Hi my name's Anna, from Stirling in central Scotland and I'm rather enjoying rediscovering brewing after a too long time away from it. I've been brewing again for about a year working from kits through to AG now in my shiny new robobrew, which I'm thoroughly enjoying. I used to brew kits when I was younger and then gave away my equipment at the time due to the space it was taking up. After rediscovering my love of brewing it has allowed me to build up from scratch and tackle things I wouldn't have before when younger. Generally these days I like brewing anything complicated and technical, preferably something that can give me an excuse to expand my brewing equipment list and experience. This year has included branching into making wines from my herb beds, strawberries, and a couple of meads that already taste pretty yummy even while young.
Sadly I'm spending far too much time reading up on the science of yeasts and fermentation, it continues to expand my awareness of my ignorance and a desire to make the beer/wine/mead all the bit better. Finding this forum on home brewing is I suspect both a blessing and a curse as it has already answered quite a few questions I had in past threads. However, I do worry that it might give more of an excuse to just have to buy that counterflow chiller I've been looking at :)
So thank you for this collected source of expertise already, and I really appreciate being able to join here even if my enthusiasm exceeds my experience.
Anna
Sadly I'm spending far too much time reading up on the science of yeasts and fermentation, it continues to expand my awareness of my ignorance and a desire to make the beer/wine/mead all the bit better. Finding this forum on home brewing is I suspect both a blessing and a curse as it has already answered quite a few questions I had in past threads. However, I do worry that it might give more of an excuse to just have to buy that counterflow chiller I've been looking at :)
So thank you for this collected source of expertise already, and I really appreciate being able to join here even if my enthusiasm exceeds my experience.
Anna
, thank you. Yes the Robobrew was a bit of a treat to myself ordered at the start of lockdown and I'm slowly exploring what's possible with it, and hope to do an automated stepped mash since the new version supports timing based on reaching the mash temp so excluding the ramp up. I have also thought it would be great for poaching a turkey at Christmas in a light stock which would give a moist turkey with crispy skin once roasted in super quick time. Not normally possible to poach a Turkey due to the amount of time and hob space it would take up.
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