My name is Chase and my wife is Elise. I've been into brewing for a while and several friends home brew, plus we live in Colorful Colorado so good beer is always present. I have so many other hobbies like my band, my 57' chevy truck, guns and my motorcycle. I haven't been "allowed" to start any other hobbies until now, ha ha. My wife is a chemist and the scientist in her decided she wanted to get into home brewing. It's a win-win for me! We kegged our first beer yesterday. We followed a fat tire clone recipe but substituted a couple malts and added a little bit more hops. The result is more of an ESB but very delicious. I was searching for a Left Hand Milk Stout clone and found it on this forum. Anyway, glad to be here and I look forward to learning from all of you, trying new recipes and submitting some of our own.