Hello from Upstate NY

[New Brew]

Hey there,

Another new guy here; had a little experience with extract brewing 5-6 years ago, and decided to give it a go again recently.

I live in an apartment, so I'm starting with small-batch brewing (2-2.5 Gal) to keep the space used in check. For now I'm planning to just use a Mr. Beer keg as my fermentor (with real ingredients) to make about 1 case at a time.

I hear there are 3 gallon Better Bottles (PET) out there, but I haven't been able to track an unported one down to use as a primary, which would be better than the MB keg.

I love wheat beer, particularly traditional bavarian hefeweizen, so that's going to be the first style I make an attempt at.

 

[RichBrewer]

Welcome back to brewing and welcome to HBT!
Sounds like a good way for you to brew right now but we will get you into at least 5 gallon batches before you know it.

 

[2nd Street Brewery]

Welcome to the boards, where you at in NY? I'm just a little south of Albany myself. A few others from this area too. Chillhaze is down closer to the city.

 

[New Brew]

Hi again,

I'm smack in the middle of the finger lakes, in Ithaca. Not sure how much homebrewing is going on around here, I haven't run into any local shops.

 

[the_bird]

My mother-in-law lives in that general area, out in Bath. Lots of good wine in the area; last time we were visiting, the wife, her brother, and I pretended that we were grown-ups for an afternoon and did some wine tastings. Good times, spending too much money on booze.

Anyway, welcome to the forum!

 

[Rodanrodanadana]

Welcome from the top end of I-81.