First off, I hope everybody (all 2 people that read this) had a very happy holiday and great start to the new year, I know I did (if you were wondering).
I spent so much time with the wife and the stinker, I loved every minute of it. Going back to work after two weeks off was really hard to do (and I am not being sarcastic).
Hobbies are always something hard for me to do, because it either want to spend time with my family, work out, or do work. Even growing up I had a hard time starting hobbies that was not something athletic (athletics was my hobby growing up).
When I got into college I tried several different things to create a hobby that would hold my interest, but nothing really panned out. Non-athletic hobbies have not always kept my interest.
So my non-athletic hobby that I have is being a husband and dad. I love to run, it’s relaxing, and going to the gym is something I like to do, but not something I have to do.
This Christmas was awesome, my wife and stinker got me everything I could have asked for and I loved watching them get excited over their gifts.
This year, our cousin and his fiancé (Pops an Courtney) got me a gift that sparked my interest in a new hobby.
Let me give a little backstory: I love beer, not getting drunk on beer, but I love beer. I love to try different beers and seeing what they have to offer. A few months ago, my wife and some friends took my sister in law (tin tin) and me too a brewery here in Katy (No Label Brewery). While there, I started to wonder how hard it would be to brew beer, but it just stayed in the back of my mind. I know I talked about it a little with my wife, but (she probably was thinking) it would become all talk and no action. Plus, like I said, hobbies have never really kept my interest.
This is where my cousin and his fiancé come in. Courtney drew my name for the gift exchange and she got me a Mr. Beer kit (I also drew her name, and I think what I got her was a pretty good gift too). At that moment I started wondering if this is something I would want to do, but like everything, I needed to find time to start.
Here comes New Years Eve. My family and I stayed at home, we were supposed to have company but they had to back out due to a sick baby. Stinker went to bed and my wife was doing some work, so I decided why not try and make beer.
The kit I got was the premium kit, and it comes with everything you need to make your first batch and bottles to put the beer in. I was amazed at how easy it was, basically it was like making hamburger helper, all you do is follow the directions. So the starting point is easy, but then you wait!
The box says 2 weeks on the outside, but that not completely the truth. Yes, it takes around 2 weeks for the beer to ferment in the keg, but then it has to condition in the bottles for about 2 weeks and then you chill it. So it’ll take about a month until I can have my first drink of the beer I am making.
I am excited though! I am already planning my next batch, which will probably be another basic Mr. beer kit until I get the hang of changing the ingredients to create different beers.
I would have had pictures but I cleared off all the pictures off of my phone because I needed the space. But I’ll post more up when I get them up. So this blog will be continued.
This is a picture of the beer after it has been fermenting for 1 week.
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