All knowing Quad, I come to you for suggestions on brewing your own beer. What are good websites to order supplies from, what beers are easiest to make for a beginner. I got one of these for Christmas:
http://www.monsterbrew.com/Pro...AmberAleKit.cfm#
I've got quite a few friends saving me bottles, so I wont have that added expense. I am waiting until I have a couple cases worth of bottles before I start. If things are successful, and I enjoy doing it, I plan to upgrade to a glass carbouy and start doing it in kegs rather than bottling them.
Old grapevine pergola alongside new grapevine trellis:
Completed grapevinetrellis with hops trellis in background:
Crappy lighting on this one, but you can see the 3 hops trellises, with the cable strung on top at around 12 ft high.
Where the hops and grapevine trellises tie in together.
**update**
Got 4 hops plants in the mail yesterday, my 2 Fuggle and 2 Centennial. I hope to have them in the ground this weekend. I've got everything set up, except for getting my pump and copper coil going to start brewing, so hopefully that'll be another weekend project. Maybe I'll get brewing this weekend.
http://www.monsterbrew.com/Pro...AmberAleKit.cfm#
I've got quite a few friends saving me bottles, so I wont have that added expense. I am waiting until I have a couple cases worth of bottles before I start. If things are successful, and I enjoy doing it, I plan to upgrade to a glass carbouy and start doing it in kegs rather than bottling them.
Old grapevine pergola alongside new grapevine trellis:
Completed grapevinetrellis with hops trellis in background:
Crappy lighting on this one, but you can see the 3 hops trellises, with the cable strung on top at around 12 ft high.
Where the hops and grapevine trellises tie in together.
**update**
Got 4 hops plants in the mail yesterday, my 2 Fuggle and 2 Centennial. I hope to have them in the ground this weekend. I've got everything set up, except for getting my pump and copper coil going to start brewing, so hopefully that'll be another weekend project. Maybe I'll get brewing this weekend.