The Goatreich
Landlord.
I'm picking up a second hand mash tun on the weekend, so I only need to make/buy a boiler and a few other bits and bobs and I'm ready to join the dark side of brewing. My major dilemma now is, where do I start? I know very little about what grains and hops create what flavours in beer, so I don't really know what to aim for.
Ideally I'd like to brew something summery, hoppy and light (golden hen, tanglefoot, hopping hare, bombardier gold) as a starter, and then maybe get a chocolatey smokey stout or porter on afterwards, but I'm not sure whether I'm jumping the gun too much with the recipes.
I could of course start with something VERY simple using one grain and one hop, which would give me an idea of where the flavours come from, but would I then end up with 23 litres of something average, when if I'd been a bit more adventurous could have been fantastic?
Is there a beginners path?
Ideally I'd like to brew something summery, hoppy and light (golden hen, tanglefoot, hopping hare, bombardier gold) as a starter, and then maybe get a chocolatey smokey stout or porter on afterwards, but I'm not sure whether I'm jumping the gun too much with the recipes.
I could of course start with something VERY simple using one grain and one hop, which would give me an idea of where the flavours come from, but would I then end up with 23 litres of something average, when if I'd been a bit more adventurous could have been fantastic?
Is there a beginners path?