I figure this will be an appropriate place to chime in for the first time.
Hi, I'm Adam.
I am in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in England, and currently deployed to an "undisclosed location in the Middle East" for the 4th time.
On a whim, about a month ago, I decided I would look into homebrewing.
I figure I will research it until I can be stationed back in the states (I'll FINALLY be back april/may 2012), and then with a head full of knowledge, I would give it a go.
So, after a quick google search, I found this website and naturally have been visiting for a few hours a day.
One of the many amazing things about this website is an entire section dedicated to Gluten-Free Brewing, which is a Godsend since my SWMBO has Celiacs.
Anyways, long story short, I have a million questions about brewing.
However, even after several hundred hours of lurking on this message board over the last month, I have had no reason to post my own question/topic because LITERALLY EVERY QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED/ADDRESSED and can be easily accessed with a quick search.
I'm clearly coming off aggressively, and I honestly only half apologize for it.
Some of it is relieving some unrelated pent-up stress, but a lot of it is coming from the frustration of realizing how lazy some people seem.
Do a quick search for Gluten Free recipes and you'll come up with a MILLION of them with different techniques, brew times, grains, blah blah blah. All with various reviews from people who are clearly subject matter experts.
Just flip through the pages of this gluten-free section, and you'll see people discussing different specialty grains, roasting times/temps for them, yeast strains, etc. as well as the affects these will have on the flavor/aroma for the brew.
Long story short, do your own damn work.
And not only that, isn't "GOOD BEER" pretty relative anyways?
/rant