Hi all - Mid term report

[shearclass]

Hi

I doubt anyone is interested in this, but i'd just like to say that I've gone from someone who didn't know the first thing about home brewing, to someone who can apparently brew kits to a reasonable standard in five months, and I'm quite proud of myself.

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I'm very rarely proud of myself, so this is quite a good thing for me.

It's been quite expensive getting everything together, but i know it will be much cheaper in the long run, and i'll break even probably by the end of the year. I'm quite skint, and only started doing this to get a few cheap pints of beer. I never thought i'd have so much fun doing it, and become so engrossed into the process and how it all works. This hobby has come from nowhere, and has come to define my year so far.

I started off borrowing some of my dad's stuff, and now i have 3 fermentation buckets, 2 barrels, tons of bottles, a brewing fridge, about 100 pints either at my house or my girlfriends house conditioning/ready to drink, and am currently fermenting my 13th and 14th kits. Despite the fact I only brew kits, with all this equipment i almost feel like a proper brewer.

I've got 99% of my knowledge from help on this forum, and I am massively grateful to all the people who have taken time out of their life to help me. I'm probably at the back of a very long line, but i'd like to join the queue of people waiting for Aleman to produce his "Definitive Guide to Home Brewing"

My life is ridiculously hectic at the moment, and as i mentioned i'm skint, but one day in the not to distant future, when time and money allows, I will purchase the necessary equipment and join the AG brewers on the forum, and I hope you are all still around to continue giving me the help and support that I've received since i joined the forum.

Hopefully I'll learn enough to give some back one day. Many thanks to you all :

PS this is not a Moley style 'I'm on my 3rd bottle of WOW and I'll say what the hell i like' post!

 

[DaveMack]

Hi

I doubt anyone is interested in this,

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Only joking mate ... well done :party:

 

[keith1664]

Hi


PS this is not a Moley style 'I'm on my 3rd bottle of WOW and I'll say what the hell i like' post!

You mean you're sober and don't fancy that girl at work? :lol:

I hope you manage to join us AGers soon. I made 2 kits at the tail end of last summer then went AG. I've found it to be far more rewarding and much better tasting :

 

[Runwell-Steve]

These forums are pretty good for inspiring us.

I decided to take up brewing about 10 months ago to save a bit of money, :lol: :lol: :lol:

I thought extract brewing would be for me, I had done kits in the dim and distant and never had much success.

Many brews later I have saved myself no money at all , but I do have a new shed to house what was in the garage, a garage that has a permanent 60 Litre capacity All Grain shiny brewery, lots of temp controlled fridges, a kegerator and 11 cornies.

And this was meant to save me money. :hmm:

However, I bought some bottled beer the other day, stupidly, it was awful, so bland and tasteless compared to my homebrew it is untrue.

I'm glad I started homebrewing :drink: :drink:

 

[golder247]

Homebrew.. its all good.. !!

 

[shearclass]

You mean you're sober and don't fancy that girl at work? :lol:

Yes, something like that! I'm not a total shambles! Has he been divorced yet?

Steve, I am surprised you have only been brewing for ten moths, you seem to have a lot of knowledge. I know some people post stuff without really knowing what they are talking about, but i get the impression that you do know what you are talking about.

11 cornies is bloody impressive, but why so many?! Pubs don't have that many brews on the go at once! Your brewery sounds ace.

 

[luckyeddie]

You mean you're sober and don't fancy that girl at work? :lol:

Yes, something like that! I'm not a total shambles! Has he been divorced yet?

Steve, I am surprised you have only been brewing for ten moths .....

(snip)

First person I've ever heard of who makes beer for lepidoptera. I was always taught that a little sugar water was all they needed to thrive.

 

[shearclass]

Ha! :rofl:

I had to google lepidoptera and read the post several times, but it got it eventually.

 

[golder247]

who is brewing beer for moths?? the bats round here would love that, ****** up moths would easy to catch... like a night out in bath for a different species I can think of...