Homebrew - My new obsession

sblair1979 · Jan 17, 2013

Hi Everyone,

I'm about to embark on my next main hobby and I'm very excited to get going.

I'm a pretty chilled out person but when i pick up a hobby I tend to get a bit obsessive and really go deep into it. I really like to do things properly and enjoy getting good results.

Previous hobbies include, Tropical Fishkeeping (on a hiatus due to having a kid and not enough space), Coffee (Ended up buying a Nespresso machine which killed this one!) and my most recent one which is Pizza making (ongoing!!). My aim is to cook nice pizzas in the garden (if we get a summer) with my outdoor oven and to serve homemade beer!

I always fancied trying homebrewing and i finally got my first kit for my Christmas.

This one:

I also got a starter kit with a fermenting vessel and a pressure barrel.

I like drinking real ales in CAMRA style pubs so this seems like a nice place to start. I'm a huge fan of wheat beers from Belgium and Germany. These will be my ultimate aim.

Hope to find some great info on here and to ultimately help to help others :thumb:

Vossy1 · Jan 17, 2013

Welcome to the forum :thumb:

pm me your image link and I'll insert it

falafael · Jan 17, 2013

hi sblair, have tried all those hobbies, minus the coffee, believe me, this one is sooooo much more rewarding, little steps first to get ya footing!!
Welcome to the forum!

bobsbeer · Jan 17, 2013

Welcome. : cheers:

dennisking · Jan 17, 2013

Hi and welcome. You are in the right places, its full of the obsessed. :whistle:

joe1002 · Jan 17, 2013

Welcome to the forum : cheers:

A good kit to start with :thumb:

mattrickl06 · Jan 17, 2013

Prepare yourself for the dark side Luke

taxidiver · Jan 17, 2013

Obsessed, Moi ?

Welcome : cheers:

BarnsleyBrewer · Jan 18, 2013

Hi,
Another obsessed.... :thumb:

BB :drink:

sblair1979 · Jan 18, 2013

Thanks for the nice welcome. Can't beat a healthy obsession to distract you from real life : cheers:

carl_saint · Jan 18, 2013

Great kit to start with, regarded as one of the best! Welcome!

Kyle_T · Jan 18, 2013

Hello and Welcome : cheers:

There are plenty of 'How to' guides for the first time brewers and plenty of people you can ask for advice.

Good luck, Wherry is a cracker of a beer.

graysalchemy · Jan 18, 2013

Welcome to the forum Sblair

sblair1979 said:
and my most recent one which is Pizza making (ongoing!!). My aim is to cook nice pizzas in the garden (if we get a summer) with my outdoor oven and to serve homemade beer!

I like the idea of that one. There are quite a few cooks and bakers on here and there is a bread baking thread. I would be interested to see your oven :thumb: :thumb:

orlando · Jan 18, 2013

In time you will probably buy one of these

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Aleman · Jan 18, 2013

You are not obsessed until you have 5 breweries

sblair1979 · Jan 18, 2013

Aleman said:
You are not obsessed until you have 5 breweries

:lol: wow i think my missus would intervene before that point! Fair play though im jealous

sblair1979 · Jan 18, 2013

graysalchemy said:
Welcome to the forum Sblair

sblair1979 said:

and my most recent one which is Pizza making (ongoing!!). My aim is to cook nice pizzas in the garden (if we get a summer) with my outdoor oven and to serve homemade beer!

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I like the idea of that one. There are quite a few cooks and bakers on here and there is a bread baking thread. I would be interested to see your oven :thumb: :thumb:

I wanted a fully kitted clay oven but i was about to move house so i went for a cast iron one as a temporary measure.

My missus spent a year :shock: (13 months actually) finding a house she liked so this went into storage while we stayed in a small rented house.

Now i finally have a new house with a decent garden I plan to set it up again when the weather improves. Of course i modified the original with some terracotta tiles to increase heat retention. The last time i fired it up i got it up to 370 degrees C and made a lovely pizza in about 4 mins. I cant wait to get back into that again in the spring. Beer is definately a complimentry hobby to this one.

falafael · Jan 18, 2013

looking good there!, too bad your not local!, love pizza!!
: cheers:

graysalchemy · Jan 18, 2013

Didn't know you could but those I have seen the premade italian dome ones and obviously plans for clay ovens and brick ovens but they seem quite a good halfway house. :hmm: :hmm:

I would love to cook my bread in a wood fired oven.

Now there is another obsession she may not like.....................

Thank god she doesn't know about the brewing :lol: :lol:

sblair1979 · Jan 18, 2013

graysalchemy said:
Didn't know you could but those I have seen the premade italian dome ones and obviously plans for clay ovens and brick ovens but they seem quite a good halfway house. :hmm: :hmm:

I would love to cook my bread in a wood fired oven.

Now there is another obsession she may not like.....................

Thank god she doesn't know about the brewing :lol: :lol:

Like i said i've only cooked one pizza in that oven but it did look promising and there was lots of heat in there. I cook fresh pizza every saturday for the family in our kitchen oven buts its nowhere near hot enough for my liking.

Thats one obsession i get no grief for as everyone loves pizza

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