skywaters
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...is what I kept telling myself. I finally took my own advice, so I thought I should stop and say hi!
I'm a brand-new brewer, worked with cultures and fermentation before, but never anything more complicated than kombucha. I live in Minneapolis, I work weird hours, I'm young enough to daydream about making up my own butterbeer. My favorite beer in the winter is an oatmeal stout; my favorite in the summer is Bell's Oberon. My mama's Irish, so I feel obligated to never turn down a Guinness.
I started with some easy cider (Whole Foods, in the original jug, Belgian Abbey Ale yeast off of the suggestion of the guy at Northern Brewer), and then bought a carboy and started another batch, with some different juices and Nottingham yeast. Those are still working away - I bottled the original cider last weekend, and it was still extremely yeasty, so I'm a big nervous that it's a bust...but, eh, first batch ever, so I'm not too upset.
Also, I got a Mr. Beer kit for Christmas that I'd kind of forgotten about, so I threw that together last weekend and just racked it to secondary off of numerous recommendations to disregard the included instructions and do so. I'm expecting it to be a very generic light macro-style brew, but I already had it on hand and I'm thinking it might make some easy-drinking shandy when mixed with fresh lemonade in the summer!
I have all sorts of things I'm itching to try, but I'm pacing myself before going nuts. I think next up is an extract kit - I'd love to clone something easy-drinking and tasty, like New Belgian's 1554.
Anyway - just wanted to stop in and introduce myself!
I'm a brand-new brewer, worked with cultures and fermentation before, but never anything more complicated than kombucha. I live in Minneapolis, I work weird hours, I'm young enough to daydream about making up my own butterbeer. My favorite beer in the winter is an oatmeal stout; my favorite in the summer is Bell's Oberon. My mama's Irish, so I feel obligated to never turn down a Guinness.
I started with some easy cider (Whole Foods, in the original jug, Belgian Abbey Ale yeast off of the suggestion of the guy at Northern Brewer), and then bought a carboy and started another batch, with some different juices and Nottingham yeast. Those are still working away - I bottled the original cider last weekend, and it was still extremely yeasty, so I'm a big nervous that it's a bust...but, eh, first batch ever, so I'm not too upset.
Also, I got a Mr. Beer kit for Christmas that I'd kind of forgotten about, so I threw that together last weekend and just racked it to secondary off of numerous recommendations to disregard the included instructions and do so. I'm expecting it to be a very generic light macro-style brew, but I already had it on hand and I'm thinking it might make some easy-drinking shandy when mixed with fresh lemonade in the summer!
I have all sorts of things I'm itching to try, but I'm pacing myself before going nuts. I think next up is an extract kit - I'd love to clone something easy-drinking and tasty, like New Belgian's 1554.
Anyway - just wanted to stop in and introduce myself!
