Homebrewing, anyone?

[GA Russell]

In the mid-90s I was a homebrewer. In fact, I twice won awards, both in '93 as I recall. My India Pale Ale won first place (a blue ribbon) in the Georgia state competition, and my Irish Stout won third place (a red ribbon) in the Southeast Regionals competition.

At that time I lived 20 miles outside Atlanta. Using a countertop water filter, my water was quite good. In '95 I moved another 20 miles further out, and the water wasn't as good for my beers. The beers were still OK, but the thrill was gone. Eventually I gave away my equipment.

Recently I have given serious thought to going back to homebrewing.

And talk about a stroke of good fortune, this week LivingSocial is having a half-price sale on equipment. $64 gets you $126 worth of equipment including two cases of beer.

In addition to that offer, I expect that you would need to purchase a pot and lid for $60, a book for $10, two cases of beer bottles for $24 total, and another $35 or so for items such as a glass carboy and a large funnel if you want to go first class. In addition to all that, I recommend that you spend $100 on a countertop water filter.

Here is the link for the LivingSocial deal. I think that it is good for Canada as well as the US, but I'm not sure. If so, the US shipping would be $14 and the shipping to Canada would I'm confident be more.

https://www.livingsocial.com/deals/588148?ref=conf-jp&rpi=102964310

As with all LivingSocial deals, when three referrals make a purchase, the original customer gets his purchase free. If you decide to go for the deal, you are welcome to post your own link on this thread.

The LivingSocial deal expires in six days.

Cheers!

[BeBop]

I brewed back in the seventies. Then it became legal and I quit.

Well, it became legal and popular and I started travelling perpetually and I I went vegetarian and quit brewing. But it was great fun. Back then, no brew shops, no malt extract, hops were mostly grow your own or order from Austria. A big chemistry experiment in every carboy.