kornkob
Resident Crazy Uncle
Sometime in 1980 I had my first beer. It was a porter or stout that my old man was brewing in the basement. I was 9. I remember the glass bottles and watching the bubbles in the valves. I recall being sent across the street to a field to pick dandy lions one day so dad could make wine. I remember the still in the garage, because dad always takes his hobbies just a little too far. : )
Fast forward a couple decades. I was looking for Christmass gifts for some of my friends and ran across the 'Mr Beer' kit on one of my web searches. Seeing that stirred up those old memories of boiling pots and gigling containers and the rows of brown bottles in the basement.
So I called up the old man and asked if I could get his brew books and his old brew gear (he's long since moved on to new hobbies-- race cars, side cars and, of all the crazy stunts--- ice drilling on Antarctica) which he happily turned over to me. (3 books by Papazian and a wide assortment of carboys and other gear that'll make it cheap for me to get started)
As is typical for the Robinson men, I'm currently in the 'read lots of stuff about my new hobby before I get my feet wet' mode. Which is what brought me here--- I think I've always learned more about my hobbies by listening to other hobbiests talk about them than I ever did from a book.
While I don't have piles of time (I'm an internal tester for a game developer and we're currently trying to push a pretty big product out the door for Christmas) soon work will slack off significantly and I'm sure I'll be cooking up a pot before too much longer.
Fast forward a couple decades. I was looking for Christmass gifts for some of my friends and ran across the 'Mr Beer' kit on one of my web searches. Seeing that stirred up those old memories of boiling pots and gigling containers and the rows of brown bottles in the basement.
So I called up the old man and asked if I could get his brew books and his old brew gear (he's long since moved on to new hobbies-- race cars, side cars and, of all the crazy stunts--- ice drilling on Antarctica) which he happily turned over to me. (3 books by Papazian and a wide assortment of carboys and other gear that'll make it cheap for me to get started)
As is typical for the Robinson men, I'm currently in the 'read lots of stuff about my new hobby before I get my feet wet' mode. Which is what brought me here--- I think I've always learned more about my hobbies by listening to other hobbiests talk about them than I ever did from a book.
While I don't have piles of time (I'm an internal tester for a game developer and we're currently trying to push a pretty big product out the door for Christmas) soon work will slack off significantly and I'm sure I'll be cooking up a pot before too much longer.
