Recent content by PanzerPug

Thanks so much, guys. From everything I have read here and elsewhere about home brewing over the past several weeks, half of the time I think "it is so easy to screw this up" and the other half of the time I think "boy, I really have to try hard to screw this up".

While my first batch is bottled and I'm waiting to drink it, I started a second batch on Sunday and think I messed up. Right as I got the boil going, I was supposed to add the dry extract, but I accidentally put in the first set of hops. I caught it after about 8 minutes, took it off the...

Another newbie here, this time from way down in Southwest Virginia. Anybody here from the same area? I am beginning my second attempt at home brewing. My first was in the late 90's and was a miserable flop. I sold all of my stuff after that. Now, I have a home with much more space and...