Went over to the Captn's house tonight to help rivet some more of his top skins. Afterwards, he pulled out a couple of PapaKeith's home brewed, unfiltered beer. We toasted to another great day of rivet bang'in.
I decided to build an airplane while brewing an IPA one Saturday afternoon ... I was in my back yard boiling my wert and looked up to see a pair of planes chugging along in formation, a couple thousand feet up. I said to myself, "heck, I build beer...I bet I could build one of those!" No, it wasn't the most logical thought progression....
Papa... fair warning... I haven't brewed once since starting to build... I've got about 7 gallons of 'brew in kegs and one remaining bottle of porter in the fridge, but nice brewing days are also nice building days...
Momma lets me brew in the kitchen. Every day can be brewing day. I only do small batches though. I imagine she'd put up a fuss if I started making 10 gallon batches
I wish I had a 10 gallon set-up! When I started I thought 5 gallons was a huge amount of beer. Because of altitude (4500MSL) and general laziness I usually start with about 6.5-7 gallons in the boil and need to boil longer. I use one of those turkey fryer burners, which pretty much lands me in the back yard.
I finally got into the homebrewing ventures. A coworker of mine is a major home brewmiester and talked me into it. My first batch is a take off a local CO brew called Fat Tire (Thomas knows what I am talking about). Anyhow, after tweeking the recipe I have my own signature brew. I am calling it "Ground Loop Ale". Don't worry Thomas, I have a bottle set aside with you name on it.
Why is it that we all seem to do the same things? I make my own brew as well. Been doing it for years. Have a locker full of 5 differnet types. Mostly Aussie beers.
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I would rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
I'll be happy to sample it when I come to CO ... I'll give a full report to all you guys in the NE.
In fact, I'd be happy to test your bottles for you!