Hi everyone. I just got started home brewing a couple of weeks ago. I brewed a 2 gallon all grain batch of a Belgian ale with my dad at his house tight after Christmas. He has a Brooklyn Brew Shop 1 gallon kit that he expanded on to do 2 gallon batches. It was a lot of fun. I had already been thinking about getting myself a kit. Getting to brew with him put me over the edge.
As soon as I got home, I started piecing together a kit of my own. I ended up getting a similar setup to my dad. I bought a craft a brew 1 gallon kit, only because they were the only one of those 1 gallon kit options that came with a hefeweizen option. I also ordered a 2nd 1 gallon carboy, a grain bag for all grain brewing, and other odds & ends to get me tgrough the process. My goal was to have the flexibility to do two individual batches, or do a single 2 gallon batch. I didn't go the 5 gallon route, because I wanted to be able to have more variety, and 50 bottles at one time would be way more than I would need.
So far, I've brewed my extract hefeweizen kit, and I also brewed a 1 gallon Brooklyn Brew Shop Bruxelles Blonde kit. I did them back to back, and both are about 1 week into primary fermentation.
In about 5 weeks, I'm having a work friend come over, and we are going to brew a 2 gallon batch of something. I need to figure out what to brew still. I want to do all grain, but beyond that, who knows.
So thats about it for now. I enjoyed the all grain brewing more than the extract kit I tried. Feels more like you are actually creating something. I'm looking forward to how these turn out, and I'm looking forward to brewing my next batch. If you have any suggestions for simple all grain recipes, I wound appreciate the suggestions. I'm currently thinking of doing the same Belgian ale that I brewed with my dad as my next one, but feel free to throw some ideas my way. Thanks.
As soon as I got home, I started piecing together a kit of my own. I ended up getting a similar setup to my dad. I bought a craft a brew 1 gallon kit, only because they were the only one of those 1 gallon kit options that came with a hefeweizen option. I also ordered a 2nd 1 gallon carboy, a grain bag for all grain brewing, and other odds & ends to get me tgrough the process. My goal was to have the flexibility to do two individual batches, or do a single 2 gallon batch. I didn't go the 5 gallon route, because I wanted to be able to have more variety, and 50 bottles at one time would be way more than I would need.
So far, I've brewed my extract hefeweizen kit, and I also brewed a 1 gallon Brooklyn Brew Shop Bruxelles Blonde kit. I did them back to back, and both are about 1 week into primary fermentation.
In about 5 weeks, I'm having a work friend come over, and we are going to brew a 2 gallon batch of something. I need to figure out what to brew still. I want to do all grain, but beyond that, who knows.
So thats about it for now. I enjoyed the all grain brewing more than the extract kit I tried. Feels more like you are actually creating something. I'm looking forward to how these turn out, and I'm looking forward to brewing my next batch. If you have any suggestions for simple all grain recipes, I wound appreciate the suggestions. I'm currently thinking of doing the same Belgian ale that I brewed with my dad as my next one, but feel free to throw some ideas my way. Thanks.