Hello from Japan!

Hi everyone!

I'm Surume, 22yr old college student, and I recently got into homebrewing.

I've bottle-fermented a few batches of ginger beer in the past, but earlier this month I got a copy of the "Complete Joy of Homebrewing", and this afternoon I just received my first set of LME, hops and yeast - Black Rock Whispering Wheat, Saaz hop pellets and Fermentis WB-06 Wheat Yeast. At 12 hours after pitching yeast, fermentation is going nicely and smelling hints of banana. I think I'm going to like my new hobby.

Japan doesn't have a solid homebrewing community - although there are several decent microbreweries and a couple of out of date websites regarding homebrewing, there aren't any proper homebrewing stores (except one on the internet and amazon), and no place where I can discuss homebrewing or ask questions.

Soooo... nice to meet you all!

Welcome to HBT!

Welcome and good luck

Welcome and good luck.

Thanks guys! Right now my brew is fermenting nicely at 26 degrees celcius - a little too high for my liking but can't help the local climate. Smelling nicely of bananas too.

I'm also considering trying out partial mashes on a smaller scale (5 litres) to experiment a little - time to read through the forums I suppose

Welcome! I was lucky enough to visit Japan for 2 weeks when I was 19. God, I want to go back! You've found the right place for all of your homebrewing questions/research/advice. Check out the beginners forum and read the FAQ and check out the how-to's. Great stuff on here.

Welcome!

If you ever make it to Numazu you should reach out to Chris Poel, the head brewer at Baird Brewing. He is a longtime homebrewer from Japan and has likely found solutions to many of the challenges of brewing in Japan.

He maintains an English blog here:
http://bairdbeer.com/en/blog_numazu/

Hmm, I've looked up Baird Brewing before, but I didn't know the head brewer wasn't Japanese! Numazu is 2 hours by train and although the train fares are a little steep for me (I'm still in college), I will definitely attempt to arrange a trip when I start working in April. Thanks for the info!

ようこそ !

NeoSapienさん、ありがとうございます