filthyastronaut
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My dad and my older sister have made a few extract batches while I was growing up, and I was always around to help. The beer was okay to terrible. I remember my dad using half a packet of S-04 for a batch of beer because "the beer fermented too fast last time and tasted like bananas!" A couple years ago, my girlfriend (now fiance) whimsically decided she wanted to make dandellion wine. It was literally dandellions steeped in water with some slices of citrus, and a bunch of sugar. Made one gallon and pitched S-04. Ended up being really underattenuated, sweet, and hoochy, but it honestly didn't taste too bad. At that point I decided I wanted to try brewing and made this recipe: http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/01/homebrewing-pale-ale-for-beginners-extract.html and that didn't turn out too bad. The bug bit me at that point.