I’ve never tried my own home brew before and I’ve been sitting on two kits for years now (got them sitting the pandemic but never found the time) and I wanted to try to start something

The original juice and hops are probably toast by now so I’ll have to purchase some new, but I’ve got two of those jugs and the other bits that come with them.

I also have a small orchard in my back yard and wanted to try to use the thousands of plums in get every year to make some kind of lambic ale.

Any advice is appreciated!

  • Alexander@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Actually, I remember how I started: I’ve got a kit and waited for a while with it. Then dumped all of it and just bought fullgrain ingredients, no regrets at all. Starting with a kit seems like harder path with less sure result from my current experience. Maybe it’s a way you should consider too?

      • Alexander@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        If you have a brewer supply locally, totally just invade them. The job is usually quite boring, they LOVE initiating neophytes.

      • verity_kindle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        Just go with the least expensive but still fresh stuff, just enough for one batch. Don’t let the brew shop sell you a ton of stuff you don’t need right away. Careful. :)