Checking in from Harrison, Ohio near Cincinnati.
I had been making homemade wine for 25+ years, then a couple years ago someone got me a beer kit for Christmas. Been hooked ever since!
Have been brewing for a couple years, all grain for a little over a year. I joined Cincinnati Malt Infusers (CMI) brew club about a year ago, recently finished a BJCP exam prep course, but not nearly ready to take the exam. Need a lot more study, and more tasting experience!
My system is totally manual low-tech right now, and I would really like to upgrade my brew system. Undecided on RIMS or HERMES, type and extent of electronic control, etc. My first goal is to control Mash process with a March pump and some type of automated temperature control, but want a system that I can expand later.
I realize the last paragraph is a little off topic for an introduction thread, but included it here to illustrate where I am on the brew addiction line. However, if someone could, please point out a good thread to enter a discussion of how to plan for system upgrade and automation when there are so many possibilities and I am so confused on which direction to go.
In my brief experience here I have found this site to have near limitless info, and I am sure I will be spending WAY too much time here (in my wife's opinion).
Cheers from Ohio!
I had been making homemade wine for 25+ years, then a couple years ago someone got me a beer kit for Christmas. Been hooked ever since!
Have been brewing for a couple years, all grain for a little over a year. I joined Cincinnati Malt Infusers (CMI) brew club about a year ago, recently finished a BJCP exam prep course, but not nearly ready to take the exam. Need a lot more study, and more tasting experience!
My system is totally manual low-tech right now, and I would really like to upgrade my brew system. Undecided on RIMS or HERMES, type and extent of electronic control, etc. My first goal is to control Mash process with a March pump and some type of automated temperature control, but want a system that I can expand later.
I realize the last paragraph is a little off topic for an introduction thread, but included it here to illustrate where I am on the brew addiction line. However, if someone could, please point out a good thread to enter a discussion of how to plan for system upgrade and automation when there are so many possibilities and I am so confused on which direction to go.
In my brief experience here I have found this site to have near limitless info, and I am sure I will be spending WAY too much time here (in my wife's opinion).
Cheers from Ohio! 
