wacky1980
Active Member
greetings everyone! i am a noobrewer as of about 3 months ago, but a long-time beer drinker and recently, a bar owner as well. myself and a couple friends decided to start making beer in november, and we've gone all-in over our short time in the craft.
our setup is still relatively simple, but produces a respectable volume and is growing every week. currently, we're brewing extract kits only (northern brewer and boomchugalug primarily) but we plan to transition to all grain, starting this spring. we've brewed about a dozen kits so far. after doing the first half dozen in bottles, we gave in and started filling 1/6 barrel sanke kegs whenever available. we've really jumped in with both feet here, brewing relatively complex extract kits and learning a lot on-the-fly because none of us is disciplined enough (yet) to study up beforehand. i mean, who doesn't want to jump right in and make their own grapefruit ipa, chocolate milk stout, hard root beer, and bourbon barrel porter?
it's time to become a part of the greater community though, so i'm coming here to meet and mingle with the pros. so without further delay, hello! i am wacky1980 from rural west/central illinois. i'm looking forward to meeting you all, and learning much more about this craft.
our setup is still relatively simple, but produces a respectable volume and is growing every week. currently, we're brewing extract kits only (northern brewer and boomchugalug primarily) but we plan to transition to all grain, starting this spring. we've brewed about a dozen kits so far. after doing the first half dozen in bottles, we gave in and started filling 1/6 barrel sanke kegs whenever available. we've really jumped in with both feet here, brewing relatively complex extract kits and learning a lot on-the-fly because none of us is disciplined enough (yet) to study up beforehand. i mean, who doesn't want to jump right in and make their own grapefruit ipa, chocolate milk stout, hard root beer, and bourbon barrel porter?
it's time to become a part of the greater community though, so i'm coming here to meet and mingle with the pros. so without further delay, hello! i am wacky1980 from rural west/central illinois. i'm looking forward to meeting you all, and learning much more about this craft.