Time to stop watching and do something
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the-mailman
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Time to stop watching and do something
Hi everone, I've been watching the forum for a while now with the ambition to brew some beer, but now it's time to get going since I now have a keg to put it in. Haven't made beer since I was a teenager so I thought I'd give it a try again. Yes, I said a teenager. I think I was 16 or so. Convienced my parents that since the drug store would sell it to me it was ok to make. Didn't turn out very good so I'm homefull the new kits will be better and I can learn to make it well. Been making fruit based wine for nearly as long so I don't think it will be too much of a shift. Thought I'd start simple so I've got a Festa kit on the go now, so time will tell.
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Currently on tap:
1) Festa Brown Ale
2) Festa Pale Ale
3) Best Case Northern Lights
4) Festa Continental Pilsner
In the bucket: Empty
In the carboy: Empty
Buy yourself a 24 and you'll be happy for a weekend. Teach yourself to homebrew and you'll be happy for a lifetime.
1) Festa Brown Ale
2) Festa Pale Ale
3) Best Case Northern Lights
4) Festa Continental Pilsner
In the bucket: Empty
In the carboy: Empty
Buy yourself a 24 and you'll be happy for a weekend. Teach yourself to homebrew and you'll be happy for a lifetime.
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Re: Time to stop watching and do something
"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.
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Re: Time to stop watching and do something
Welcome aboard!
Festa Brews are a great way to start (or get back) into beer making. It allows you to practice the important stuff like cleaning/sanitation, and fermentation temperature control (the first you would already be well versed in with wine, but the second isn't as critical in the wine biz). Then you can get into the more creative side of things with recipe development.
Festa Brews are a great way to start (or get back) into beer making. It allows you to practice the important stuff like cleaning/sanitation, and fermentation temperature control (the first you would already be well versed in with wine, but the second isn't as critical in the wine biz). Then you can get into the more creative side of things with recipe development.
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Re: Time to stop watching and do something
Careful with that Festa Kit, It will get you hooked on brewing and you won't be able to turn back. It's happened before ...a few times.
-Mark
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2nd place, Canadian Brewer of the Year, 2015
101 awards won for beers designed and brewed.
Cicerone Program - Certified Beer Server
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Re: Time to stop watching and do something
Welcome. Festa will get you hooked. I started on Festa, moved to the stove top kits and now I'm full blown all grain in just over a year. Wouldn't change it for the world.the-mailman wrote:Hi everone, I've been watching the forum for a while now with the ambition to brew some beer, but not it's time to get going since I now have a keg to put it in. Haven't made beer since I was a teenager so I thought I'd give it a try again. Yes, I said a teenager. I think I was 16 or so. Convienced my parents that since the drug store would sell it to me it was ok to make. Didn't turn out very good so I'm homefull the new kits will be better and I can learn to make it well. Been making fruit based wine for nearly as long so I don't think it will be too much of a shift. Thought I'd start simple so I've got a Festa kit on the go now, so time will tell.
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At Alexander Keith's we follow the recipes first developed by the great brewmaster to the absolute letter. 
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