Thanks for allowing me to participate here.
I'm a homebrewer from East Tennessee. I consider myself a novice brewer, but perhaps not a complete newbie. That being said, it's been several years since I last brewed a batch. Let's just say building and moving into a new house quickly turns into a black hole that consumes all free time.
I like dark ales with lots of hops, both flavor and aroma. My wife tends to go for light commercial beers. I hope to be able to brew a beer she will like and wean her off the canned stuff.
I still have most of the equipment I need: one 3-gallon and three 5-gallon carboys; a couple hundred 16 ounce (1/2 liter?) Grolsch flip top bottles, both brown and green. It may be that my 6 gallon plastic brewing bucket may have had it--I'm not sure I'll be able to clean it sufficiently for a sanitized process. I wouldn't expect siphon tubing and airlocks to be much of an acquisition problem. The airlocks I had before were all plastic. I'd rather have a couple of glass ones if I can find them. I'm sure my old rubber stoppers are all toast.
I'm also a Certified Tennessee Extension Master Gardener. I'm looking for a suitable place in my yard to grow a few varieties of hops. I'd like to grow some barley, too, but I'm sure I don't have enough garden for a brewable crop. Malting and roasting might be more of a challenge than I'd want to tackle as well.
I'll be very interested to see where the science of homebrewing has taken the hobby since I last brewed. Back then, I was mostly using kits (cans of pre-hopped malt syrup), although I did make an all grain stout from scratch once. I never used corn sugar. Instead I always used barley malt extract for the recipe and final conditioning. Somewhere around here I've got an old CO2 tank and a 5 gallon cola dispenser. Now I'm wondering if I can use a soda stream for carbonation. I don't have one yet, but am looking forward to the experiment.
The chief reason I searched for a homebrewing forum this week is to find if anybody sells cases for 16 ounce Grolsch flip top bottles. Cardboard boxes are...not ideal. I'd rather not go to the expense of fabricating my own. I think injection molded plastic ones would be both inexpensive and utilitarian. I envision something like the crates Pepsi uses to deliver their products. All suggestions are welcome!
I'm a homebrewer from East Tennessee. I consider myself a novice brewer, but perhaps not a complete newbie. That being said, it's been several years since I last brewed a batch. Let's just say building and moving into a new house quickly turns into a black hole that consumes all free time.
I like dark ales with lots of hops, both flavor and aroma. My wife tends to go for light commercial beers. I hope to be able to brew a beer she will like and wean her off the canned stuff.
I still have most of the equipment I need: one 3-gallon and three 5-gallon carboys; a couple hundred 16 ounce (1/2 liter?) Grolsch flip top bottles, both brown and green. It may be that my 6 gallon plastic brewing bucket may have had it--I'm not sure I'll be able to clean it sufficiently for a sanitized process. I wouldn't expect siphon tubing and airlocks to be much of an acquisition problem. The airlocks I had before were all plastic. I'd rather have a couple of glass ones if I can find them. I'm sure my old rubber stoppers are all toast.
I'm also a Certified Tennessee Extension Master Gardener. I'm looking for a suitable place in my yard to grow a few varieties of hops. I'd like to grow some barley, too, but I'm sure I don't have enough garden for a brewable crop. Malting and roasting might be more of a challenge than I'd want to tackle as well.
I'll be very interested to see where the science of homebrewing has taken the hobby since I last brewed. Back then, I was mostly using kits (cans of pre-hopped malt syrup), although I did make an all grain stout from scratch once. I never used corn sugar. Instead I always used barley malt extract for the recipe and final conditioning. Somewhere around here I've got an old CO2 tank and a 5 gallon cola dispenser. Now I'm wondering if I can use a soda stream for carbonation. I don't have one yet, but am looking forward to the experiment.
The chief reason I searched for a homebrewing forum this week is to find if anybody sells cases for 16 ounce Grolsch flip top bottles. Cardboard boxes are...not ideal. I'd rather not go to the expense of fabricating my own. I think injection molded plastic ones would be both inexpensive and utilitarian. I envision something like the crates Pepsi uses to deliver their products. All suggestions are welcome!
