Hi everyone. I am an utter newb to brewing, I've done one batch so far. It was an all extract batch from a Cooper's starter kit my wonderful wife gave me. I put the first one in the fridge tonight so I'll try it tomorrow and see if it's drinkable.
I've been slowly building my brewing gear, currently I have a couple buckets with spigots as well as a pair of plastic carboys. I have maybe a hundred and change bombers, as well as a couple cases of the brown plastic bottles from the Cooper's kits. I just got a bench capper and some nice modular drying racks as a birthday gift which I'm pretty excited about. All that I really feel like I'm lacking is a pot large enough to do a full wort boil instead of boiling a couple gallons then topping off. I'm watching Craig's list everyday for a cheap one though so hopefully soon.
I have pretty wide ranging tastes in beer, although lagers and pale ales tend to be a lower preference. After I knock out another couple batches out and get my process and equipment down I want to try my hand at a Belgian. Chimay (the blue label one) is simply my favorite beer but at $14/bottle locally it's a very rare treat.
I live just outside of Mill Creek, a suburb north of Seattle. I'm happily married to an amazing woman, and have two beautiful daughters. We also have a 115ish lb blue merle Great Dane / German Shepherd mix that's as pretty as she is stupid.
We recently bought a small business, and this summer we plan to do some repairs and mild remodeling to the house as well as getting some raised bed gardens going and raising ducks for the eggs.
I've been slowly building my brewing gear, currently I have a couple buckets with spigots as well as a pair of plastic carboys. I have maybe a hundred and change bombers, as well as a couple cases of the brown plastic bottles from the Cooper's kits. I just got a bench capper and some nice modular drying racks as a birthday gift which I'm pretty excited about. All that I really feel like I'm lacking is a pot large enough to do a full wort boil instead of boiling a couple gallons then topping off. I'm watching Craig's list everyday for a cheap one though so hopefully soon.
I have pretty wide ranging tastes in beer, although lagers and pale ales tend to be a lower preference. After I knock out another couple batches out and get my process and equipment down I want to try my hand at a Belgian. Chimay (the blue label one) is simply my favorite beer but at $14/bottle locally it's a very rare treat.
I live just outside of Mill Creek, a suburb north of Seattle. I'm happily married to an amazing woman, and have two beautiful daughters. We also have a 115ish lb blue merle Great Dane / German Shepherd mix that's as pretty as she is stupid.
We recently bought a small business, and this summer we plan to do some repairs and mild remodeling to the house as well as getting some raised bed gardens going and raising ducks for the eggs.
