Greeting from Southeast Texas

[Torchiest]

Hi everybody!

I've been brewing for a month now, and I have three batches under my belt so far. The first was intended to be a Trappist style, but due to modifcations made by the peson teaching me to brew which I did not understand at the time, I think it's coming out more like an amber. The second is a porter I flavored with vanilla, chocolate, and hazelnut. The third is a Christmas ale, the recipe for which I designed myself.

All my recipes have been extract with specialty grains. The first batch has been conditioning for three weeks and tasted pretty good a few days ago. The second batch has been in bottles for almost a week, and will be tasted tomorrow. The third batch has been fermenting for three days.

I've used Nottingham dry yeast all three times, but after reading about yeast quite a bit recently, I think I'm going to switch to White Labs liquid yeast for my next batch. I'm totally loving this new hobby, and plan on trying to brew a batch every other week! I think my next batch will be either an oatmeal stout, or a more informed second attempt at a Trappist.

Thanks for reading this!

-=tO

 

[disaffected]

Greetings, tO, and welcome to the forum. Sounds like you're off to a great start. Stick around and post a lot. We all have a great time here, and there is much to learn for all.

 

[chillHayze]

Welcome and Grettings!

Did you recently move to Texas?

I ask because there was nil a "Howdy" in your post.

 

[fiddup_is_a_middup]

welcome, sounds like you're diving right in. Happy Brewing