Your First Brew

[mrkristofo]

An IPA. Walked into the LHBS after helping a buddy with a couple brews and grabbed their IPA kit. Told the dude at the store that I knew that I could add some more grains and hops to make it better. Ended up dry-hopping my first brew :rockin: . That IPA was gone within 2 months...which reminds me that there's 3 beers I saved to age and check, and hot damn, one says Do Not Open until October 19. That's today!!! woo woo!!!!


(so yeah, I've been drinkin' while I've been brewin' today. Don't hate me because I abide by the fundamental rule of homebrewing.)

 

[Petunia]

Irish Stout from a Cooper's Kit. My husband now has it on perpetual rotation because he liked it so much.

Jennifer

 

[landhoney]

Hefe extract/specialty grain. Kit from AIHB, left the liquid yeast in the box too long so went to LHBS where he recommended Muntons dry yeast. I didn't know better. So it was really more of an American wheat.

 

[Cheesefood]

Brewers Best IPA. Ended up being horribly bitter.

 

[skeeordye11]

Brewers Best IPA. Ended up being horribly bitter.

Mine was the same as Cheesefood, but oddly enough, I found it not quite hoppy enough for my liking when all was said and done. I just remember smiling from ear to ear for 5 hours thinking, "I'm making beer!" Can't wait to upgrade...

 

[DUCCCC]

Where is EdWort's Apfelwein fall in on the list?

 

[Kevin Dean]

Where is EdWort's Apfelwein fall in on the list?

Other, or not at all. You don't actually brew apfelwein, but that said it WAS my first batch of homemade alcohol.

My first beer was an Irish Red from Midwest. I have to say, it's certainly not what I was expecting. In my opinion it's too hoppy. I have grown fond of hops (thought not a hop head!) but I was expecting a much milder flavour. It's still pretty good. I've still got some of it in the kegerator, though I think it's pretty close to kicking.

 

[DUCCCC]

Other, or not at all. You don't actually brew apfelwein, but that said it WAS my first batch of homemade alcohol.

My first beer was an Irish Red from Midwest. I have to say, it's certainly not what I was expecting. In my opinion it's too hoppy. I have grown fond of hops (thought not a hop head!) but I was expecting a much milder flavour. It's still pretty good. I've still got some of it in the kegerator, though I think it's pretty close to kicking.

How funny, I am planning on either a Nut Brown or an Irish red as my first actual brew also.

 

[BrianP]

Mine was an ESB I crafted using BeerSmith. I just bottled it yesterday - it tastes awesome un-carbed. :rockin:

 

[1fastdoc]

My first was a dark ale extract kit that was a little on the bitter side.

The next one was a nut brown ale kit from the same company -- it initially tasted like drinking a brown ale followed by throwing some grass and dirt from the backyard into your mouth. It mellowed towards something akin to Samuel Smith's eventually.

 

[Klainmeister]

My first was an extract that i put together at the brew store of wheat, tettnangers and wyeast bavarian weizen yeast.

To this day, i have never been able to make that good of a hefe. It was incredible. And i am glad it turned out so well, otherwise i might not have stuck with the hobby.