JBTrashy
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Long time reader first time poster tuning in from good ole Winston-Salem, NC. I've probably been lurking on these forums off and on for a couple of years now.
I'm sure this is the time of year where you batten down the hatches and prepare for the surge of new posts from the fortunate ones who received starter kits for Christmas.
I've been flirting with the idea of making my own inebriates for a long time and when the holiday season came around I knew what was going on my Christmas list.
Growing up my grandfather was always "stinking up the house" making beer if you let my Grandmother tell it. As a child he used to let me help with the mundane tasks but only if I promised not to tell anyone in school.
Thanks to my loving girlfriend or (SWMBO -see, I've been paying attention) I am one of the fortunate ones. My first (extract) brew day was yesterday and I recruited my younger, much less handsome brother to be my brew buddy.
Everything went surprisingly smooth with the exception of forgetting to take a gravity reading, and the absolute eternity it took the wort to cool to pitching temps but overall I think it went really well.
I think I'm a bit obsessive with sanitation and I feel like even the particles in the air I can't see are actively trying to sabotage me at all times, especially when my back is turned.
Those sneaky little bastards are probably millimeters away from the seal of the bung in the mouth of my carboy as we speak, waging an unholy war of mutating pestilence against all that is good and delicious.
Buuuut anyway, thanks to you guys I have 5 gallons of an Irish Red Ale bubbling away in the primary in the closet at home. Hopefully she turns out good.
I have a spare 5gal. carboy that's just sitting there since I'm not going to do a secondary, so I might try a hard cider or something for SWMBO. Now I just need more 6gal. and I'll start looking for another kit to brew!
Cheers!
I'm sure this is the time of year where you batten down the hatches and prepare for the surge of new posts from the fortunate ones who received starter kits for Christmas.
I've been flirting with the idea of making my own inebriates for a long time and when the holiday season came around I knew what was going on my Christmas list.
Growing up my grandfather was always "stinking up the house" making beer if you let my Grandmother tell it. As a child he used to let me help with the mundane tasks but only if I promised not to tell anyone in school.
Thanks to my loving girlfriend or (SWMBO -see, I've been paying attention) I am one of the fortunate ones. My first (extract) brew day was yesterday and I recruited my younger, much less handsome brother to be my brew buddy.
Everything went surprisingly smooth with the exception of forgetting to take a gravity reading, and the absolute eternity it took the wort to cool to pitching temps but overall I think it went really well.
I think I'm a bit obsessive with sanitation and I feel like even the particles in the air I can't see are actively trying to sabotage me at all times, especially when my back is turned.
Those sneaky little bastards are probably millimeters away from the seal of the bung in the mouth of my carboy as we speak, waging an unholy war of mutating pestilence against all that is good and delicious.
Buuuut anyway, thanks to you guys I have 5 gallons of an Irish Red Ale bubbling away in the primary in the closet at home. Hopefully she turns out good.
I have a spare 5gal. carboy that's just sitting there since I'm not going to do a secondary, so I might try a hard cider or something for SWMBO. Now I just need more 6gal. and I'll start looking for another kit to brew!
Cheers!
