New brewer from Oklahoma

[Bauer]

Hey everyone, my name is Blake Bauer and I just joined the forum and I'm a very excited new brewer. I finally picked up a true brew beginners kit a few months ago and I'm now on my second batch. My first brew was a true brew amber ale and well, it was definitely a learning experience. It is for the most part I drinkable. It has a bad taste and is over carbonated. I realize now after cruising the forums and talking to a few other brewers that I really shouldn't have followed the directions and not bottled after fermenting a week. So I just brewed a brewers best Irish stout which has been fermenting for just over a week. I plan on leaving it in my fermentor for another 2-3 weeks. Eventually I plan on going to all grain once I have several brews under my belt. I look forward to learning from everyone and becoming a home brew nerd.

 

[tonyc318]

Welcome to the forum. This is a great resource as you have discovered already. What part of OK are you in? I have a friend down there thinking about getting into brewing.

 

[Bauer]

Thanks! I am in the northwest Oklahoma City area. If your friend is in okc I can recommend a few great brew shops in the area and I would love to have another homebrew friend (don't know too many right now) in the area.

 

[Kstone89]

Hey Bauer glad I found your post. I'm a new brewer in Oklahoma myself. I brewed my first Irish Red and it ended up like a pale ale
Ive got a very promising copper ale in the secondary right now. I'd like to get in on any brewshops you know of. Shipping is killing me right now.

 

[Chuckabrewski]

I'm also in okc welcome to the forum.

 

[Bauer]

Thanks for the welcome guys. I'm glad to see so many brewers from Oklahoma here. We will all have to keep in touch. There are 2 great brew shops in The Oklahoma City area. The first one is called the brew shop and it is located on Penn just a mile or two south of the penn square mall.
http://www.thebrewshopokc.com/

The other one is Learn to brew and is located just off I-35 in Moore on south 19th st.
http://www.learntobrew.com/store/index.php3

Both places are great and very helpful. I bought my beginners kit online and got the rest of my supplies at these shops. I am definitely going to be getting all of my supplies from these shops from now on.

 

[Chuckabrewski]

Thanks for the welcome guys. I'm glad to see so many brewers from Oklahoma here. We will all have to keep in touch. There are 2 great brew shops in The Oklahoma City area. The first one is called the brew shop and it is located on Penn just a mile or two south of the penn square mall.
http://www.thebrewshopokc.com/

The other one is Learn to brew and is located just off I-35 in Moore on south 19th st.
http://www.learntobrew.com/store/index.php3

Both places are great and very helpful. I bought my beginners kit online and got the rest of my supplies at these shops. I am definitely going to be getting all of my supplies from these shops from now on.

I live about a mile from ltb. I spend way too much money there.

 

[IRunToDrink]

I also spend alot of money at LTB! Lol! Good to see everyone from Okc on here!

 

[Kujo]

I live about a mile from ltb. I spend way too much money there.

Dang you must be really close to me then i live about 2 miles from them!