Hello all! I've been lurking around this forum for a couple of weeks, reading and enjoying and learning a lot, so I thought I should really join up and start joining in. Last year I was given a 25l fermentation vessel, hydrometer, siphon and bottle capper as well as a Young's Harvest Bitter kit. Within about a month of making the kit, three of my friends were impressed enough to buy their own equipment.
Now we're all eagerly trying to outdo each other with interesting brews, which have featured chilli, ginger, tamarind, and various fruits (though reading this forum I realise we've come nowhere near the inventiveness of you lot! Milk wine? Blimey.), but I'm still pretty clueless as to the actual craft of brewing, tending just to chuck a load of stuff together, add yeast and see what happens. So hopefully you won't mind when I ask stupid questions!
Now we're all eagerly trying to outdo each other with interesting brews, which have featured chilli, ginger, tamarind, and various fruits (though reading this forum I realise we've come nowhere near the inventiveness of you lot! Milk wine? Blimey.), but I'm still pretty clueless as to the actual craft of brewing, tending just to chuck a load of stuff together, add yeast and see what happens. So hopefully you won't mind when I ask stupid questions!
everyone helps a lot and don't mind the questions (like Moley says 'the only stupid question is the one you don't ask but should have')
