Introduce Yourself
Name is Adam, I started brewing in college after finding out that it was possible. After the first beer not only "did the trick" but also tasted palatable, I started using partial mash recipes. I've even ventured out into all grain, but I can't say that I used all the right equipment or had big enough pots. I'm still in that nomadic phase of life where you don't have a garage or a mortgage yet, so I'm holding off on getting more invested until I'm more grounded.
I also enjoy many other types of fermentation, especially kimchi, kombucha, and sauerkraut. I wholeheartedly recommend Sandor Katz's Wild Fermentation if you want to expand past S. cervesiae as the only fermenter you play with. I recommend the "sweet potato fly" which is a fruity, creamy soft drink made with whey.
#1 Started brewing June 2008
#2 Favorite style Stouts but I love them all. So far I started with a New Castle and a Kriek kit ,Cherry Stout ,American Ale and I picked a bunch of black berries and hve the Ulterior Motive in the secondary (the kriek Is undrinkable) the New Castle tasted like a kit would but I learned this after I brewed a PM of Cherry Stout that I thought was ok for my first venture into grains.
Next up after all of my "honey does" are completed is setting up my all grain system and brewing the Strawberry Blonde .
#3 The great city of Portland Or.
Again like many of the previous post have said this is a great site and has opened my eyes to the world of brewing
Hi, the name's Mark, and I got involved in home brewing just a few months ago, after taking a class locally here in CO (Boulder area). It was a great course and took me beyond the feeble attempt I made so many years ago in CA to brew beer with a pre-hopped, no-boil kit. I also joined a local brewing club (Indian Peaks Alers) to help me along, but since it only meets monthly, I figured I'd reach out to the 'net world for advice.
I'm rather partial to hoppy ales, and am pretty much focusing my initial batches in this area (IPA, APA, etc.). As I 'grow up', I'll work towards establishing a better reperetoire, but just making a batch of beer that's drinkable has been a kick!
This website has been a fantastic resource for me and I thank all of you who moderate it and contribute.
Slainte!
Okay. I'm one of the many lost souls who just graduated from college with a wonderful but totally useless liberal arts degree. Stuck at home in Texas the moment, I'm planning my Great Escape. Translation: I'm working as a bar wench, hoarding money like Ebenezzer Scrooge and plotting to flee to Beervania, aka Portland, OR.
I know nothing about beer, just that I absolutely adore the liquid ambrosia and have a distinct pallate. I want to jump into the ocean of the beer world. I want any job that revolves around the creation and enjoyment of good beer.
If anyone could take a few minutes and tell me where the hell I should start, I should appreciate it. I imagine starting at the beginning would be best. What is the beginning though?
Thanks, I appreciate your shared wisdom.
My beginning started at a local public library. Soaked up some info and went to the nearest LHBS (I got lucky, they are very knowledgable and competent brewers). Picked up a delux beginners equipement kit and three Brewers Best ingredient kits and no looking back from there. Advanced my knowledge by reading and joining several forums.
Hi all. I have been brewing for about 2 months now because I am tired of spending lots of money on mediocre beers. A friend of mine turned me onto home brewing and I am hooked! Lots of fun and there is nothing better than kicking back with an ice cold tasty brew ha-ha that you made. Looking forward to getting help and ideas from the vets and maybe helping out myself one day.
Good day
I just registered today on this forum and I hope to learn a lot from you.
1. How long have you been brewing?
2. What is your favorite beer style?
3. Where are you from?
Im brewing now for 6 weeks and it is with turbulence - with my first brew the hops went out of the boiler into the fermenting tank resulting in something so bitter you wont believe it.
My fav beer style: I do not know yet - I like ales but I do not like cream ales. The size of the CO2 bubbles in the most of the ales are too small and I want bigger bubbles (if anyone could help out here)
I am from a small city Bloemfontein in the middle of South-Africa.
Howdy folks!,
I started brewing about this time last year. It was too cold to go fishing and I was bored 
Brewed around 100 gallons of various ales in 5 to 6 gallon batches. The first 2 were canned kits and after that I went to extracts and specialty grains.
My favorite brew is Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and I will be concentrating on perfecting a clone this fall & winter. Expect to switch to all grain in the next few months and also start washing yeast..
I live in northwestern Nevada and quit brewing when temperatures got above about 80 this spring, but hope to set up for hot weather brewing soon.
I also cure my own hams, corned beef and pastrami and make jerky and sausages. In a nutshell, I love to eat and drink as well as having some control over what I eat and drink
Hi! Looks like lots of knowledgeable folks here, In hope some of my imponderables may be answered as well as maybe give some help of my own (limited, though!).
I'm the little guy they accidently let out of his bottle, and the world has regretted it since! Started brewing long ago, while laid off from work and living in a cabin with the wife & cats in Northern Arizona at 6700 feet altitude, without electric power, phone, or running water. Making beer was a real challenge with a wood-burning cookstove!
My favorite store-bought beer, after trying many, is St. Pauli Girl, 2nd. Becks, both German made. I appreciate the German Purity Law allowing only the 4 basic ingredients, after reading how much chemical junk the domestic beer-makers are allowed to add.
We spent 20 years in AZ, not all in a cabin, of course, and sold out in 1999 just before Y2K scare, and are now in the middle of Mark Twain National Forest in the Missouri Ozarks, retired & happy.
I'm a technical guy, Engineering, and maybe can be of help with some technical stuff, but not much else! I think I understand SOME of the chemical goings-on in brewing. That's about it, though.
If I ask too many questions, welllll........., just tell me off! imp
1) I just started brewing literally a week ago. Since I turned 21 just a few years ago and could actually order any beer I wanted I've been obsessed with beer and the craft of making it. My desire to create great beer that makes everyone say "wow" drove me to start brewing. My dream job is to use my chemistry degree in a job where I can brew or work around beer.
2) Fav Beer = Arrogant Bastard Ale
3) Louisville, KY