point or only when you’re pouring? These kegs look like a handier option than the corny kegs that I’ve seen, especially for cleaning.

23. Now charge €6 a pint and you will rolling in it.

24. Absolutely delighted for you. I was inspired myself by u/HatrickPatrick and his excellent post on how to start homebrewing.

    Looks like a great beer. Fair play.

25. Lucky bugger, I wonder does the HB IPA taste like I remember.

    Is it easy to remove alcohol from Home Brew?

26. How long does the beer keep for? While I’d love the idea of home-brewing I’m more of a 4 cans a week man. I’d be half a year drinking a keg, though if it were there, the temptation to have just one more would be harder to resist.

27. That’s the stuff!

28. Unbelievable Jeff

29. Beer yeast is a stellar health food, but on the down side, once your palate learns what real beer tastes like, commercial beer that has it’s yeast filtered out is going to taste like dishwater for the rest of your life.

    How to spot the homebrewer in a pub? They stick to soft drinks.

30. Man that looks savage, I’ve always been too afraid to try a home brew kit, but maybe will give it a shot.