Brew History

Hello, this is the beginning of my brew blog. Just to catch up quickly on the history of my brewing.
I got my first Mr. Beer kit in 1998. It was a great start, because the beer was drinkable, and I knew I could do better. When I moved to Texas, I found a little hombrew store (that is no longer in business today) called Five Hills Brewery. This was in 2002, and I began doing 5 gallon batches. I stepped up to all-grain brewing in 2005, and have stuck with that ever since. When I moved to Auburn, the previous tenants in my house left me a gift of 4 commercial kegs, one of which I cut open to use as a boil pot. This enabled me to do 10 gallon batches, and I’ve done about 5 this year. I finally can consistently do better than Mr. Beer, so I’ve achieved my initial intent. However, I am doing great experiments now like using two different yeast strains on the same initial wort (splitting the 10 gallon into 2 five gallon fermenters). This is opening up a whole new perspective for me in brewing.

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