I’m a brewer!

So, virtually every time I tell my “beer story”, the question is asked, do you make your own beer? Until now, the answer has always been, no, it doesn’t interest me. Too much work. I liken it to a carpenter remodeling a room. First there is demolition, then construction. Demolition is often brute force with not a lot of finesse. Construction involves a lot of skilled finish work. I am better at demolition! And, my guess is that I am better at drinking beer than making it!
So, to see if I was right, and to be able to say that I had brewed, I contacted a friend that owns a beer supply store and asked if I could use his equipment to brew a batch. I brewed a batch of Weed’s Killer Kolsch. I choose that name because I figured, worst case, it would kill me, or, best case, it would be “killer” good. Time would tell. Without the boring details, it turned out that my vision of brewing was right on. There was measuring, reading gauges, mixing and, occasionally, reading directions. It was like finish work. The most fun was bottling and capping. That was more like demolition. The process ended yesterday with the first tasting. It was good! Now I know where the interest in brewing comes in. I made a good beer! But still, it’s one and done for me. Too much detail.
Glad I did it. Never again! The best thing about beer is drinking it. I’m thankful that talented people like to brew beer! Cheers!