Hi everyone, JB here, a retiring truck driver from Lincoln (UK). Complete newbie to brewing, but loads of enthusiasm to drink beer.
Anyway, I had some old brewing stuff kicking about in the shed, an FV and a pressure barrel (mis-spent youth experimenting with lager); and a coil of copper pipe wound inside an old bucket - no idea what that was for! And I decided it might be a good retirement thing to have 'a bit of a go'. Everything has been thoroughly sterilized at least twenty times - just to be safe - and I'm about to crack open this LME kit. I have read on the forum that some of these kits contain some hops, but mine definitely doesn't. Still, I'll have a go over the weekend - wish me luck.
Lastly in my intro ... I may ask some stupid questions, please bear with me on that cos I know how to drink it but not how to make it. Currently starting a Munton's NBA and I also have a kit that I remember from brewing a few years ago from Milestone - the 'Black Pearl'. I like dark gutsy beers, oh, and light fruity beers, maybe the odd lager and perhaps a nice IPA.
ATB,
JohnB.
Anyway, I had some old brewing stuff kicking about in the shed, an FV and a pressure barrel (mis-spent youth experimenting with lager); and a coil of copper pipe wound inside an old bucket - no idea what that was for! And I decided it might be a good retirement thing to have 'a bit of a go'. Everything has been thoroughly sterilized at least twenty times - just to be safe - and I'm about to crack open this LME kit. I have read on the forum that some of these kits contain some hops, but mine definitely doesn't. Still, I'll have a go over the weekend - wish me luck.
Lastly in my intro ... I may ask some stupid questions, please bear with me on that cos I know how to drink it but not how to make it. Currently starting a Munton's NBA and I also have a kit that I remember from brewing a few years ago from Milestone - the 'Black Pearl'. I like dark gutsy beers, oh, and light fruity beers, maybe the odd lager and perhaps a nice IPA.
ATB,
JohnB.
