HELLO FROM DUBLIN IM A TOTAL NOVICE

[philtfrog]

HI EVERYONE IM A TOTAL NOVICE  AT THE HOME BREW
HOWEVER I LOVE MY WINE BEER AND CIDER
I HAVE ACCESS TO A LOT A LARGE 100 YEAR OLD ORCHARD FULL OF CIDER APPLES
I DONT LIKE THE IDEA OF BREWING POWDERED BEER BUT DONT KNOW IF THATS JUST MY OWN PRECONCEPTIONS
IS EXTRACT AND ALL GRAIN TOO COMPLICATED FOR A BEGINNER
ANY ADVICE ON
GOOD EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS
IS REAL APPLE JUICE ANY GOOD TO MAKE CIDER??

[mr hoppy]

Hi philtfrog. Welcome to the forum. I found this a great place to start learning about brewing: http://www.howtobrew.com

Might be an idea to turn the caps lock off though.

[philtfrog]

Thanks mr hoppy will check it out
bit of anovice at the forums too
hence caps lock

[Will_D]

Welcome to the forum.

For cider making start here:

http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,4308.0.html

This starts with fresh pressed AJ that can be bought if Octobr/November or you just press your own

The forum has lots of info on cider/wine and beer making.

Where in Dublin are you based as we are heading for "National Homerbrewing Week" See my sig. for the Malahide gig

[philtfrog]

im in clonsilla
where is that on
malahide?

[philtfrog]

i mean where is rfc in malahide

[imark]

Welcome to the forum.

If you're over in clonsilla you're in liffey brewers territory. We'll be having a meet up in the Lucan County bar on Thursday from 7pm. You should pop along.

[Will_D]

i mean where is rfc in malahide

Malahide RFC is halfway along the estuary tween Sword and Malahide:
http://www.malahiderfc.ie/cgi-bin/pages.cgi?id=9
Will

[LordEoin]

I DONT LIKE THE IDEA OF BREWING POWDERED BEER BUT DONT KNOW IF THATS JUST MY OWN PRECONCEPTIONS

I'd say that's probably a misconception. You can get pwdered beer kits alright and they can be quite good.
The powder is just Dry Malt Extract (DME), the same stuff you'd use in extract brewing.
Most beer kits com in the form of a can of prehopped Liquid Malt Extract (LME) and you can make some great beers with them.
I'd advise you to start off by making a basic kit beer so that you can see how it all works and gather the basic equipment needed.
Have a look at this behinner's guide to get you started: http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,669.0.html

For cider, I'd recommend the same. Grab a cider kit and 'cut your teeth'. The cider made from the craft range kits seems to have gone down well.

Oh, and Welcome to the forum

[Dunkel]

+1 to LordEoin. Start with a kit beer - the most important part of brewing is sanitation, and this will teach you  how to go about it. Sure, you've the rest of your life to go on to extract and all-grain. And you can get plenty of advice from the Liffeyers.