Hello from Panama City

[T-Black]

Hey Forum,

My name is Tyler. I live in Panama City FL. I am fairly new to brewing. I want to get really into it. I tried the Mr Beer a few times and was not happy with the beer that it produced. I purchased the 5 gallon bucket kit for starters, but want to gather more information on brewing before I attempt. I love craft beer, actually I travel alot so I am a micro brewery connoisseur. I look forward to kicking this off and seeing what I got!!! All help is much appreciated!

 

[TrickyDick]

Welcome to HBT! A lot of us including myself started with a Mr. beer kit. You can make good beer with just about any setup once you are armed with the proper knowledge and good quality ingredients.
There are tons of threads about particular recipes, and clone recipes, as well as a bunch of archived recipes for you to dig into. You will find most folks are pretty friendly and helpful here.
I might make a suggestion on how to proceed in your homebrewing hobby. Learn. Buy or borrow a book about it. The mr beer manual I had about 15 years ago had a lot of bad information in it. I bought the Charlie Papazain book, "the new complete joy of homebrewing" and read that. My original copy had a ton of dog ears, highlights, etc. Once you read that, you can begin to understand where your first few homebrews might have run amok. An alternative book, and one that is free online, is John Palmer's "How to brew", which can be read online for free.
That's it for my initial suggestion.

TD

 

[T-Black]

Welcome to HBT! A lot of us including myself started with a Mr. beer kit. You can make good beer with just about any setup once you are armed with the proper knowledge and good quality ingredients.

I might make a suggestion on how to proceed in your homebrewing hobby. Learn. Buy or borrow a book about it. The mr beer manual I had about 15 years ago had a lot of bad information in it. I bought the Charlie Papazain book, "the new complete joy of homebrewing" and read that. My original copy had a ton of dog ears, highlights, etc. Once you read that, you can begin to understand where your first few homebrews might have run amok. An alternative book, and one that is free online, is John Palmer's "How to brew", which can be read online for free.
That's it for my initial suggestion.

TD

Thank you!

I actually am currently reading "the joys of home brewing" I read the dogfish head brewery book as well as the Brooklyn Brewery book (both names escape me at the moment)

As far as the Mr. Beer, I had the beer come out good just weak or carbonation problems... But hey if I wouldnt have started there, I wouldnt be into it as much as I am currently!

 

[BigDog007]

I've still got bottles left from my first Mr. Beer kit, unfortunately they taste horrible but I'm keeping them for sentimental value. My first 5-gallon batch (a hefeweizen) tastes horrible as well but finally seeing the fruits of my labor, every subsequent beer has started to get better. It's really getting fun now and this is a hobby I can do for life!

 

[T Murph]

Welcome aboard this crazy train we call a hobby. I'm on the west end of the beach. I'm excited to see interested folks in our area. We should schedule a get together with others and share our experiences.