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Redpappy

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So here is my story. I started this hobby back in November. Thinking nothing of it . As I started brewing my first Mr. Beer brew I told myself that it was just something to do. I get the first brew fermenting, and the misses and I decide to go ahead and see about getting a home built. So I’m thinking, I will need to keep it simple and not invest into this hobby, because I don’t want to have to move more stuff than I need to in 8 to as months. Well, before I even tasted mr beer that I made, I didn’t care for the simplicity of mr beer, so I had to purchase a 5 gal starter kit. So I told myself, I will just need to deal with what I have until I move. Now in the meantime, I brewed the last receipe I had gotten with my Mr Beer kit as well as the kit that came with my starter kit ( an amber ale). 3 brews later, ( 6 weeks) I picked up a stout and an alt beer. Oh.. darn... I only have 1 fermenter...hmm so I had to get another fermenter. I got them brewed up, and silly o me did not pay much attention to them.hmm. The alt beer needs to sit 30 days in a second fermenter and the stout is 3 weeks.... dam it.. I need another bucket. So I had to get another bucket so that I can brew this week (original plan, which I’m sticking too, was to brew every 2 weeks). Right now I brew on my stove top, but come spring time, how nice would it be to brew out doors. So I had To buy a burner, which should be here by Friday . I busted my thermometer, so Dad(my helper) bought one, and I purchased one as well. I’m also looking into starting to do 1 gal BIAB, and possibly using a mash tun, which means more equipment.

Why did I say awful hobby, I really wasn’t planning/wanting to buy anything because of the move so here it is 3 months into a hobby and I have 3 fermenter, a burner on the way, a bucket for my sanitizer, a wort chiller, 2 thermometers, hydrometer, over 100 bottles, and other equipment, And the list keeps growing. What was I thinking? And it’s only been 3 months. But yet... I can’t wait for Friday, Brew day... awful I tell you, just plain awful.

Thanks for listening to my happy ramblings..
 
I hear ya bro, When i shop for homebrew supplies i say to myself "ok you just need DME to make a starter" next thing you know i got 2 new buckets ,20lbs of 2 row, 2 packs of yeast,8 oz of hops, 17 hop bags..its insanity.
 
Yeah... I can definitely relate. Been brewing since last year in January and started more seriously in August. Now I have 5 Speidel fermenters, a Grainfather Connect with the Grainfather Sparge Heater, a bucket only used for bottling, hundreds of bottles. I recently just got a pH meter 'cause I believe my beers suffered from a serious pH issue...

I don't think it ever stops, as you can always improve something and buy something new you need. And then things break down or become unusable, so you have to change them and next time you will want something better, bigger, bolder, etc.
 
Just one little tip from me, skip the secondary, just leave it in primary. I know a lot of recipes and kits still ask for secondary but it is a thing of the past.actually, it is very beneficial for the beer if it stays on the yeast for an extended amount of time after fermentation has finished, as the yeast has time to clean up fermentation byproducts and off flavors.

The good news is, free fermenter! More beer!
 
It's the voices in my head talking, what should be my next beer, and the one after that, and the one after that..........then it starts on what my next equipment purchase should be. At least my wonderful wife understands the obsession!
 
the mrs was not best pleased when i vetoed going on holiday due to tight funds and then received a £550 ($7-800) shiny metal bucket in the mail a couple weeks later. "i cant afford not to have it" i said. my reasoning was flawless, however she refused to understand.
 
You really need to take a step back and figure out the important things. Your moving soon and you need to decide if your going to dedicate space in the new house for an electric 3 vessel system with conical uni tanks and a dedicated tap room.

Brew on :)
This!!! :D

Focus!
 
You really need to take a step back and figure out the important things. Your moving soon and you need to decide if your going to dedicate space in the new house for an electric 3 vessel system with conical uni tanks and a dedicated tap room.

Brew on :)

The wife has given me the basement, she calling it my man cave. So, with her giving me the basement, I’m trying to figure out where the sink should be, researching on ventilation, I’m shooting to be close to the breaker box so when I need to run the wire it won’t be to far. I am starting off with a full fridge, just to store beer, hops, and possibly yeast.

Ohh, and to add to my list I just picked up a small 2 gal bucket to start doing 1 gal BIAB. To tinker with receipes/ and to do SMaSH.

Wait until the all grain bug bites.

I am hopping/trying to stay with extract till I move..
 
LOL... When I got divorced, I for the most part simply parted with most of the furniture in the house and let my ex have it.

Still needed a 17' U-haul to move on when the house sold, primarily for all the brew gear, grilling gear, multiple fridges, shelving units (full of brew gear), etc.

It wouldn't shock me if 75% of my assets (not counting clothes and car) were either brewing or cooking related.
 
LOL... When I got divorced, I for the most part simply parted with most of the furniture in the house and let my ex have it.

Still needed a 17' U-haul to move on when the house sold, primarily for all the brew gear, grilling gear, multiple fridges, shelving units (full of brew gear), etc.

It wouldn't shock me if 75% of my assets (not counting clothes and car) were either brewing or cooking related.

sounds like youve wasted 25percent of your money
 
LOL... When I got divorced, I for the most part simply parted with most of the furniture in the house and let my ex have it.

Still needed a 17' U-haul to move on when the house sold, primarily for all the brew gear, grilling gear, multiple fridges, shelving units (full of brew gear), etc.

It wouldn't shock me if 75% of my assets (not counting clothes and car) were either brewing or cooking related.

This sounds too familiar as I moved out of our house 3 weeks back due to serious, on-going issues with SWMBO. The 17 foot U-Haul was filled with bedroom, office furniture and the rest was brew gear. My brother and friend said they expected some homebrew in payment for helping me move. Just brewed up my first batch in the condo I'm renting on Sunday.
 
Blasphemy! You must pray to the stainless steel kettle and ask for forgiveness for the evil you speak! Then do it again in two weeks......
 
Im guessing you havent figured out how well home grown and home brewed go together, because then you get to fund two hobbies at once.....

Lifes a bitch aint it?
 
I had a terminal case, brewed one extract brew, one all grain in new equipment, and then built a Brutus 10. Don’t worry you haven’t even come close to just how awful this hobby can get.... but being that you’re building a house.... a brew room wouldn’t be hard to add....
 
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