Home brew on the road

Freddos future · Veteran Member

Home brew on the road

Mike47 · Senior Member

Be interesting to hear people's experiences. The first thought I had was that the travelling whould shake the s**t out of it, and I'd find my van full of foam.

Freddos future · Veteran Member

That would be a mess and a half to clean.
More thinking of doing a brew in the wort for the ten days while we're stationary some where, then once bottled are wondering will it be OK for the second fermentation while travelling?????
I do a good brew and will miss it @ 30c per 750ml bottle.
Like to have plenty on hand to offer any passing fellow traveller.
Cheers , Freddo

Roostertales · Senior Member

Only one way to find out !

dave06 · Guru

I'd be very wary indeed, I have seen a lot of cases of this stuff exploding in ideal conditions neverlone conditions found in a van

I would not like to try and clean up after an accident of that proportion, as one explodes it sends a message out to its mates and they all go off at once

if you hauled up for a time somewhere then that would be fine but to travel with it would invite certain doom surely!!

Cruising Granny · Guru

Hi there. We do anything to keep our fave drop on the road.
A Broome regular, no longer with us, used to do his brew and store it leading up to the trip. He'd pack the stubbies tight in storage bins and travel from south to north without losing a drop.
He did the entire brewing process before packing and travelling.
I wouldn't recommend doing it in travel stages. How long does it take anyway?
If you're on the wallaby for an extended or full time, just park up for the required amount of time, do your brew, and hitch up again.
I also know a couple of fella's who make a mean Rum. Mmm mmm
Cheers Granny

ballast2 · Guru

Freddo, are you brewing fron cans or do you do the whole thing from scratch. I see that you brew your brew for 10 days.why? if you are using tinned brews it should only take 5/6 days. this works for me. brew enough beer as is easy to carry. bottle it in plastic (YES PLASTIC)600ml,1.25 and 2 litre bottles work well.at your next stop of 5/6 days brew and bottle in the same bottles. as you are a brewer you know all equipment must be clean and sterilised as you would do at home. the glory of plastic is that i have never had one explode and if i can't finish what is opened it will still keep in the fridge or on ice for a few days.

hope tihs helps. happy traveling and brewing as you go

jack

ballast2 · Guru

Sorry Freddo forgot to add this. secendory brewing can be done on the move your brew may be clowdy but if you drink coopers in a pub you will notice it is slightly cloudy anyhow. if you drink it out of a non see through glass i bet you won't notice the cloudiness

jack

Cupie · Guru

dave06 wrote:

I'd be very wary indeed, I have seen a lot of cases of this stuff exploding in ideal conditions neverlone conditions found in a van

I would not like to try and clean up after an accident of that proportion, as one explodes it sends a message out to its mates and they all go off at once

Ha .. Brings to mind a fond memory from many years ago when I was a home brewer.

My brother had just returned from a tour of duty in Vietnam & was staying in our spare bedroom.

At the time I was storing the brew under that bed during the secondary fermentation stage.

Yes you guessed it. In the middle of the night one bottle went up, setting off others around it.

Bu the time I got out of bed to investigate, my brother had leaped out of bed & was out in the backyard 'in his foxhole' thinking that he was back in Vietnam & under attack. How he got over the broken glass & beer covering the bedroom floor without cutting his feet is a mystery. I recon that he checked under the bed each night, for the rest of his stay.

dave06 · Guru

yes as cupie has stated I too have seen these things explode at a later date I would be very wary of carting these little time bombs around or like cupies mate the japs will get you!!!