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I just started brewing early last year after a friends of mine turned me onto it (1 had done it for a while and one was new). It seems good to have varying levels of skill amongst your closest friends. And even better in a brew club huh? I in turn turned my brother on to it who just finished culinary school so of course he was all over it. It seems like a lot of people, like me, never really think "hey I could make my own beer". lol I find that funny.
Anyway, so I quickly decided that AG was the direction to go after a few extract batches. Besides, all the equipment and the process I liked so it was an excuse to buy more stuff which just meets with my wife's eye rolling of how guy hobbies are always "just need one more thing".
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My styles of choice are darker varieties, Brown Ales, Porters, Stouts, even Ambers. I’m not a high hop fan at all, but that's just me. I know it seems to be all the rage with American micros, but meh. I do like many Belgians however as long as they are not way out there with the % ABV. High alcohol beers I have not grown accustom to as of yet.
I've just bottle my first AG batch which was an S. English Brown Ale. Nothing special but I wanted to start simple and with something I knew how it should taste while I'm learning this All Grain thing. So we'll see. I have the Bruery batch also ready to bottle now too, just need to find the time. I'll be going to the Cal. Homebrew Festival in May so I look forward to meeting everyone that I already haven't. I'll be sure to bring the Brown Ale for fellow passing by campers if it's drinkable.
I look forward to learning for you pros. Next steps for me are kegging (need CO2!) and fermentation starters (just got a flask the other day) also perfecting my MacGyver’d pseudo 3 tier system made out of metal storage shelving.
Thanks for reading!
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Cheers,
Chris / Kaisho99