Hello from Shelburne, Vermont

[chudsonvt]

Hi All,
New to the forum. My name is CJ and I am located in Shelburne Vermont, right near Burlington Vermont. I am a fairly new brewer. I had wanted to home brew since before I was of legal drinking age. I am now 30. This late winter, I decided it was time to take the plunge.

After about 40 hours or more of research, after work, I decided that I wanted to jump straight into all-grain brewing and kegging since I already had a two tap keggerator that easily holds 2 1/6 bbl (5 gals).

I built my own MLT with a 5 gallon round cooler, custom cut copper piping and a ball valve. I use my single kettle to heat everything and just transfer to another cooler as my HLT. Then I use one of the bayou burners to heat everything.

I have used the setup to brew 9 5gal batches since February. Most of them have been original recipes and they all have been great! There were a few hick-ups, but nothing that resulted in a ruined batch. Also, all learning experiences the resulted in making me a better brewer.

I am looking forward to sharing my experiences, reading about others, learning new things, as well as teaching from my own lessons learned and experiences gained.

I look forward to "working" with everyone.

CJ

 

[jamesewelch]

Hey,

You should check out the Green Mountain Mashers homebrew club. It's mostly around Chittenden County. We hold monthly meetings which usually has either a class about something or a tour of a local brewery lead by the brewer followed by Q&A. We also bring and share homebrews and get feedback from others on our beer.

You can check out the meeting scheduled at https://www.facebook.com/GreenMountainMashers You can just drop in on any of those meetings to check it out.

Cheers,
Jim