Good Stuff

I found a great local store for home-brew supplies. It's a small store but the guy was very helpful. He hooked me up with a magazine that outlines sort of the basics on what I need to do to get started brewing my own beer.

The research into good beers will continue, but I must study for my GRE. I hope to get my MA in History so I can teach at a local college. At some point the Ph.D. would be awesome, especially if I were brewing. It could be called Professor Brew or something stupid like that. I just think it would be awesome to be the professor with a brewery in his basement.

First things first, as always. I am going to try to brew just a simple home kit. Sort of like getting Sara Lee before you jump into from scratch baking. The store I found has a lot of different kits, but I think I am going to go with an Irish Red or a Pale Ale. Nothing too fancy yet. I don't want to start with an IPA because I want my first IPA to be good.

I don't think my apartment company would be down with me brewing beer in my bathroom... Or maybe they would, I don't know. But for sure, the excitement is building for me. I just have to get the GRE out of the way...