Hello from Raleigh, NC, USA

Got a Mr. Beer for my birthday 3 months ago, got a starter 5 gallon kit 2 months ago, added an immersion chiller and other fun stuff 1 month ago, have run 3 or 4 batches through each setup, and am currently building a shed in my backyard to house a refrigerator for use as a fermenter (no garage or basement). My wife is thrilled

I found this forum pretty early on, and it has been invaluable. I'm trying to make lots of use of the search function so as not to ask too many stupid questions, but I already owe indirect thanks to Revvy and Yooperbrew, among others, for all of your excellent posts.

I'm still doing extract kits from LHBS and Midwest, but hope to move on to more creative brewing in the fall. Looking forward to working with you all!

JJ

Welcome! There's a great contingent of NC brewers here.

Hello, welcome. I am in the pinehurst/So. Pines area. Have you been to American Brewmaster off Capital? Mark is a great guy, and the staff is helpful. American Brewmaster. (Shameless plug for LHBS)

Sounds like you are jumping in with both feet. Luck.

Hello and welcome to the forum....I hope to have a brew shed someday...maybe when the kids are gone.

Thanks everybody. I do hope to meet up wit some NC brewers eventually, but I'd like to learn a little more before "going public".

@Sean -- American Brewmaster has already been great to me, I picked up a good bit of equipment there, a couple kits, and will be back next week to get ingredients for my first non-kit brew. They've been very helpful.

@Boston -- Well, it's more like a brew shack, or lean-to... but I think it'll do the trick Ha, I'm trying to get mine in before the kids come.

Time to bottle an oatmeal stout!

Happy to have another fellow North Carolinian!! You'll be happy here. Stick around!!:rockin:

Welcome to the world of home brew. Good to see more people from N.C. represented here.

Welcome

Another from NC!

Hello and welcome.

Greensboro area here.

Welcome from RTP!

Welcome, I just moved back to Greensboro myself.

Welcome. I'm in Monroe and a fairly new brewer myself. It's a ton of fun when the beers start maturing and you can actually drink 'em.

I thoroughly enjoy how the NC brewers come out in full force to welcome another to the obsession. Welcome!!!

True! I love seeing another NC brewer. I'm feeling a NC brew gathering happening!

Hey, you all are great! Thanks for the welcome. I would love to get together at some point. Not sure if there are existing brewing groups in the area?

Jacksonville here...

Welcome from the big city of Roxboro (north of Durham). I'll wave the next time I fly into RDU.

Don't knock the Mr. Beer system. It works quite well. I've got 4 Mr. B fermentors and two will fit into my brewing fridge with a 6 gal bucket fermentor. I don't have enough room for another bigger fermentor and the Mr. B kegs fit nicely in unused space.

Hello from the metropolis of Lizard Lick NC (east of Raleigh)

+1 on American Brewmasters if you haven't yet sign up for one of there homebrewing classes great subject matter and instruction.

Doug G

warm (and humid) welcomes from durham. maybe i could get away from swimbo for a sat or sun sometime..... bueller?

Hey, and welcome from Chapel Hill. I'm new to the sport as well.