1st beer...drinking right now

hey all,

well...i did it. and while it will win no awards...it is making me VERY happy

it's a double ipa. kegged and force carbed.

pitched the yeast on march 1, 07 OG 1.090
racked to secondary march 9, 07
dry hopped april 3, 07 FG 1.012
kegged april 20, 07

it's a bit hazy and has a bit of hops floating in it (pulp) ...but, otherwise...MMMM MMMM

oh man...this was SO worth all the headaches and b.s from the woman

happy boy in sw pa

next: goin' in the keg a cherry hefeweizen on thursday

brewing apfelwein and an ipa tomorrow

next week an apricot wit

good times a comin'

It just gets better from here.
Prepare to become consumed by your new "hobby".

thanx man...but, i'm already there

welcome to the dark side
JJ

2nd beer in and the "pulp" no longer matters

the woman even dared to venture a sip or 2

not too bad said she...i am the man :rockin:

fireloo said:

It just gets better from here.
Prepare to become consumed by your new "hobby".

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And, to consume your new hobby!:fro:

steve

brewinfool said:

not too bad said she...

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I got something similar today. She said, "This is something I'd drink," when she tasted my brown ale. She then proceeded to mix a screwdriver. Well, I'll take the lip service if nothing else.

Fingers said:

I got something similar today. She said, "This is something I'd drink," when she tasted my brown ale. She then proceeded to mix a screwdriver. Well, I'll take the lip service if nothing else.

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Always take lip service!

10% ABV! Wowsers. That's a kick in the pants i bet.

nice work Fool, plus tee, er, I mean, uh... oh well.

Yep, that'll knock the dander off the cat!

"In Soviet Russia... beer drinks YOU!"

robbase9 said:

10% ABV! Wowsers. That's a kick in the pants i bet.

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just a little alcohol bite...otherwise very tasty...nicely balanced

2 beers and look out

krispy d said:

nice work Fool, plus tee, er, I mean, uh... oh well.

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backatcha

fireloo said:

It just gets better from here.
Prepare to become consumed by your new "hobby".

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my first kit was from my girlfriend. Now hundreds of dollars later, i am brewing my 6th batch on monday. I brew and keep a 12 for myself and give the rest away. New hobby, this is more like a life changing event....

congratz on the first brew sounds like you had fun with it and that is really what matters.

Oakwood said:

my first kit was from my girlfriend. Now hundreds of dollars later, i am brewing my 6th batch on monday. I brew and keep a 12 for myself and give the rest away. New hobby, this is more like a life changing event....

congratz on the first brew sounds like you had fun with it and that is really what matters.

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thanx ...and you give the rest away...where do you live?

My wife just tasted my first batch of home brew the other day and she said "it tastes like beer" SUCCESS!! thats pretty much all i expected her to say considering that she doesn't even like beer.

rcdirtbuggy said:

My wife just tasted my first batch of home brew the other day and she said "it tastes like beer" SUCCESS!! thats pretty much all i expected her to say considering that she doesn't even like beer.

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right on!!!

it's great when we get support like that

who knows...you may get to the "that's not too bad" point someday

Fingers said:

I got something similar today. She said, "This is something I'd drink," when she tasted my brown ale. She then proceeded to mix a screwdriver. Well, I'll take the lip service if nothing else.

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I hate that.

i don't really care when people don't like or appreciate my beer. i know it's good and i'm the one that drinks the most of it. they can stick to their zimas, screwdrivers and smirnoff ices.

New berwers should never let there WIFES tast home brewww.
Now my vessel is tied up half the time for her light crappp.

congratulations...it only gets better from here

ok

well

i'm relaxing

having one of MY homebrews

and i'm not worrying too damn much

while i brew an ipa...this is "wave that flag" ipa

although, if you have a HB every time charlie papazian says to look out!!!!


this is great drinking yer own while brewing more
i might have to do this more often

buddy said:

New berwers should never let there WIFES tast home brewww.
Now my vessel is tied up half the time for her light crappp.

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Amen brother.

At first it was...."no frigin way I'm drinking THAT....

Now she's buggin me all the time..."when are you going to brew my Kolsch again...?"

That and I have three (over 21) daughters who love my Belgian Wit.

I have 10 cornies in my workshop and I can't keep em full enough.

I'm gonna brew me some stout....real soon...as soon as my women let me....

Congrats on your success! You'll never turn back now.

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New berwers should never let there WIFES tast home brewww.
Now my vessel is tied up half the time for her light crappp.

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I would dissaggree, this gives you many benifits, such as justification for aquiring extra equipment, not to mention the higher probability of the aformentioned "Lip Service". You might get some compliments too !!