Hi Everyone,
My name is Corey, I'm in love with good proper beer. The love affair started many years ago culminating in a 2 year beerathon in Cape Town while I was studying there. I since moved to Zambia and after 2 years I just can't do the local brews anymore. I need my ale, IPA, hef.... I long for decent beer.... well it seems that Zam breweries isn't going to do it anytime soon, so I'll have to make my own.
Covid has seen the rise of oil buckets (cooking oil) being converted into hand wash stations, and it got me thinking, they would make good brewing buckets, is that possible.. well I did some investigating and yes it all seems possible.
I'm in remote Zambia so sourcing everything is an issue... so I'll have to make most of it myself.
I can order stuff in from UK, SA and USA at a cost and no doubt I'll be forced to for hops and the like.
My first experiment is going to be a Sourdough Kvass, however no sourdough here but there is Ciabatta. so Ciabatta Kvass with bread yeast is the first brew. then I can source grains and hops and rekindle my beer love. Temp is an issue so I'm looking at at defunct freezer half filled with water and changing out ice regularly to hopefully keep temps okay.
I'll be picking your brains on how to overcome challenges I face and if anyone ever comes this way I'll make sure I have a few drops to share.
Cheers,
My name is Corey, I'm in love with good proper beer. The love affair started many years ago culminating in a 2 year beerathon in Cape Town while I was studying there. I since moved to Zambia and after 2 years I just can't do the local brews anymore. I need my ale, IPA, hef.... I long for decent beer.... well it seems that Zam breweries isn't going to do it anytime soon, so I'll have to make my own.
Covid has seen the rise of oil buckets (cooking oil) being converted into hand wash stations, and it got me thinking, they would make good brewing buckets, is that possible.. well I did some investigating and yes it all seems possible.
I'm in remote Zambia so sourcing everything is an issue... so I'll have to make most of it myself.
I can order stuff in from UK, SA and USA at a cost and no doubt I'll be forced to for hops and the like.
My first experiment is going to be a Sourdough Kvass, however no sourdough here but there is Ciabatta. so Ciabatta Kvass with bread yeast is the first brew. then I can source grains and hops and rekindle my beer love. Temp is an issue so I'm looking at at defunct freezer half filled with water and changing out ice regularly to hopefully keep temps okay.
I'll be picking your brains on how to overcome challenges I face and if anyone ever comes this way I'll make sure I have a few drops to share.
Cheers,
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