Greetings from Raleigh, NC. Born and raised in Utica, NY... but this month will mark my 14th year in the Raleigh area.
Had received a nice brewing kit from Northern Brewer at Christmas 3 years ago. My wife and I were looking at houses (wanted to have children and needed a larger house), so I never started the brewing process that year. Two summers ago we moved, and the beer kit boxes have remained in the garage untouched ever since.
Well, we had our first child last month and have our new routine down. With quarantine and all, I’ve got the itch to break out the brewing materials and have a go.
I had planned on using the garage to brew, but the summer heat in North Carolina isn’t conducive to yeast/fermentation. So I punched in a related question to the Google machine and landed on a thread here at Homebrewtalk. I feel like I’ve already learned a lot the last couple days, just reading thread after thread here. I’ve got quite a bit to learn. With that said, there is a serious and knowledgeable community here. I’m glad I’ve stumbled across this joint. This outfit clearly knows their stuff. So I’ll just hang up and listen. And, of course, learn.
I feel a bit like a deer in headlights at the moment. There is so much information, it is like paralysis by over-analysis. But I’ve got to start somewhere and I want to get brewing, make my inevitable mistakes, take notes, and perfect the craft.
Five years from now I would like to look back at this post and see how far I’ve come as a home brewer. I (as well as my wife) love well-crafted beer and want to try my hand at anything from a pumpkin Ale to a hazy NEIPA, a robust Porter to a decadent peanut butter Stout (might be my personal holy grail; definitely want to learn the nuances of brewing with PB but that isn’t an endeavor for a rookie like me), and anything in between.
Glad to have landed here, as there is such a wealth of information available. I hope to learn as much as I can, and in the future be a voice of knowledge myself.
Had received a nice brewing kit from Northern Brewer at Christmas 3 years ago. My wife and I were looking at houses (wanted to have children and needed a larger house), so I never started the brewing process that year. Two summers ago we moved, and the beer kit boxes have remained in the garage untouched ever since.
Well, we had our first child last month and have our new routine down. With quarantine and all, I’ve got the itch to break out the brewing materials and have a go.
I had planned on using the garage to brew, but the summer heat in North Carolina isn’t conducive to yeast/fermentation. So I punched in a related question to the Google machine and landed on a thread here at Homebrewtalk. I feel like I’ve already learned a lot the last couple days, just reading thread after thread here. I’ve got quite a bit to learn. With that said, there is a serious and knowledgeable community here. I’m glad I’ve stumbled across this joint. This outfit clearly knows their stuff. So I’ll just hang up and listen. And, of course, learn.
I feel a bit like a deer in headlights at the moment. There is so much information, it is like paralysis by over-analysis. But I’ve got to start somewhere and I want to get brewing, make my inevitable mistakes, take notes, and perfect the craft.
Five years from now I would like to look back at this post and see how far I’ve come as a home brewer. I (as well as my wife) love well-crafted beer and want to try my hand at anything from a pumpkin Ale to a hazy NEIPA, a robust Porter to a decadent peanut butter Stout (might be my personal holy grail; definitely want to learn the nuances of brewing with PB but that isn’t an endeavor for a rookie like me), and anything in between.
Glad to have landed here, as there is such a wealth of information available. I hope to learn as much as I can, and in the future be a voice of knowledge myself.
