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If they have 'Raging Bitch' by them I think that's really good. I haven't tried all their brews though.

I see. Yeah I've got an electric stove. I think partial boils will be fine for me in order to get started and see if I enjoy the hobby. When I get a backyard or garage in a couple years I could have more space to store larger pots and extra burners.

Thanks for the comments everyone! I was thinking about using my kitchen stove. Do many people have problems with boiling with a 5 gallon pot on standard stoves? Or do most people use a separate, external burner? I do have a big pasta pot, but I poured water into it last night and it would...

How big of a selection do you have? I like Deschutes, Flying Dog, Stone, ...

Hi all, I've been reading Palmer's book over the past week and am getting a feel for how home brewing works. Yesterday I also went to my local brewstore and checked that out. I'm now trying to decide on a initial starter kit. I found a useful thread on these forums which has been helpful...

Thanks for much for the thoughtful responses everyone! I'm really glad to hear that it's not unreasonable to expect one's beers to be as good as the craft beers in the supermarket if one is patient and spends time studying the craft. My fiancee and I do enjoy "good" beers. We like Ommegang...

Really? Wow, what luck. I haven't been there yet but am planning on going this upcoming weekend to check it out.

I'm new to the homebrewing idea, and right now I'm sort of just feeling it out to see if it's something I would be interested in doing. The primary reason for me wanting to do it is that it just sounds fun! However, in addition to "having fun" there's always the lingering thought that perhaps...

Hello everyone! Recently got interested in trying out this new-fangled home brewery stuff, and this forum looked like the best place to talk to others about it. I don't know anything yet, but Amazon promises me my books will arrive soon :) Looking forward to learning from you all.