lovesdirt
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Hi everyone! Figured I'd be lurking in this forum a bit, so I thought I'd introduce myself. Here's my story:
So, over the summer my husband, a friend of ours, and I were talking about how fun it would be to start our own brewery, given the lack of a good microbrewery in our area. We'd never brewed before, but we are all fans of the "good" stuff. We even tossed around names for some beer, what our tasting room would look like. All the entrepreneurial stuff... But the idea was put on hold when we returned to reality and realized we have no $$$ to start a business yet
Come this fall, another friend of ours suggested we hold an Oktoberfest party and have a brew-off. We had been thinking too big!! We all have to start somewhere!! Of course, we were the first to jump in and get all the supplies - we're go-getters when it comes to doing fun stuff that we want to do. We had our beer done and nearly ready to bottle before any of our friends decided that things were serious, and that they had better get started, since the brew-off was their idea.
We went with a chocolate-espresso stout, which we have lovingly named after a man-eating grizzly bear. I'm sure someone will be offended by this, but lighten up! We make jokes like this only because we risk death by bears everyday (we work outside, in grizzly country). I love bears. Anyway, we've secretly sampled our beer already, and I'm thinking it'll take 1st (beginners' luck)! We find out this Sat!!
For our next batch, we are going to try a pumpkin-wheat. Wish us luck!! I'll be picking your brewing-brains soon!
So, over the summer my husband, a friend of ours, and I were talking about how fun it would be to start our own brewery, given the lack of a good microbrewery in our area. We'd never brewed before, but we are all fans of the "good" stuff. We even tossed around names for some beer, what our tasting room would look like. All the entrepreneurial stuff... But the idea was put on hold when we returned to reality and realized we have no $$$ to start a business yet
Come this fall, another friend of ours suggested we hold an Oktoberfest party and have a brew-off. We had been thinking too big!! We all have to start somewhere!! Of course, we were the first to jump in and get all the supplies - we're go-getters when it comes to doing fun stuff that we want to do. We had our beer done and nearly ready to bottle before any of our friends decided that things were serious, and that they had better get started, since the brew-off was their idea.
We went with a chocolate-espresso stout, which we have lovingly named after a man-eating grizzly bear. I'm sure someone will be offended by this, but lighten up! We make jokes like this only because we risk death by bears everyday (we work outside, in grizzly country). I love bears. Anyway, we've secretly sampled our beer already, and I'm thinking it'll take 1st
(beginners' luck)! We find out this Sat!!For our next batch, we are going to try a pumpkin-wheat. Wish us luck!! I'll be picking your brewing-brains soon!
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