Introduce Yourself
Wow...completely missed this thread...sorry about that.
My name's Mario. 34 years young as of yesterday...from New Jersey. I've been interested in home brewing for a long time, but never found the time to take the plunge...until now. I like sampling different beer all the time, so I figured this would be the best way to start learing why I like certain beers over others, and eventually start brewing beers with my own touch based on what I learn makes a beer "work" for me. I brewed my first batch last night...and hopefully it turns out to be a good one!
My favorite beers are Yuengling Traditional Lager, Yuengling Light Lager and Yuengling Porter. (I'm vary partial to Yuengling beer...really good stuff) If you're on the East Coast, you should have relatively no problem getting your hands on some...anywhere outside of the East Coast, good luck.
My first brew as in the Yuengling Traditional Lager "area". Trying to brew a light lager...we'll see how it turns out. Next shot will be at a Porter...and I hope to start that in a few weeks, as soon as I move my first brew into it's secondary fermenter. Plans are to keep brewing every few weeks so that I have my own constanst supply of homebrew, without the waiting of the inital batch. Hopefully, they all turn out well.
Heya all.
My name is Andy. I'm 36 and I live in the University of Iowa area. I have been sampling a lot of different types of brews recently. Schell's Maifest is probably the best of what I have sampled lately. I've been interested in homebrewing for a while now, and I just started my first batch a couple weeks ago. I have a wheat ale and a blonde ale fermenting right now. They are about a week apart in being ready. Actually I should be bottling the wheat sometime this week.
This site has been such a huge help in learning about homebrewing that I have it subscribed in my newsreader. Thank you all
Hey I'm John. I have been trying to make wine for a few months now. I don't know much about how to do it, but I thought this forum would be a great way to learn. My one and only batch was a cider, and it did not turn out very good. If anyone has any tips or ideas for me, I'd really appreciate it.
Oh, I'm also from the great state of Arkansas.
Hello, I have been brewing since mid November so almost six months I have done some kits so far havent got anything special so I am going to try finding a good recipe for my next batch this weekend. I am thinking about doing a fruit wheat. Ahhh, ya my first was a English brown from a kit (ok). Most recent porter nothing great yet but hey its all about the journey.
Also I'm from the beautiful city of Duluth, Minnesota.
Probably about time I responded to this...
Hello eveyone. My name is Luke and I'm 27 yrs old. I've been brewing for only about 2 months now, but I'm hooked. My first batch was an extract kit IPA done exactly by the books. The IPA turned out good, but of course, I saw many areas for improvement. But that's what keeps us going, right? The journey to brew the best beers possible! My second batch was an american amber kit that I doctored up a bit with some added DME and brown sugar. Can't wait to see how this one turns out!
My favorite type of beer is an IPA. That's why I chose this as my first brew. Probably my favorite version is Bells Two Hearted Ale. I absolutely love the stuff! Most all of Bells brews are mighty tasty and pack a lot of flavor. They are out of Michigan and I highly recommend trying them out. My second favorite beer would probably be an amber ale (do we see a pattern here?). Stone's Arrogant Bastard, which I just recently tried, really knocked me for a loop (literally and figuratively!) . Love that combo of nice malty flavor with a big hop bitterness. I think my mouth is watering just thinking about it! I must say, I consider myself "worthy."
I'm from Cincinnati, OH. Not sure if we've got any other brewer's from this site around this neck of the woods, but I'd like to hear from you if you are. I'd also like to say that even though I'm only a newbie, I've learned so much from reading the forums on this site. I'd also like to say thanks to all that have helped me with the do's and don'ts of this wonderful hobby.
Hi there. My name is James, I'm 24, based in the UK and have been into brewing for about five years now. I got into the hobby when I was a student in my second year and browsing a site called Everything2 (it was a bit like Wikipedia, but less heavy on the hard facts and more on the opinions) which had an article about homebrewing sake. I tried this. Given that I didn't sterilize -- or cover -- the plastic measuring jug I used to ferment the mixture of water, rice, raisins, sugar and yeast in, the bottle of cloudy liquid that was the end result wasn't to bad. That is to say, drinking it didn't make me go blind. But I figured beer was a safer alternative.
I've always liked experimenting with the things I make, and I'll use online recipes as a guide but never follow them to the letter. Sometimes this has turned out disastrously badly, when my attempted Hoegarden imitation tasted of cloves and medicene and little else. Sometimes it has been considerably less bad, like the time I learned how to make extremely tasty raspberry ale. Sometimes I've been amazed at just how careless I can be and still produce drinkable results, like the time I poured fourty pints of Tesco's economy-brand apple juice into a (sterilized) fermenter, added sugar and yeast, and somehow produced a still cider which developed a reputation of its own after it became responsible for a certain children's author waking up under a tree in a field.
I've only just recently graduated to all-grain brewing. My first all-grain beer is a simple ale, which I'll be racking into secondary in a week or so. I've just finished a sneaky early-opened pint of a stout I made using far too much barley, which is extremely bitter but surprisingly good. And some time soon I'm thinking of experimenting with mead, if I can get the glass demijohn for it.
hi all,
i,ve just brought a starter kit and thought it would be a good idea before i start to research and get some
tips from the net, and stubbled across this site. so if anyone as any valuble advise for me before i
attempt my brew i would be gratefull
welcome, start another thread and tell us more about the kit, equipment and ingredients you have and we can get you started
Hey my name is Don. I have been brewing for about 2 years. Mostly all kits for now. Have not made the transition to ag yet. I made a white current octoberfest last year, will have to use red this year as my white currents got decimated by something this year.
Favorite beers, hmmmmmm there are so many. A partial to belgian abbey beers. However having had 800 different beers not counting micro and home brew, i guess I'm just a huge fan of beer in general.
Am from Gowanda, NY.
I am a novice homebrewer, but have been a microbrew enthusiast for a few years now. Along with the homebrewing, I enjoy grilling - the two compliment each other quite well (homebrew is an excellent marinade). My wife is the wine maker. Looking forward to first learning, then hopefully, passing along some thoughts. If I'm not brewing or grilling, you'll find me at the beach.