First batch of beer in San Francisco
It's been a little over a month since I left Montréal and a lot has happened since then. The search for a new home took some time but was not nearly as painful as I was expecting it to be. I got a lovely one bedroom apartment on the corner of the building, which gives me lots of natural light. There's a lot to do and see in San Francisco but this will all have to wait because the first thing that I did once I was sure that I would eventually have a bed to sleep on, was to brew a batch of beer.
I left most of my brewing equipment in Montréal. Most of the bulky stuff is simply too affordable to justify packing having it moved across the continent. I had a pretty good stash of hops that I ended up giving away because I was more interested in seeing used for brewing than going stale in a big unrefrigerated cardboard box somewhere between Montréal and San Francisco.
I did not buy everything that I had in Montréal but fortunately, brewing does not require much. I ordered a carboy, some malt, hops, a packet of yeast, and I was ready to go.
