DaveMcPhee
Well-Known Member
Hello expert brewers;
After wanting to brew my own beer for a few years now, I spent this week researching equipment and costs, and low and behold, got my budget approved by the wife. I'm pretty shocked.
I live in Austin so I'll be heading down to AHB tonight or tomorrow and figure I'll pick up ingredients for my first batch too, and this is where I got stuck. This forum helped me a lot for what gear is essential, important, unnecessary and a plain old waste of money for a beginner. But a good first beer?
Ideally I'd like to start with a Malt Extract only recipe without any grain. I'd list a bunch of beers I like here but decided I didn't want to influence the masters on these here forums. Although if you twisted my arm ... a hoppy IPA or a bitter german style pilz... would be pretty sweet to start the summer off with. But mostly I'm looking for an extract recipe that a newb can't really screw up. Anything goes.
Your expertise much appreciated!
After wanting to brew my own beer for a few years now, I spent this week researching equipment and costs, and low and behold, got my budget approved by the wife. I'm pretty shocked.
I live in Austin so I'll be heading down to AHB tonight or tomorrow and figure I'll pick up ingredients for my first batch too, and this is where I got stuck. This forum helped me a lot for what gear is essential, important, unnecessary and a plain old waste of money for a beginner. But a good first beer?
Ideally I'd like to start with a Malt Extract only recipe without any grain. I'd list a bunch of beers I like here but decided I didn't want to influence the masters on these here forums. Although if you twisted my arm ... a hoppy IPA or a bitter german style pilz... would be pretty sweet to start the summer off with. But mostly I'm looking for an extract recipe that a newb can't really screw up. Anything goes.
Your expertise much appreciated!