First Brew an outstanding success

[Kentish Man]

Hi one and all ,

I am now on my third evening of sampling my very first Home brew, yes you guessed it I like a drink, and this happens to be thoroughly enjoyable.

Xmas 2012 gift from the better half = Basic home brew kit with Young's Scottish Heavy as my introduction, as I we are only here (in the UK) for a few months of the year I put off starting to brew, but three and a half weeks ago my curiosity got the better of me and now we are in full flow. Upon drawing my first pint from the pressure barrel it became clear that it was far from carbonated, a quick squirt of C02 from the 8oz cartridge revealed a leek in the valve and also produced my first cloudy sweet pint. WOW, 3 pints later and I was flying!
Why is it that some types of alcohol give you giggles and make you high others just get you drunk? Happy as Larry , yeah you bet.

So the next morning it was straight up Wilkinson's for a couple of Woodfordes wherry, the first of which is now nearly ready for the pressure barrel, for which I have now brought a new lid with an S30 Valve and a gas bottle.

Today has been spent scouring Ebay for Corny Kegs and fittings and planning how I am gonna ship my newly acquired equipment back to Ibiza when we leave in 8 weeks time.

From this forum I have gleaned so much information, thanks to all of you who post here. :)

Get ready residents of Port des Torrent, Ibiza, the party will be at my house all summer long, :party:

More posts sure to follow :drunk:

 

[bobsbeer]

Welcome. :

 

[dennisking]

Hi and welcome, was going to say this hobby is addictive but sounds like you have discovered that.

 

[artyb]

welcome aboard ... :thumb:

whats the address for the party... :party:

 

[joe1002]

Welcome to the forum :

 

[Scott]

That must be rubbish, living in Ibiza for the majority of the year!

 

[RokDok]

That must be rubbish, living in Ibiza for the majority of the year!

Yeah,

Aren't you gonna get jealous of us enjoying the glorious weather here ?

Seriously you're gonna have to sort yourself out with some all grain kit to take with you- your health is otherwise going to suffer if all you've got is fizzy cerveja.

Cheers

RD

 

[Kentish Man]

Guys , Ibiza sounds better than it actually is, there is the weather the clear blue sea , everybody in the summer mood, Oh and I happen to drive a Parasailing boat for a living full of young folk wearing virtually no clothes. (Look me up on You tube. Takeoff Parasailing Ibiza)


There are however no Real Ale Pubs with their wonderful summer gardens, and no lazy weekends spent in those aformentioned pubs; you can take the man out of Kent but you cant take Kent out of the man. I miss the UK Summers.

But I have a feeling that this summer might just about be bearable if I am dispensing a nice drop of real ale from those Corney Kegs I have just ordered. :

No home brew shop locally so its back off to Wilkinsons this morning for another FV and another Kit, as I cant see what I have here lasting more than a couple of weeks.

Thanks for the comments folks, I am hooked.

Currently Drinking: Youngs Scottish Heavy

Fermenting Woodfordes Wherry, Racking today.