Comments on: Homebrewing For The First Time http://www.brew-dudes.com/homebrewing-for-the-first-time/260 Resource for home brewers created by home brewers. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:31:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Adam @ Beer Bits 2 http://www.brew-dudes.com/homebrewing-for-the-first-time/260#comment-1351 Adam @ Beer Bits 2 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:10:30 +0000 http://www.brew-dudes.com/homebrewing-for-the-first-time/260#comment-1351 Gotcha! Check the site. While you're there let me know if you want to be on the T-Shirt and also take the poll for the new name for Home Brew Blogging Day. Gotcha! Check the site. While you’re there let me know if you want to be on the T-Shirt and also take the poll for the new name for Home Brew Blogging Day.

]]> By: Darren http://www.brew-dudes.com/homebrewing-for-the-first-time/260#comment-1342 Darren Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:16:56 +0000 http://www.brew-dudes.com/homebrewing-for-the-first-time/260#comment-1342 Ahhh, the early days of brewing. I would assume most every home brewers would have very similar experiences. I bought my first kit in a small town in Northern Vermont. I was still living in my hometown near Pittsburgh, but I traveled quit often just after I graduated college. I think I paid around $40 for a complete kit including a glass carboy, the typical equipment (sans bottles) and the second edition of Charlie Papazaian's book (I had the first chapter nearly memorized before I made it back home to brew my first batch). The first few batches were not the most memorable, yet not a drop found its way to the kitchen sink. There were, to my surprise, a few well stocked home brew suppliers in the Pittsburgh area. I learned as I went and there would be periods of time when the equipment would gather a bit of dust, but it still traveled with me when I would relocate to a number of cities. After marriage, a few kids and a number of businesses, the old brewing equipment was brought out of storage. Now there are two dedicated coolers in the garage, a number of self-made devises for 'growing" yeast and cooling wort as well as plans for a 15 gallon brewing contraption. For any beginning brewer: a single batch does not a brewer make. And yes, I still partake in a Miller High Life now-and-again; if only to reassure myself that I can make some darned good beer. Na zdrowie! Ahhh, the early days of brewing. I would assume most every home brewers would have very similar experiences. I bought my first kit in a small town in Northern Vermont. I was still living in my hometown near Pittsburgh, but I traveled quit often just after I graduated college. I think I paid around $40 for a complete kit including a glass carboy, the typical equipment (sans bottles) and the second edition of Charlie Papazaian’s book (I had the first chapter nearly memorized before I made it back home to brew my first batch).

The first few batches were not the most memorable, yet not a drop found its way to the kitchen sink. There were, to my surprise, a few well stocked home brew suppliers in the Pittsburgh area. I learned as I went and there would be periods of time when the equipment would gather a bit of dust, but it still traveled with me when I would relocate to a number of cities. After marriage, a few kids and a number of businesses, the old brewing equipment was brought out of storage. Now there are two dedicated coolers in the garage, a number of self-made devises for ‘growing” yeast and cooling wort as well as plans for a 15 gallon brewing contraption.

For any beginning brewer: a single batch does not a brewer make. And yes, I still partake in a Miller High Life now-and-again; if only to reassure myself that I can make some darned good beer.

Na zdrowie!

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