So I am a newbie here. A little bio on myself. I have a food background. After college I didnt want a desk job and ended up in culinary school at the French Culinary Institute in NYC. I lived up there for a year and then came back home to Mississippi and worked in restaurants and catering. Anyway long story short after 2 kids I needed a desk job and a steady M-F 8-5 gig. So here I am at a desk job looking for a hobby and I found brewing which is freaking great.
I bought a normal starters kit to begin with and have my first brew a few days away from being ready to drink. I bought the Apricot Ale batch at Williams Brewing...one because I am hoping my wife will like it and won't give me grief when I continue down this fun road. And the other reason they said its one of the easiest to begin with since it is the liquid malt extract.
I did buy John Palmer's book and what is great about it is how he did the first chapter because like he said I just wanted to grasp a little bit of the basics and jump right into and learn as I go. So I know I made some mistakes with the first batch but it will be fun to try it out hopefully this weekend. I bottled it last Saturday and I am going to pop one open and see what I created.
Anyway I look forward to learning from yall out there.
Cheers!
FOrtunately for me, the wife and I keep separate finances. If I wanna blow my wad on brewing shit, she is none the wiser.
