New Homebrewer in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba!

[rhodizzle]

Just a couple of first time things I like to clear up: Most of Guantanamo Bay is just a normal Navy Base (like 90%) and no we're not closing. When the news talks about Guantanamo Bay, all you hear about is the detention camps and not the rest of us that are down here. That having been said:

I got into homebrewing because I came from a spoiled background of enjoying high country stouts and porters in Colorado, and the only stout they carry here is Guinness. My startup kit is the Mr. Beer setup and so far it's been pretty fun and I've had good results. I ordered a second of their 2 gallon fermenters (10 bucks isn't a bad deal for a second one) and will probably start building my way up in complexity from where I'm at, but I'm not in a rush. My short term goal is to get some decent beer bottled, then possibly move down to kegging, but I have to work out the logistics of getting CO2 and Nitrogen tanks down here.

The way that I found this site: Googling for kegerator projects and I stumbled across Joker369's mega 7-tap keezer project (which turned out great btw).

Look forward to talking to you all off and on about brewing beer or whatever else!

 

[HalfPint]

Welcome, and thanks for doing what you do,

 

[dwarven_stout]

You should have pretended that you were incarcerated there.

Anyway, welcome!

 

[oceanselv]

Welcome. Thank you and everyone else in the UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES for protecting our rights and freedoms!

 

[rhodizzle]

I used to be in the Army, but now I'm just a government civilian. The guys that are still active duty deserve the praise!

I'll pass them on when I see em .

 

[Homercidal]

You should have pretended that you were incarcerated there.

Anyway, welcome!

I agree that would have been awesome! Any way greetings!

So, let me ask, you are now a civilian, yet still live on Guantanamo?

 

[rhodizzle]

No. I took a job down here as a civilian, having never been here before. I've been out of the Army for a little over three years.

 

[rhodizzle]

Necro post!

I'm back in Colorado Springs and just upgraded to a 5 gallon setup from Midwest. First batch is in secondary as we speak and smells good so far. It's the autumn Amber from Midwest. Happy brewing!