Recent content by Mountain_Bum

I'm in for this. :D

+1, Give the airlock a shot and then one for yourself for all the hard work you put in! :mug:

Thank you all for the suggestions. I finally did my first batch this weekend and everything is fermenting away in the closet. Everything has been really easy going so far. The 2 hour boil that was listed for this recipe did stretch things out a little longer than I would have liked but oh well...

Thanks! Kind of funny, that is pretty much what I did minus any ice bottles and what not. Guess I will see when I get home if I need to add any or not.

So on Sunday I did my first batch! Things actually went really well and didn't run into any problems. Using some foil and sitting the kettle between two burners of the crappy electric stove really made a huge difference. :ban: I am doing the best to clone a beer from a Montana Brewery that I...

Double post, please delete.

I was feeding my internet addiction with a healthy dose of Google while searching on things to buy as a beginner set up (ok.... ok, and porn). This forum was in the results of every search possible, figured it would be a good place to find help and learn.

Thank you guys for the welcome, I'm already looking forward to being a member here. I appreciate all of the suggestions but honestly from a money/space and experience level perspective I think what I have will get me going for a fair amount of batches. The only thing I need to get is a few...

Thank you both as well for the welcome too! Also I have to share because I thought this was hilarious and I lost it inside the LHBS. I've been researching to find what I needed or wanted to start with for a while and reading about the process. Trying to really get a good idea of everything...

Right now since I can only do it indoors I am mainly going to stay with extracts (and steeping specialty grains like this first batch.) Trying to keep it somewhat simple to begin with. I do sometime plan to switch to doing all grain (then again maybe not entirely) but I will wait until I can...

Greetings everyone! Brewing my own beer has been on my mind for years and after a very long year of changes in my life I finally find myself in the siutation where I can try it. :rockin: I'm in up in southwest Montana. I hate to use the term beer snob but I can't stand most commercial...