Came out really great!!
I used one of the very basic starter kits from northern brewer and now I want to upgrade everything 😳
The kit was this one:
Nothing better than your first brew…
Finished my first homebrew
Submitted 1 year ago by mattclassic@lemmy.world to homebrewing@sopuli.xyz
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gwildors_gill_slits@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Congrats! Hope it turns out great!
mattclassic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It did!! (I was skeptical)
superfly_samurai@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Be careful, brewing is just as much about collecting gear as it is making tasty beverages.
Welcome!
mattclassic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yea. This is going to be a problem. I am a guitar player and that hobby has a ver similar problem. 😅
Flatlands@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Congratulations, looks great! That’s exactly how I started out. It makes a good first beer.
Best thing I ever upgraded was to get a fridge in freecycle and use it to control the temperature for fermenting. Made everything better :)
Enjoy!
mattclassic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh yeah. That’s a good idea. Regular old small fridge or something specific?
KingGeedorah@kbin.social 1 year ago
I got started with a Northern Brewer kit myself back in 2008. Welcome to the hobby!
mattclassic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Thank you!
plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
I bet that first thing you will upgrade will be your bottles/bottling method. From all my friends I know how much difficult is dealing with these.
Bottling is always tedious but some are better than others. Cheers
Flatlands@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Totally agree about the bottles, but honestly I still use the bottle filler and capper from the original northern brewer kit I got 5 years ago or something. Am I missing out on some magic filling method? It always seemed to work really well for me, but perhaps there’s a better way!
plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
I mean the bottles. Don’t change what isn’t broken. These “crown caps” are difficult to deal with.