New member saying Hi

damienair · Dec 10, 2020

Good morning everyone,

I am a new member. I had one experience with a friend doing a home brew just after college. We shared a house together and borrowed his Dads home brew gear. We obviously did not give it much care or attention. The results were awful. Extremely potent flat beer. But it was consumed at the time.
Now I’m a Dad myself and 23 years later I decided I’d like to give it a go again. But do it right this time. I ordered a full starter kit last week and received the order on Saturday. I started the brew on Monday evening and since then it is fermenting away at a nice constant 22 degrees C in our dark hot press.
I just can’t stop reading about brewing since. Very interesting hoppy and I’m looking forward to learning loads from all of you.

Damien

lupinehorror · Dec 10, 2020

welcome to the forum.
newish to brewing and still absorbing all the knowledge i can on here.
let us know how your current batch goes.

Banbeer · Dec 10, 2020

Hi Damien, welcome to the forum. What are you brewing? good luck, stay safe.

damienair · Dec 10, 2020

Thanks both for the warm welcome. I just bought a basic starter kit, which included everything required to get me started. The beer kit was a pouch or ritchies Simply Lager and 1 Kg of brewing sugar. It is on day 3 now of fermentation. I am looking forward to bottling the beer, I will take my time and I will be on Christmas Holidays too. It will be towards the end of January before I'll try it.

terrym · Dec 10, 2020

Welcome to the forum.
You might this useful.
Basic beginners guide to brewing your own beer from a kit - The HomeBrew Forum
Key advice for 'new' brewers is steady temperature for the fermentation, keep the lid on the FV as far as practicable, and initially follow the 2+2+2 'rule' which weeks in the FV, carbonation and 'conditioning before you sample to see if it ready to drink' stages.