Berkhamsted brewer

[Simon_W]

Afternoon all,

I've poked my head in here a few times over the years looking for advice but felt it was time I joined up!

I've been brewing since my wife got me a starter kit in 2010. Since then I have gradually progressed to all grain which started earlier this year. I've really enjoyed the engineering side of it as much as the making and drinking of the beer.

I hope I can share some of my process solutions as much as I can gather help from more experienced brewers.

My biggest challenge in brewing is fitting it all in with family time!

Simon

 

[ManseMasher]

Welcome aboard!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Welcome to the forum :

 

[MyQul]

Welcome!! :

 

[LarryF]

Welcome aboard Simon, I'm not too far from you, I live beside Ally Pally.

 

[Simon_W]

Hi Larry,

I live in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire so I'm not near Ally Pally. Maybe it gave the wrong location?

 

[LarryF]

It's a 45m drive, compared to where some of the members are it's quite close.

 

[Toffee]

welcome!

I lived in Berko for a few years, right by the station. Nice place. Went back for a night earlier in the year, Red Squirrel brewery/bottle shop is ace!

 

[mattjgalloway]

Hey Simon! I recently moved to Berkhamsted, and I'm also a brewer. Been doing it for around a year now, and just purchased a Grainfather to step up from 1 gallon batches.

I found this post after trying to find home brew shops near Berkhamsted. I usually buy online, but sometimes you just need that 1 item and you don't want to pay all that postage. Have you found any near here?

 

[Simon_W]

Hi Matt,

A grainfather! Nice. My set up is a bit more diy and certainly less attractive. I work in St Albans and there is a chemist/ homebrew shop there for quick buy ingredients. I've only used it for gypsum but they have a reasonable selection of bits in there. Probably the drive to St Albans and back is more than the postage cost though.

Cheers

Simon

 

[mattjgalloway]

Yeh that makes sense!

Yeh my setup used to be a DIY 1 gallon setup. I decided to go for the Grainfather because I wanted simplicity for the 5 gallon setup. It's a decent bit of kit. I just need to use it to brew now! Haven't had a chance yet!