Brewdoug
Well-Known Member
Returning to Homebrewing after an absence of 25 years or so. Brewed kits back then, but lost interest after trying a Rotokeg for storage and losing 2 complete batches (maybe leaky seal or not sanitised well enough) and gave up, deciding it was cheaper to buy the stuff.
Anyway, while perusing the local home brew shop recently I made an impulse purchase of a Youngs American Amber Ale kit. Dug my old kit out of the loft and decided it best to replace everything for safety except hydrometer and sample jar (this impulse buy's getting expensive). It's taken a little while to start the kit while I've collected enough bottles and drank the strange brown liquid that was in the ones I bought in the supermarket, but started it off yesterday and it's now bubbling away healthily in a corner of the dining room.
The waiting time has been well spent hanging around this excellent forum and I feel I already know some of you guys quite well and picked up some useful advice. This of course has led to additional purchases: Starsan, autosyphon, builders trub, aquarium heater etc.
Assuming this brew turns out well and I enjoy returning to my old hobby I intend to try AG next, which I was tempted to do all those years ago when I owned a copy of Ken Shales' Advanced Home Brewing, but never got round to it. Probably go with BIAB in a 19L stockpot first as the outlay will be fairly small and give me chance to experiment without producing 40 pints of one beer.
Looking forward to spending time with you folks.
Anyway, while perusing the local home brew shop recently I made an impulse purchase of a Youngs American Amber Ale kit. Dug my old kit out of the loft and decided it best to replace everything for safety except hydrometer and sample jar (this impulse buy's getting expensive). It's taken a little while to start the kit while I've collected enough bottles and drank the strange brown liquid that was in the ones I bought in the supermarket, but started it off yesterday and it's now bubbling away healthily in a corner of the dining room.
The waiting time has been well spent hanging around this excellent forum and I feel I already know some of you guys quite well and picked up some useful advice. This of course has led to additional purchases: Starsan, autosyphon, builders trub, aquarium heater etc.
Assuming this brew turns out well and I enjoy returning to my old hobby I intend to try AG next, which I was tempted to do all those years ago when I owned a copy of Ken Shales' Advanced Home Brewing, but never got round to it. Probably go with BIAB in a 19L stockpot first as the outlay will be fairly small and give me chance to experiment without producing 40 pints of one beer.
Looking forward to spending time with you folks.