Congrats, Brett.
Let me offer a bit of caution: keep thinking where you want to be in 3 months. You've brewed one successful batch, have another (1-gallon) fermenting.
Keep working on the process, each time try to do something better. I'd also suggest you stay with one type of volume, either 5-gallon or 1-gallon. Hard to dial in the process when you keep changing the process.
And as you're still early in the process, simpler brews are more likely to result in satisfactory results than complicated ones.
Yesterday, for the first time, I (we) did a double brew day, two batches. A friend of mine is getting started in brewing, we first did a recipe for me, then one for him, and he took the fermenter w/ his brew home to, well, monitor it.
That was my 25th and 26th batches and still there were a couple goofs--forgot to include a water addition (added it late, it was fine), and didn't get one yeast reconstitution going as soon as I should have. Wasn't a problem, just extended the time a bit. Part of that was having a friend there (better than the last time though, that's for sure), and part trying to coordinate two batches, both of which were all-grain.
I don't know the point at which I become an "experienced" homebrewer, but I sense I'm not quite there yet. I'm still learning things (I suspect that never ends), still finding ways to improve.
So, as you move forward, my suggestion is you do so at a brisk walking pace, and try to avoid the temptation to run at full speed.
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Part of yesterday was breaking in new brewing equipment. A beautiful new 10-gallon Spike Brewing kettle, a new Blichmann Hellfire burner, a Jaded Brewing Hydra immersion chiller, a new Thermoworks Mk IV thermometer.
For the most part, outstanding equipment. The in- and -out connections on the Hydra are reversed from what I've had, and I needed to adjust to that. Need a new hose for the out side, my old one is only 10' long. I had that secured in the sink (I thought
) and it flopped out when the water was turned on, a little exciting for a minute or two.
BTW, that chiller is freaking fast. So is the burner, and the kettle is great.