BitchesBrew
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Hello my fellow brewmeisters. I used to do quite a bit of homebrewing, but gave
up on it about ten years ago. Origionally, I had taken up homebrewing after being
stationed in Germany while I was in the army. My tastebuds got spoiled on fresh
Europen beers. When I returned to the US in 1984, I found that almost all of the
Ameriacn beers I could buy locally were completely rancid, with the exception of
Anchor Steam and Sierra Nevada, which were quite expensive on the East Coast.
All of the imported beers from Europe such as Heinekin or Becks, were just mass
produced garbage that were pretty much stale and skunked by the time they
reached the shevles of my local stores. (Not that they were ever good in the first
place.) I ended up taking a stab at home brewing since it was the only reasonable
alternative to be able to enjoy beer without paying seven dollars a six pack.
I hit a homerun with my first batch of simple English pale ale, and kept on
brewing many batches of succesful beers year after year, until dissater struck!
I had just moved into a new house, and the first batch of beer I brewed there
came out completely sour and hideous. I thought perhaps the tap water in my
new locality was no good for brewing. I imported a full carboy of water back
from my old town, and tried brewing another simple batch of ale, which was again
horrible.
I didn't know what to do, so I called the owner of the mailorder supplier I had
been using, to ask what I should do. He informed me that there was a
contamination problem with the last few batches of dry ale yeast I had been
buying. Everyone that had bought the same brand of dry ale yeast that I was
using had the same exact problem.
I ordered another batch of ingredients with a different brand of yeast, and
was back to making good beer again. Unfortunately after making two bad
batches of beer in a row, my enthusiasm for the hobby was greatly diminished.
The microbrew craze was also starting to gather steam at this time. It was no
longer necessary for me to make my own beer, so I just fell out of the habit.
Well, the new year is coming around again, and I started thinking about how
cool it used to be to bust out with a fresh batch of homebrew to kick off the
festivities. I've decided to make brewing my own beer again, to be one of my
New Year's resolutions. To get myself started, I brewed up a simple but reliable
recipe for some English brown ale. It's been in the carboy for the last five days,
undergoing a slow but steady ferment. I'm guessing that it will be ready to
bottle in three or four more days, and should be ready to drink in time for the
big event.
I'd like to introduce myself to my fellow forumites, by raising my mug and
wishing you all successful brewing in the year to come.
up on it about ten years ago. Origionally, I had taken up homebrewing after being
stationed in Germany while I was in the army. My tastebuds got spoiled on fresh
Europen beers. When I returned to the US in 1984, I found that almost all of the
Ameriacn beers I could buy locally were completely rancid, with the exception of
Anchor Steam and Sierra Nevada, which were quite expensive on the East Coast.
All of the imported beers from Europe such as Heinekin or Becks, were just mass
produced garbage that were pretty much stale and skunked by the time they
reached the shevles of my local stores. (Not that they were ever good in the first
place.) I ended up taking a stab at home brewing since it was the only reasonable
alternative to be able to enjoy beer without paying seven dollars a six pack.
I hit a homerun with my first batch of simple English pale ale, and kept on
brewing many batches of succesful beers year after year, until dissater struck!
I had just moved into a new house, and the first batch of beer I brewed there
came out completely sour and hideous. I thought perhaps the tap water in my
new locality was no good for brewing. I imported a full carboy of water back
from my old town, and tried brewing another simple batch of ale, which was again
horrible.
I didn't know what to do, so I called the owner of the mailorder supplier I had
been using, to ask what I should do. He informed me that there was a
contamination problem with the last few batches of dry ale yeast I had been
buying. Everyone that had bought the same brand of dry ale yeast that I was
using had the same exact problem.
I ordered another batch of ingredients with a different brand of yeast, and
was back to making good beer again. Unfortunately after making two bad
batches of beer in a row, my enthusiasm for the hobby was greatly diminished.
The microbrew craze was also starting to gather steam at this time. It was no
longer necessary for me to make my own beer, so I just fell out of the habit.
Well, the new year is coming around again, and I started thinking about how
cool it used to be to bust out with a fresh batch of homebrew to kick off the
festivities. I've decided to make brewing my own beer again, to be one of my
New Year's resolutions. To get myself started, I brewed up a simple but reliable
recipe for some English brown ale. It's been in the carboy for the last five days,
undergoing a slow but steady ferment. I'm guessing that it will be ready to
bottle in three or four more days, and should be ready to drink in time for the
big event.
I'd like to introduce myself to my fellow forumites, by raising my mug and
wishing you all successful brewing in the year to come.
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