Brew noob in VA, reporting for duty!

[Shrewd_Alchemist]

Hello all!

My name is Jake and while I am a relative noob compared to some of you guys, I'm not completely green. I brewed my first batch about 4 years ago. I wasn't an avid brewer at the time, maybe 4-5 batches a year. In January I decided that I wanted to start kegging since bottling is such a pain and I came across this site while scouring the interwebs for kegerator builds. I have been lurking ever since.

While this site has been good to me, it has cost me a fair amount of money as well! I now own a sanyo 4916 kegerator (with two taps) and I just purchased a new all-grain setup. I have only made one all grain batch so far, the orange wheat that is popular on here. I'll be brewing a pale ale this coming weekend I'll post some pictures once my post count gets a little higher, until then, hello and prost!

 

[danielinva]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Phoenix60]

welcome, keep us posted

 

[Shrewd_Alchemist]

Well here we go, my first all grain - the orange wheat!

I actually used wyeast american wheat for this as I don't like a bunch of clove and spice from my yeast. I also used cascade hops to make it a tad more american. This keg is fading fast, my neighbors keep coming over to "sample"

 

[Snafu]

Welcome to the forum! No shortages of Virginian's on here either, cheers

 

[NicCOConnor]

What part of VA are you in? I'm in Northern VA: Chantilly, Fairfax area.

 

[Shrewd_Alchemist]

right outside of richmond, in Powhatan county. I work in richmond, it's just a short commute but I have a few more sticks around my house. It keeps the crazy people out!

 

[BrewSpook]

Welcome.. There are a few of us from Richmond on here.

You got that right about the crazy people, I live here in the city and they are everywhere...