Comments on: T-SQL Tuesday #99: Home Brewing

By: Glenn Berry

Glenn Berry — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 18:06:49 +0000

In reply to Jim Clark. Good! Glad I could help motivate you to brew again! It is fun, and beer is good...

By: Jim Clark

Jim Clark — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 16:58:05 +0000

Wow Glenn. Very inspirational! OK – this weekend the equipment is coming off the shelf, and my butt is getting outside to sit next to a nice steaming pot of wort.

I’ll stop in at Northern Brewer on Grand Ave here in St Paul and pick up stuff for a couple of 5-gal batches. Something light, something dark, little of this, little of that…

I used to brew a lot and loved it, so this was exactly the kick in the pants I needed! (nice distraction from servers…)

THANKS for this post. It’s always interesting to see what other geeks do for fun!

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:06:48 +0000

I used to brew. We found out my son had celiac and I figured it wouldn’t be good to release untold amounts of gluten into the air (even if in the garage) :). I’m good giving it up. He’s totally worth it!

I will say, a couple great books that I referenced all the time were Brewing Classic Styles by Jamil Zainasheff and John Palmer not just for the recipes but for the styles themselves. I learned more about the styles from that book than any other resource. They also had/have a podcast you can download on the Brewing Network with the same name. I would also recommend the Yeast book by JZ and Chris White (of White Labs) and the Water book by John Palmer and Colin Kaminski. The last two are pretty deep but I loved the science behind it!

Happy brewing! (and ultimately, RDWHAHB)

Cheers,
Scott

By: Glenn Berry

Glenn Berry — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:55:35 +0000

In reply to Keith Fischer. The Ss Brewtech Brewmaster Edition fermenters are really nice! Spike Brewing also makes some very good stainless conical fermenters.

By: Glenn Berry

Glenn Berry — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:52:42 +0000

In reply to David Lewis. Well, from your e-mail address, it looks like you are working at a good place! Are you a brewer or doing something on the I.T. side?

By: David Lewis

David Lewis — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:49:37 +0000

Nice work! I got bitten with the bug some decades ago and ended up going pro!

By: Vesa Juvonen

Vesa Juvonen — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:48:33 +0000

If you bring some samples to SQLintersection at Orlando, I am in!

By: Keith Fischer

Keith Fischer — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:47:55 +0000

Awesome work, Glenn! Congrats on the medals. You must be turning out some solid brews. I’m bringing my system out of retirement soon as I haven’t brewed in a couple of years. Looking to add a conical fermenter first. How do you like the SS fermenters? They look pretty sweet.

By: Glenn Berry

Glenn Berry — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:05:36 +0000

In reply to tallfellapgh.

Some home brewers build/buy some very impressive equipment that is orders of magnitude more complicated and cool than my setup. I plan to eventually go to an all-electric HERMs system at some point. Maybe a Spike system like this: https://spikebrewing.com/collections/spike-systems

By: Jim Ownby

Jim Ownby — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 15:20:47 +0000

Well done, Glenn. I’ve been home brewing for a good number of years now and have to say your setup is impressive. I can sympathize with your Wee Heavy efforts. Most complicated recipe I’ve successfully completed was a dunkel weissen bock, which took ~15 lbs of grain, 1 month primary ferm, 6-weeks secondary and 3-months bottle conditioning before it was ready (using lager yeast and no refrig). But it was easily the best beer I ever made (~12% ATV). Planning and patience was what drew me to brewing initially but it’s the satisfaction of others with the result that I tend to enjoy the most.