Memphis Guy... Time to stop lurking.

[anarchy99]

I've always wanted to get into home brewing, I just needed a push in the right direction. I actually bought all the stuff to start a few years back in San Diego but due to constant deployments, never got around to making the plunge. I was recently stationed back in the Memphis area and everyone I work with homebrews. After hanging out with them on a few brew weekends, I figured I wanted to finally take the plunge. After getting a Coopers DIY kit for christmas from a relative, I made that plunge slowly...just the tip. Those little kits are great confidence builders and make some pretty decent beer. From there, I went to extract brewing and fell in love with everything but DME, damn devil powder!!!!! From there, I did about 15 of those, in around 3 months, and a chance encounter with a more beer brew sculpture on craigslist got me started with the all grain bug. Just finished my second batch yesterday, of course with nothing going right and more issues than national geographic... Still, I can't wait for the next batch!!!!

sorry, I know everyone likes pictures!!!!!

 

[anarchy99]

A buddy was getting rid of some cornys, I told him I'd take them off of his hands. 10 free cornys... I'm rich!!!!!

 

[water2beer]

You still in Memphis? Got any brews coming up?

 

[anarchy99]

yeah, I'm still here. Just got back from a trip. I may brew this weekend but I'm not sure. I think I'm going to start early if I do to keep from being caught in the heat.

 

[Hops4life]

Man i'm jealous of the setup... I'm in Germantown. Do you do stuff with the local club(s)??

 

[Vernacular]

Greetings from Western New York... Deployments? You must be military then?

 

[anarchy99]

Greetings from Western New York... Deployments? You must be military then?

Yeah. Navy

As far as local clubs here in Memphis I know about a couple of them from the local home brew store but I haven't gotten around to meeting with any of them, etc

 

[oasisbliss]

Wow !

 

[barrooze]

I'm loving the 10 free cornies! I love me some free pin locks!

 

[anarchy99]

Yeah, I was super excited to get the free cornies. I had to buy all my last ones and the shipping is retarded. I've been busy brewing but I haven't cleaned the new cornies yet so I should probably get on that. If anyone local in Memphis wants to meet up to brew we can probably plan something.

 

[anarchy99]

picked up a craigslist find stainless steel table last night to use as a brewing table. I was getting sick of having to re sanatize items every time I picked them up. I figured this would make life easier. It's about 6 feet long by 3 feet wide with a shelf underneath for storage and casters. Just need to clean it up.