I quit drinking beer!

[HopKing]

On a bet....for about 4 months...until my nephew turned me on to Hoegaarden. But I had a problem with the $40+ price tag for a case. Then I couldn't find it in the Sooner state after Anheuser Busch got involved. So, I decided to make my own!
After about 4 or 5 weeks of reading and researching (internet is awesome) I made my first extract brew. After the smoke cleared I felt like I had been digging a ditch all day! I was wore out. But... it was worth it. My beer tasted much better than I expected.
Notice I said "tasted". After a week in the keg I invited my nephew and his wife over to have a brew. Then I ran across a neighber...and his wife...and his brother.... and everybody loved it! Unfortunately, it seemed like only minutes until somebody came up to me with a mug full of foam and a face full of shock. It was gone....and I complained about the price of Hoegaarden. Oh well. No turning back now! AG is not far off! Cheers!!!

 

[the_Roqk]

So the problem you have now is not having "real" beer on hand and you've quit drinking BMC swill. Welcome to the "real" world of beer! By the way, always make more than you can drink. Just ask BierMuncher!

 

[bradsul]

So the problem you have now is not having "real" beer on hand and you've quit drinking BMC swill. Welcome to the "real" world of beer! By the way, always make more than you can drink. Just ask BierMuncher!

I think that deserves a thread hint.

Edit: Oh and welcome aboard HopKing! I hope you enjoy your new obsession like the rest of us do!

 

[skou]

HopKing, let me also welcome you to this Forum, AND to the world of REAL Beer drinkers!

(Oh, if you're doing it right, {and tell your friends} you'll ALWAYS be out of beer.)(Unless you brew WAY too much!)

steve

 

[HopKing]

Thaks for the welcome!
So, what I'm getting out of this so far is: Good beer + friends/family = NO REAL BEER! And... SIZE (of the batch) DOES MATTER!

 

[DeadYetiBrew]

Thaks for the welcome!
So, what I'm getting out of this so far is: Good beer + friends/family = NO REAL BEER! And... SIZE (of the batch) DOES MATTER!

Remember when you were always told Patience was a virtue.... Well by God, Homebrewing is when patience pays off... Trust me, exercise your patience, you'll be glad you did... (always wait for it to condition it's 10x better)...

Oh and ALWAYS hide bottles where you KNOW you'll forget about them and then one day stumble on them.......

 

[david_42]

There's an easy solution to running out of beer. Move to rural Oregon, high up on a ridge where no one can find you.

 

[Drunkensatyr]

Or, you follow in most of our footprints and drive yourself insane with the sheer amount of brewing equipment you keep on hand so that you can crank out ungodly streams of beer!

 

[Rhoobarb]

... Oh and ALWAYS hide bottles where you KNOW you'll forget about them and then one day stumble on them...

No kidding! Just last night I came across a bottle of my Russian Imperial Stout that I thought was kaput! I don't normally have beer during the week, but last night, after stumbling across this bottle at dinnertime, I thought it would be the perfect dessert. And, man, was it good! Wow!

Welcome aboard, HopKing. When I was a kid, our family lived in Tulsa for a dozen years many, many years ago.

 

[jnorris]

Welcome HopKing!! Its always nice to have another Sooner brewer. What city are you located in, I'm in OKC.

 

[BierMuncher]

So the problem you have now is not having "real" beer on hand and you've quit drinking BMC swill. Welcome to the "real" world of beer! By the way, always make more than you can drink. Just ask BierMuncher!

My ears were burning...

Welcome to the homebrew habit HopKing. You'll never lay down another saw-buck for a commercial beer.

Oh...and who said I'm brewing more beer than I can drink???

 

[Cheesefood]

There's a recipe for Hoegaarden in my sig that's pretty dead-on for taste (just not for color). It benefits from aging.

 

[the_Roqk]

My ears were burning...

Oh...and who said I'm brewing more beer than I can drink???

My BAD! No disrespect. But after your last thread.....

I have this “friend” who just tallied up how much homebrew “he” has brewed this year.

Here’s the run-down.
January 1st – 5 gallons English Ale
January 5th – 5 gallons Kissing Toads Stout
January 13th – 5 gallons Hefeweisen
January 20th – 5 gallons American Pale
January 26th – 5 gallons Kolsch (1st All Grain)
February 3rd – 5 gallons Black Pearl Porter
February 9th – 5 gallons Cheesefoods Caramel Cream
February 17th – 5 gallons Session APA
February 24th – 5 gallons Ordinary Bitters
March 3rd – 5 gallons EdWorts Apfelwien
March 10th – 5 gallons Blue Balls Belgian Wit
March 17th – 5 gallons SWMBO Slayer Belgian Blonde
March 24th – 5 gallons German AltBier
March 31st – 5 gallons Blue Balls Belgian Wit
April 7th – 5 gallons Blue Balls Belgian Wit (I like this beer)
April 14th – 5 gallons APA
April 21st – 10 gallons SWMBO Slayer Belgian Blonde
April 27th – 10 gallons Nierara Sevada Pale Ale
May 5th - 10 gallons Guinness Stout
May 13th – 10 gallons Orange Kolsch
May 20th – 10 gallons Red Hook ESB
May 26th – 10 gallons Bass & Co Pale Ale
June 2nd – 10 gallons Blue Balls Belgian Wit
June 9th – 10 gallons Nierara Sevada Pale Ale
June 16th – 10 (more) gallons Nierara Sevada Pale Ale
June 23rd – 10 gallons EdWorts HausAle

Up next:
June 30th – 10 gallons Boulevard Wheat
That’s 190 gallons in six month. He's promised to stop brewing immediately....


I am jealous though! Gotta give ya credit where credit is due! Cheers to ya!