Greetings from the frozen tundra of northern New England

ACSlater · Sep 6, 2015

Hi all. My name is Adam, and I'm fairly new to home brewing, having only brewed my first batch in January. I'm learning a great deal, but I obviously have a long way to go. I started out with brewing 1 gallon batches from extract kits on my electric stovetop, and have since moved on to an 11 gallon stainless brew kettle with a temperature-controlled fermentation chamber, and I'm putting together a collar-style keezer so I can begin kegging. Any help you guys can give me is greatly appreciated, and I'll do the best I can to be helpful within the limited scope of my knowledge. Thank you all for contributing this great place where we can all share knowledge of this awesome way of life!

Cyclman · Sep 6, 2015

Welcome to the group, from Colorado :mug:

Sammy86 · Sep 6, 2015

Welcome from another New Englander!

Gavin C · Sep 6, 2015

Hey Adam

Welcome to HBT.

BTW, sorry about the Simpsons sarcasm detector joke earlier. I honestly thought you didn't pick up on @passedpawn 's wit.

Not a good way to relate to a new member of HBT on my part.

ACSlater · Sep 7, 2015

Gavin C said:
Hey Adam

Welcome to HBT.

BTW, sorry about the Simpsons sarcasm detector joke earlier. I honestly thought you didn't pick up on @passedpawn 's wit.

Not a good way to relate to a new member of HBT on my part.

It's alright. I was trying to point out that he was focused on the word astringent, but the context was "akin to astringency". The point I was trying to make was sort of...if something tastes akin to coffee, that doesn't make it coffee. So in a sense, if someone tried to compensate specifically for astringency, he might not get the result he was looking for. Does that make sense?

Gavin C · Sep 7, 2015

ACSlater said:
It's alright. I was trying to point out that he was focused on the word astringent, but the context was "akin to astringency". The point I was trying to make was sort of...if something tastes akin to coffee, that doesn't make it coffee. So in a sense, if someone tried to compensate specifically for astringency, he might not get the result he was looking for. Does that make sense?

Yes it does.

Perfect sense.

Once again welcome to HBT.