hi everyone, i just started brewing last week and found out about this place. still finding tons of useful information it's been very helpful so far
just bottled my first batch of beer and my strawberry wine is still fermenting i'm going to make sour cherry next. just waiting for sour cherry prices to go a bit lower (0.5$ per kilo right know in our city but will go lower in a few weeks) so i can make a very big batch and age them. i've heard it's very good but never tried one tho (actually never tried any other wine beside grape wine. most people mostly brew shiraz wine here so would be appreciated if you guys have any suggestions)
i'm also very interested in makgeolli but sadly can't find nuruk here i'll try making nuruk by myself and see if it works
and here's a fun fact: most people in iran don't brew beer directly from grains i was very confused at first when tried to watch a tutorial about beer brewing on youtube and seeing all those equipments. we just buy non alcoholic beer and put them in a bucket add sugar and yeast and bottle them after fermentation is done. the reason is probably because non alcoholic beer is too cheap (2$ for 6Litre) and most people don't bother going thru all of those troubles. Sanitation is also very different from what i've read on the internet. i was so anxious about Sanitation (like how everyone suggest using starsan and things like that) then asked locals and all of them told me they just wash their bucket and equipments with water, not even hot water just water! did my first batch like how they told me and was successful.
just bottled my first batch of beer and my strawberry wine is still fermenting i'm going to make sour cherry next. just waiting for sour cherry prices to go a bit lower (0.5$ per kilo right know in our city but will go lower in a few weeks) so i can make a very big batch and age them. i've heard it's very good but never tried one tho (actually never tried any other wine beside grape wine. most people mostly brew shiraz wine here so would be appreciated if you guys have any suggestions)
i'm also very interested in makgeolli but sadly can't find nuruk here i'll try making nuruk by myself and see if it works
and here's a fun fact: most people in iran don't brew beer directly from grains i was very confused at first when tried to watch a tutorial about beer brewing on youtube and seeing all those equipments. we just buy non alcoholic beer and put them in a bucket add sugar and yeast and bottle them after fermentation is done. the reason is probably because non alcoholic beer is too cheap (2$ for 6Litre) and most people don't bother going thru all of those troubles. Sanitation is also very different from what i've read on the internet. i was so anxious about Sanitation (like how everyone suggest using starsan and things like that) then asked locals and all of them told me they just wash their bucket and equipments with water, not even hot water just water! did my first batch like how they told me and was successful.