I think the traditional styles from europe are kinda difficult to brew. If you make a polish/baltic porter that passes muster bring it to nyj though.
You have to get everything right for traditional styles to come out great.
Ive been wanting to homebrew for a long time. I check craigslist every once in awhile looking for a complete kit. If I brew im gonna throw in about a pound of hops so that may cover up my mistakes.
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My first batch is in the fermenter now I'm going to bottle it in a couple of days. I watched a lot of videos on youtube and there are a lot of different ways to go about it. I followed the simplest method i could find that seemed like it would produce a good batch of beer. Start with extract brewing, don't try to make your own mash or extract the fist time. All grain requires much more equipment and time, there are a lot of things that could go wrong.
I followed these videos and got the IPA recipe kit from them. If you have a local brew shop I suggest getting the ingredients from there to save on shipping.
http://www.homebrewers.com/category/aatdvarks.videos/
I didn't follow my own advice and had to pay for shipping, not cheap. I'll post a pic of my beer when its done.
I followed these videos and got the IPA recipe kit from them. If you have a local brew shop I suggest getting the ingredients from there to save on shipping.
http://www.homebrewers.com/category/aatdvarks.videos/
I didn't follow my own advice and had to pay for shipping, not cheap. I'll post a pic of my beer when its done.
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Am I the only homebrewer on the forums anymore?
Where you at Drew?
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Where you at Drew?
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