So this will be edited later, doing a trial run on this weebles thingy and hope to make this a bit more huge and awesome in the future. So for now, on with the show!
Basically I've wanted to brew my own beer for a long time. Now, memories of dad brewing in the basement in giant (to a kid) 5 gallon glass monsters with these bubbling thingies at the top was came to mind. So to say the least I was intimidated by the whole concept. I love beer, and would love nothing more than to make a beer I can be proud of and my friends and family want to drink. Then reality kicked in in living in small spaces like basement apartments.
The work and calculations and temperatures and equipment and space and .... yadda yadda yadda basically I got myself into a rut believing that it was beyond my current means. Truthfully I was afraid of where and how to start, that indecision in a way paralyzed me from moving forward.
Then a buddy started brewing. He's got a house, with a basement and plenty of space. So I didn't think anything of it. Then he tells me he's making 1 gallon batches.
That's it. 1 gallon at a time. 128oz of beer.... give or take 10 bottles, or enough beer to last us a day or two :-)
Picked up a 64oz growler from Ithaca Brewing last summer and two of those would not take up much space at all!! Even in our apartment and our two always-shedding-and-getting-underfoot feline companions, the thought of making a small batch that size opened up a lot of possibilities for trying it out. You don't need an entire room of equipment, you don't need a ton of ingredients.
That same friend, as a home-warming present for a move into the catpartment, bought me a 1 gallon starter kit from The Brewers Market in Grimbsy ON. Came with almost everything you need to start a batch. Knowing this, and not being able to resist I picked up a similar kit from Brooklyn Brew Shop, which can be found at the World's Biggest Book Store. So now I have two 1 gallon fermenting jugs, doubles of the other basic equipment and it's all come in incredibly handy.
Basically I've wanted to brew my own beer for a long time. Now, memories of dad brewing in the basement in giant (to a kid) 5 gallon glass monsters with these bubbling thingies at the top was came to mind. So to say the least I was intimidated by the whole concept. I love beer, and would love nothing more than to make a beer I can be proud of and my friends and family want to drink. Then reality kicked in in living in small spaces like basement apartments.
The work and calculations and temperatures and equipment and space and .... yadda yadda yadda basically I got myself into a rut believing that it was beyond my current means. Truthfully I was afraid of where and how to start, that indecision in a way paralyzed me from moving forward.
Then a buddy started brewing. He's got a house, with a basement and plenty of space. So I didn't think anything of it. Then he tells me he's making 1 gallon batches.
That's it. 1 gallon at a time. 128oz of beer.... give or take 10 bottles, or enough beer to last us a day or two :-)
Picked up a 64oz growler from Ithaca Brewing last summer and two of those would not take up much space at all!! Even in our apartment and our two always-shedding-and-getting-underfoot feline companions, the thought of making a small batch that size opened up a lot of possibilities for trying it out. You don't need an entire room of equipment, you don't need a ton of ingredients.
That same friend, as a home-warming present for a move into the catpartment, bought me a 1 gallon starter kit from The Brewers Market in Grimbsy ON. Came with almost everything you need to start a batch. Knowing this, and not being able to resist I picked up a similar kit from Brooklyn Brew Shop, which can be found at the World's Biggest Book Store. So now I have two 1 gallon fermenting jugs, doubles of the other basic equipment and it's all come in incredibly handy.
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