Nov 14 2005
Brewing Beer Begins?
So, it’s been almost 3 weeks since I wrote about the beginning of my beer-brewing journey. What has happened with it? Where am I now? Well, I’ll tell you.
When I first started, I thought I would have money left over from the various things I was doing so that I would be able to purchase a beer ingredient kit. I had all the hardware (mostly) already, and all I needed was the ingredient. Well, that’s kind of like having an oven, but not the ingredients for making bread. Not going to be able to make a lot of bread, are we?
Fast forward to last week. I had a couple trips that I needed to make for work, and everything was looking good. See, I get paid for mileage when I make trips, so I was going to get a couple extra bucks, even after gas and such. This is good, because all I needed was about $61 for bottles and ingredients. Add $94+Shipping for a 32 quart stock pot for the boiling, and about 50 bucks for the thermometers I needed, and I was set. Well, I AM set. So what about the brewing?!?!
Brew Day is this Saturday, and I am just stoked!!! I’ve got everything I need except the ingredients, which should get here today or tomorrow, and the pot, which should get here on Wednesday. Saturday, I’ll make a final trip to the store to get the water and ice, and things will be smokin’.
If you’re one of my friends, and you want to come by for the brewing, you are more than welcome! Come and watch me screw up my first batch of beer…and then laugh at my tears. (hahaha)
For everyone else who reads these things, I’ll be posting the results of my first brew day after it’s done.
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