tekknoschtev
Well-Known Member
This hobby is amazing. I always seem to find something new and interesting to do with this hobby. I started with extract kits, like many do, and quickly became bored with it. Perhaps bored isn't the word, but I wasn't saving money with the kits i was buying, and I wasn't getting the high quality beer that some coworkers of mine were cranking out. Not that extract = lesser quality beer, but I jumped to all grain after a few extract batches just for kicks. BIAB is my style now, and I even wound up buying a grain mill.
Oh, and I pieced together a 4-tap keg fridge, with drip tray, bottle opener, the works. The top freezer is fully of frosty mugs and other various glasses. Its a very satisfying feeling getting home from work, grabbing a frosty glass, pouring a pint and relaxing. I've had to watch my intake though - having 4 kegs of beer on hand at all times has caused a very strange growth in my gut. The desk job doesn't help that any either
But, there always seems to be something more. For my birthday, my sister bought me a 1" stir bar. Tonight, I ran out to The Shack, and picked up a potentimeter, switch, and project box. I cannibalized a CPU fan from an old dual processor machine, clipped the end of a spare power adapter, and stole magnets out of a 2.16GB drive I had laying around (yeah... 2.16GB. I need to get rid of a lot of junk).
So, right now I've got my first starter on a stir plate spinning up. It feels so much more "real" than just having it sit in the flask on the counter and shaking it every time I walk by. Total cost is somewhere around $8, since my sister bought the stir bar and the fan, wall wort power adapter, and magnets were free.
All this for the 10 gallons of Yooper's DFH 60 clone I intend to brew this Saturday. That reminds me... I should start grinding now, because its going to be a lot of grain to grind by hand on the corona mill. I have full intentions of attaching a sprocket to the mill and hooking up an old scrap bike I have laying around to it, for exercise (remember that mystery gut I've been growing?).
I love this hobby!
Oh, and I pieced together a 4-tap keg fridge, with drip tray, bottle opener, the works. The top freezer is fully of frosty mugs and other various glasses. Its a very satisfying feeling getting home from work, grabbing a frosty glass, pouring a pint and relaxing. I've had to watch my intake though - having 4 kegs of beer on hand at all times has caused a very strange growth in my gut. The desk job doesn't help that any either
But, there always seems to be something more. For my birthday, my sister bought me a 1" stir bar. Tonight, I ran out to The Shack, and picked up a potentimeter, switch, and project box. I cannibalized a CPU fan from an old dual processor machine, clipped the end of a spare power adapter, and stole magnets out of a 2.16GB drive I had laying around (yeah... 2.16GB. I need to get rid of a lot of junk).
So, right now I've got my first starter on a stir plate spinning up. It feels so much more "real" than just having it sit in the flask on the counter and shaking it every time I walk by. Total cost is somewhere around $8, since my sister bought the stir bar and the fan, wall wort power adapter, and magnets were free.
All this for the 10 gallons of Yooper's DFH 60 clone I intend to brew this Saturday. That reminds me... I should start grinding now, because its going to be a lot of grain to grind by hand on the corona mill. I have full intentions of attaching a sprocket to the mill and hooking up an old scrap bike I have laying around to it, for exercise (remember that mystery gut I've been growing?).
I love this hobby!
