Been lurking (and learning) for a few months now, figured a formal introduction was in order:
"Hi, I'm Todd and I'm addicted to making tasty beer".
The GF hooked me with a Mr. Beer for Christmas this past year (ya, I know.....) and it's been downhill from there. After my introduction, I dove in with some True Brew kits; got a 12 pack each of the Porter and IPA left (turned out pretty good) and a case and a half of the Red Ale still in the pipe that gets better every week (scrapped the kit's dry yeast for some Wyeast Irish Ale in that one).
Moved to AG and did my first batch in March (simple 2 row Pale/Crystal 60 Sierra clone), still bottle conditioning (2 weeks now, hard to stay out of it). 2nd AG batch is in the secondary, same grain bill/hop schedule as first, just switched yeast (figure I'd stick to a simple recipe and change 1 ingredient at a time to get a feel/taste for how things affect the final product).
Finally got a batch of the obligatory Apflewein mixed up last night. Feeling a bit lazy this weekend so I'm doing an extract kit tomorrow: a True Brew Red Ale with Wyeast Irish Ale and a combination of Cascade and Amarillo (planning on trying some dry hopping too) in an attempt to replicate Ithaca's Cascazilla. Gonna be interesting to see how doing a full boil (thanks to the AG equipment) will affect the outcome.
Woohoo! I'm a brewer now.
"Hi, I'm Todd and I'm addicted to making tasty beer".
The GF hooked me with a Mr. Beer for Christmas this past year (ya, I know.....) and it's been downhill from there. After my introduction, I dove in with some True Brew kits; got a 12 pack each of the Porter and IPA left (turned out pretty good) and a case and a half of the Red Ale still in the pipe that gets better every week (scrapped the kit's dry yeast for some Wyeast Irish Ale in that one).
Moved to AG and did my first batch in March (simple 2 row Pale/Crystal 60 Sierra clone), still bottle conditioning (2 weeks now, hard to stay out of it). 2nd AG batch is in the secondary, same grain bill/hop schedule as first, just switched yeast (figure I'd stick to a simple recipe and change 1 ingredient at a time to get a feel/taste for how things affect the final product).
Finally got a batch of the obligatory Apflewein mixed up last night. Feeling a bit lazy this weekend so I'm doing an extract kit tomorrow: a True Brew Red Ale with Wyeast Irish Ale and a combination of Cascade and Amarillo (planning on trying some dry hopping too) in an attempt to replicate Ithaca's Cascazilla. Gonna be interesting to see how doing a full boil (thanks to the AG equipment) will affect the outcome.
Woohoo! I'm a brewer now.