unclevername
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Hello everyone, My name is Brad Freeman and I live in the greater Tampa Bay area. I used to brew when I was in college back in the 80's, but not have not done so in many many years. At that time I was only brewing extract beers and had never even heard of anyone brewing all grains other than the big breweries. Recently the wifey and I became empty nesters and decided to put the empty bedrooms to good use and make a brewery out them ;D. So we have new hobby, making beer.
In the past few weeks I have assembled my brewery and plan to the first run this coming weekend. It will be an all grain IPA and I am leaning toward the NATCA Jack IPA recipe I saw on the beersmith recipe web site.
My mash tun is a converted 10 gallon water cooler. My brew kettle is a 10 gallon bayou classic. I have a 6.5 gallon bucket for my primary and a glass 5 gal carboy for my secondary. I read Brad Smiths book last weekend and am loaded with just enough knowledge to get into a little trouble.
I am buying the beersmith software as well.
In the past few weeks I have assembled my brewery and plan to the first run this coming weekend. It will be an all grain IPA and I am leaning toward the NATCA Jack IPA recipe I saw on the beersmith recipe web site.
My mash tun is a converted 10 gallon water cooler. My brew kettle is a 10 gallon bayou classic. I have a 6.5 gallon bucket for my primary and a glass 5 gal carboy for my secondary. I read Brad Smiths book last weekend and am loaded with just enough knowledge to get into a little trouble.
I am buying the beersmith software as well.