My name is Andy, and I live in MI. I started brewing last Christmas, when my sister got me a Mr. Beer. I brewed with that for a while, and even bought another on clearance. That wasn't enough though. I was already addicted. I had to go out and buy equipment to do regular extract batches, then do full 5 gal. batches. I can't stop. It's too much fun. I've brewed about 10 MrB's, and 3 extract batches.