Hi everyone my name is Scott Irwin and I live in Hope Valley RI. I am married to a great women who is not is only my wife but my best friend. We have two boys ages 6 & 9 who keep us busy.
I do most of the work with making our beer, wine, and now mead but she helps with the bottling efforts....thanks hun! I work as a Senior Hydrogen Process Technician for Pfizer in Groton CT and work mostly with new compounds in development.
Started making wine back in 2001 after a trip to the wife's Aunt's house and she showed us how they were making wine in their basement. On the ride home I said "we have to try that" and it has just progressed from there.
In 2002 I started brewing extract beer and continue to make some pretty good stuff. Don't think I will go into all grain brewing just because of the lack of time. I still bottle so I can share with friends and have a good assortment to pick from.
In 2004 I built a wine cellar in my basement to store my wine and beer. It will hold roughly 750 bottles of wine and 5 batches of beer at a cool 57 degrees! We also made some roasted pepper hot sauce at the end of last summer that was a big hit with family and friends who want more. I hope to increase the amount this year and who knows how far that will go....move over Emeril!
This year I started my first batch of mead with Tupelo Honey. Just lastweek I racked it into a secondary on top of some Vanilla beans!
I also have built a great relationship with George and accepted the role as forum administrator on this site.
I look forward to continue learning how to make the best wine possible and already have gained lots of knowledge from this site. My ultimate goal is to produce a wine worthy of a medal in competition.
my mug....
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I do most of the work with making our beer, wine, and now mead but she helps with the bottling efforts....thanks hun! I work as a Senior Hydrogen Process Technician for Pfizer in Groton CT and work mostly with new compounds in development.
Started making wine back in 2001 after a trip to the wife's Aunt's house and she showed us how they were making wine in their basement. On the ride home I said "we have to try that" and it has just progressed from there.
In 2002 I started brewing extract beer and continue to make some pretty good stuff. Don't think I will go into all grain brewing just because of the lack of time. I still bottle so I can share with friends and have a good assortment to pick from.
In 2004 I built a wine cellar in my basement to store my wine and beer. It will hold roughly 750 bottles of wine and 5 batches of beer at a cool 57 degrees! We also made some roasted pepper hot sauce at the end of last summer that was a big hit with family and friends who want more. I hope to increase the amount this year and who knows how far that will go....move over Emeril!
This year I started my first batch of mead with Tupelo Honey. Just lastweek I racked it into a secondary on top of some Vanilla beans!
I also have built a great relationship with George and accepted the role as forum administrator on this site.
I look forward to continue learning how to make the best wine possible and already have gained lots of knowledge from this site. My ultimate goal is to produce a wine worthy of a medal in competition.
my mug....
