Lifting a glass to you from CA

Hi folks

I'm a fairly recent convert, but am diving in at the deep end somewhat on the basis that the faster I make mistakes the faster I learn ... Most brews have come out well so far, and the ones that didn't taught me a lot.

My personal nanobrewery is named "Mischief Brewing" after a kitten we adopted around the time I got started.

Here's a photo of Mischief with her Brewery:



Currently have a porter and an 80/- in primary, ESB and cream ale in sec.

Welcome to the forum, where in Cali are you?

Up in the wet half - I'm in San Francisco.

Born in the UK, but have been here 10 years now and consider it home. The weather's better, and I still milk the accent for all it's worth

Welcome to HBT!
What are your favorite beers you have brewed so far?

Welcome to HBT...I'm also in SF...

@RichBrewer:

Top three would be (in no particular order)

- The very first pale ale from the Coopers all-in-one kit my girlfriend bought me that got me started. Nothing special now, but at the time it was an eye-opener.

- Port O' Palmer from How To Brew, my second brew ever. I've just started another one off, and I have a bottle left from the first batch to compare with and see how my skills have improved.

- Mischief's Bloody Stupid IPA, the first one where I wrote the recipe rather than used someone elses. Turned out very tasty indeed, very hoppy but a lot of retained sugar to balance it. Complete accident, and I lost the original recipe somewhere along the way. Oh well...

I'm still at the stage where "best" is determined by "how much did I learn doing this batch". Fortunately I have enough space to have 6 on the go at once and a collection of thirsty friends to help with the disposal problem.

@fusion94:

which part of town? do you frequent SF Brewcraft at all?

Well Again Welcome, good to have you hear with the rest of us.

I'm raising one back to you from UT. Welcome!

Cheers from down on the peninsula. Where abouts in the UK are you from?

@UncleFluffy twitter user??

I live on Lincoln Way near 5th avenue. And I frequent SF Brewcraft as often as SWMBO allows.

@mrkristofo: Thankyou

@beardguy: all over the place (moved around a hell of a lot), but born in Lincolnshire.

@fusion94: no, I avoid anything that I can't deal with in batch mode. You're across the park from me - I'm on 16th near Cabrillo. About four short blocks walk from the brew shop. (Yay!)

UncleFluffy said:

@fusion94: no, I avoid anything that I can't deal with in batch mode. You're across the park from me - I'm on 16th near Cabrillo. About four short blocks walk from the brew shop. (Yay!)

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yeah my sister-in-law is one block from Brewcraft....my SWMBO wonders why i have a sudden interest in going over there to visit her.

Welcome aboard UncleFluffy! I'm a bit jealous, you're fortunate to live in what I consider to be the best beer city in all the Americas.

Welcome and hello from Petaluma!

@BakerStreetBeers: Hello neighbour

@BlindLemonLars: Thanks. When I first moved over to the US one of my biggest worries was "am I going to have to drink Budweiser for the rest of my life?". Fortunately, I discovered that there are good beers on this side of the pond as well.

I just bought 20 corny kegs and am on a mission to fill them with good beer to give away to random thirsty strangers at Burning Man this year. Wish me luck...