tekknoschtev
Well-Known Member
I've been home brewing on and off for the last several years. The first two brews were done while I was in college. Scrimped to save up for a kit, choked at the price when I factored in the risk that they'd not turn out well. Only knocked down two batches while I was in college and then it was a couple of years after before I started back up. My initial brews were extract, or extract with specialty grains.
And start back up I did. Less than 6 months ago, my brother and I bought a fridge, converted it to a 4-tap kegerator, and picked up 5 extra kegs, just in case. For the last month or two, we've been brewing at least every other week, sometimes multiple brews in a day. Our last kegging day, we started the process of washing yeast just to see if we could do it successfully, and the cream ale fermenting now suggests that it worked. In fact, we've got a couple starters working now to get us a culture of pacman yeast. We're spun up and each of our brews is an all grain BIAB endeavor. Easy, lots of fun, and definitely seems to be doing the trick.
Today, my brother and I returned from the homebrew shop with a second 50 pound bag of 2-row, and other grains and hops to make up another 20 gallons of beer. I also picked up the stuff to make up a beer gun so we can bottle a few of our beers. We picked up a corona style mill to get going on grinding our own grains - neither my brother or I are looking forward to that, and I suspect we'll be hooking the drill up to it after our first one.
I think all that's left for us to pick up to make things easier is larger pots with handles. We have a 12 gallon pot now but it doesn't have any handles so lugging it around is a challenge, especially with 8 gallons of mash water in it.
I blame all of you.
And start back up I did. Less than 6 months ago, my brother and I bought a fridge, converted it to a 4-tap kegerator, and picked up 5 extra kegs, just in case. For the last month or two, we've been brewing at least every other week, sometimes multiple brews in a day. Our last kegging day, we started the process of washing yeast just to see if we could do it successfully, and the cream ale fermenting now suggests that it worked. In fact, we've got a couple starters working now to get us a culture of pacman yeast. We're spun up and each of our brews is an all grain BIAB endeavor. Easy, lots of fun, and definitely seems to be doing the trick.
Today, my brother and I returned from the homebrew shop with a second 50 pound bag of 2-row, and other grains and hops to make up another 20 gallons of beer. I also picked up the stuff to make up a beer gun so we can bottle a few of our beers. We picked up a corona style mill to get going on grinding our own grains - neither my brother or I are looking forward to that, and I suspect we'll be hooking the drill up to it after our first one.
I think all that's left for us to pick up to make things easier is larger pots with handles. We have a 12 gallon pot now but it doesn't have any handles so lugging it around is a challenge, especially with 8 gallons of mash water in it.
I blame all of you.
if your going to do it, go BIG
