FWIW: I did end up with not-bad pineapple beer. But wanted to see how good I could get it, thus "racking" it into a bunch of 2l coke bottles, added sugar for carbonation and cold-crashed. After about a week racked again and put back in the fridge. This left me with a nice, cold, slightly carbonated (need more sugar) beautifully clear, pineappeley (shock), greenish-yellow drink. It's really not bad, has that familiar bitter aftertaste many beers have (lacking in hops... so... no idea why...), and gets a good buzz going for both me and the missus. In a world without legal alcohol, it'd totally liven up a party. BUT it's not actual beer...
I can barley wait.
I did spring for some grains and yeast (edit: and HOPS!) from the brew supply place, while we were still in the dark ages of Lvl 4. They had slim pickings where stock was concerned and I "got what I could" to make what will be "definitely beer": of not any style or recipe in particular other than "what Boogie could figure out are the rough rules for making
a beer". Got to me in short order and I went ahead trying to make my first ever actual beer. The process is both fascinating in it's requirements for exactitude and planning, and really fun! AND THE SMELL!!! After brew day missus requested we do it again due to us shooting low on volume for the first batch... and so it was. Fermentation is just about done on the first batch, what I've tasted thusfar is really great, but I haven't had enough to make a call on alcohol level. The color is perfect, it really is "definitely beer", and I'm VERY chuffed about that. I'm expecting 4-5% ABV at the efficiency I achieved. The subsequent batch a tad more. Hoping to work on that..
I was able to, as stock has come in-and-out, been able to acquire more beer making (and bottling) essentials so batch 1 will soon be racked into bottles to carbonate. I can hardly contain my excitement.
Also, I threw some hard cider (apple juice + sugar) into a fermenter a while ago + beer yeast and do expect that to work out brilliantly also.
I'm hooked.
"Monkey killing monkey killing monkey over pieces of the ground, Silly monkeys, give them thumbs, they make a club and beat their brother down. How they survive, so misguided, is a mystery. Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability to lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here" - Tool