Brewing up a new hobby

I brewed my first batch of beer in late summer of ’09. I started with a simple recipe boiled in a 5 gallon stock pot on a turkey fryer borrowed from a neighbor. With a 5 gallon pot I was only able to do a 2.5 gallon boil adding water to the fermentation bucket to make a 5 gallon batch. I did another brew in the fall of ’09 using the same method. The beer was good and the creation process exciting. I was hooked. Thankfully I am married to a wonderful woman, since 1988, who not only tolerates my new found hobby but actually offers encouragement. She drinks my brews and even claims to enjoy them.