love at first brew

Hello there,

There have been few things in my life that I instantly knew were for me. Camping. Fishing. One or two things that arent meant for a family forum. And now, perhaps more than ever, brewing.

My lovely wife got me a Northern Brewer starter kit & the How To Brew book. In addition she got me two extract kits: Jamil's Evil Twin & Caribou Slobber.

Last Saturday my buddy from Wyeast Labs (he's surely on here somewhere) came over & walked me through the Jamils process. Love at first brew (happy to report the airlock is bubbling nicely). Sunday I was ready to do the Caribou Slobber on my own, but alas I was short a carboy. Monday I hit the supply store & this Saturday Im going to brew the Caribou Slobber - it's all I can think about!

I've been scouring threads here absorbing all I can. I'm all in! I hope to gain years of experience in a much shorter time by learning from you all, so thank you in advance for sharing.

...and so the obsession begins...

Welcome.

Awesome. With the amount of experience and info on here you can literally gain years of knowledge. You can only gain experience by brewing, but you can certainly learn a ton from other peoples mistakes. Welcome to the forum

Thats what I meant, years of knowledge. SO true about experience.

You are not alone! He He!

Cheers Dave! Thanks for the Outbursts and I am going to have to get up there or you down here to crack a couple of your inaugural brews

That is a good buddy to have.- Welcome- Jeff

I feel you, OP. I never even considerd brewing until this fall, but once the idea took root, I had a tough time shaking it. Now that I have all of two batches under my belt, I find the obsession worse, if anything.

Am I nuts for having ten gallons of beer in various stages of completion, with fifteen more gallons planned over the next couple of months... especially considering that on a typical week, I *might* drink one beer (or in rare cases, two)?

I'm guessing that my consumption will go up once I begin sampling my own beer, but I just don't care to drink that much of it.

Yeah, probably nuts.

I too am on my 2nd batch, however i was finishing my first during the bottling of the second.
And lime u i am all consumed by brewing, even daydreaming of a retirement filled with brew buddies and home brew consumption. But i digress
I also drink less than i plan to brew. A friend and fellow brewer at work said he made a deal with his friends, bring me empty bittles and take away full ones.
Be had plenty of takers to be sure.
Cheers and happt brewing!
Mike