Back after many years.

[sunbeam]

Greetings from Central Maine! After a long hiatus from homebrewing (17 years since my last all grain batch, some sporadic brews until 2006, 11 years of none at all) I found a deal at a yard sale on some equipment and now have an all grain pale ale fermenting away. The bug has re-bitten me pretty good and I'm back in with both feet. Had I had a resource like this forum back in the '90s I may have never hung it up. Looking around now it seems I have some catching up to do, still sanitizing with bleach for now because it's what I know. My next door neighbor is partly to blame for getting my juices flowing again as he is making great beers with a BIAB setup over there. (Better than I remember mine ever being) looking forward to being a contributing member of this huge community, cheers!

 

[AJinJacksonville]

Welcome back sunbeam! You'll love Star San, it's a game changer for sanitizing!

Cheers!

 

[Jwin]

Welcome back, to the dark side.
A lot of new toys to explore and even more hype.
Catch u up a bit
LoDO=Low dissolved oxygen
Make a starter however you would like, shaken or stirred.
Stay away from the electric forums as they are another money pit all together

 

[sunbeam]

Thanks! I was wondering what LODO meant, never seen it before and even searched the glossary for it.

 

[bradleypariah]

Catch u up a bit
LoDO=Low dissolved oxygen
Make a starter however you would like, shaken or stirred.
Stay away from the electric forums as they are another money pit all together

Mentioning secondary fermentation makes people anxious nowadays.

 

[Jwin]

What's a secondary?

 

[ncbrewer]

Welcome back to brewing, and welcome to the forum.

 

[pursuit0fhoppiness]

Welcome back sunbeam! May I ask why you went on hiatus anyway? It's so addictive!

 

[beernutz]

Welcome back. I also started brewing in the 90s and also look a long, but not as long as yours, hiatus of 7 years before resuming in 2013. Its good to be back.

 

[mmeadows24]

Mentioning secondary fermentation makes people anxious nowadays.

So true. Add in tri-clover fittings and it'll just make you cry!

 

[sunbeam]

I can't say for sure why I stopped, other than I wasn't consistently making great beer, and in my late 20s my living arrangements were rather fluid for a few years. I think that one needs to put down some roots before being able to AG brew regularly. I feel like I had some unfinished business from my previous brewing attempts, some unexplored terrirory. I never played with lagers and pilsners before, something I would like to get into soon.