I made an Irish Red Ale for my first batch of home brew and it tastes excellent. The hardest part of home brewing is I want family and friends to try it to get feedback but, I don't want to share and give up my scrumptious nector from the gods. The few that tried it loved it...now I only have a case left !
The HARDEST part of home brewing.....
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Brewer_Bob
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Yeah, I gave up way too much of my first batch. I am being more stingy now. Perhaps once I have a continuous pipeline going I will become more giving again.
Watching my boxes empty out is very depressing.
Watching my boxes empty out is very depressing.
I agree with the OP. My family likes the beer I make and then get upset when It runs out, confused why I don't have more, but balk at giving me money to buy more kits to brew more. Because you know, homemade = free.
Righlander
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you will learn to horde your beers like i did.
I'm almost done drinking my first batch, just a few 22 oz bombers left. Oh well, I have 2 others ready to drink now, one bottle conditioning, and another batch to bottle this week. I'm going to get another batch going, something wheat, that I can bottle before I get some vacation time in.
11 gallon batches help a lot. I give out half my brew. I'd like to move up to half barrels.
Brewer_Bob
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I have stopped giving beers to people who don't return my bottles. I specifically ask people to give me the bottles back. I am in Libya and to get new beer bottles I have to buy non-alcoholic Becks. So obtaining beer bottles here is neither free nor enjoyable. At least in the US acquiring bottles can be fun.
what I hate the most?
-waiting, for anything fermentation, bottle conditioning etc.
-trying to find bottles without paying for them or hoping to get them back.
and truthfully the above aren't that bad, but it can't all be perfect. Somehow though I could save all that trouble with a kegerator, I still can't pull the trigger... yet.
-waiting, for anything fermentation, bottle conditioning etc.
-trying to find bottles without paying for them or hoping to get them back.
and truthfully the above aren't that bad, but it can't all be perfect. Somehow though I could save all that trouble with a kegerator, I still can't pull the trigger... yet.
