How Did You Learn To Brew?

[Ace_Club]

Crazy old hippy, this guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51L-K6eM2qI&feature=player_embedded

"Anal retentive beer tastes like a tight sphincter."

I think that's what they teach in prison.

 

[wildwest450]

magic 8 ball



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[Palefire]

I met that guy on a random trip to SF. Brewcraft is his store. No offense to your brewing style, but Griz gives some odd advice from his special chair.

Must agree with this. Griz is fun and interesting and always a blast to talk to, but I've seen him give some godawful advice to people. He's pretty old school. I've found it's best to just nod and say "yes," then come home and get your advice from HBT.

 

[JNye]

a friend brought some homebrew to a christmas party. I liked it. He invited me to a brew day, after seeing the process I knew right away that this was right up my alley. From there I taught myself using Palmer and HBT mostly.

 

[ChickenBeer]

Also a Papazian learner first. This web site is probably the best one around. Lots of books and Homebrew club where some of the members are brewmasters. Sweeeeeet resource.

 

[dvdanny]

Combination of the Good Eats episode and mr. beer. I refined (and altered) my brewing techniques from this board though.

 

[Hammy71]

10% books and 90% HBT......

 

[PirateBrewer]

Back in college, my one of my managers from when I worked retail would always talk about how he homebrewed (he also got me into craft beer). It interested me so as soon as I graduated I started brewing. Read some books on it, watched a friend go through the process (I'm more of a visual learner), and then just dove right in. Now, I continue to learn by reading more books and browsing these forums!

 

[Homercidal]

Started with a tupperware glass of cider, a lid, and a couple of days in the basement behind the canning jars...

Then as an adult I graduated to a glass carboy and Joy of Homebrewing, thanks to the encouragement of a friend's dad who made wine.

 

[TVM71]

Started out with Mr Beer kits, read Papazian's book and started to broaden my horizons by trying different things from there while getting lots of good info from websites and other homebrewers.

 

[GoodRatsBrew]

The Joy of Homebrewing and a honey porter kit from the homebrew store was the launching pad roughly 10 years ago. However a recent lay-off has me thinking it's time ti take things to the next level and launch a small country brewery. Any info from board members would be/has been great.

 

[daniels]

A buddy and i drove past a home brew shop and thought we would give it a try. looking back i have no idea how we didnt get infections in our first brews my buddy kept pouring table sugar into the carboy.

 

[rockfish42]

I met that guy on a random trip to SF. Brewcraft is his store. No offense to your brewing style, but Griz gives some odd advice from his special chair.

Yes, yes he does. He also scares off a number of shrinking violets, if you enjoy a little abuse or bizarre humor though he's great.

 

[FireBrew63]

SWMBO and I had some of my buddy's homebrew (loved it). SWMBO got the recipe from him and bought the ingrediants, starter kit with "How To Brew", and 2 keg system for me on Christmas 2007. Between John Palmer and HBT, I have gone to an AG single tier system! By far, HBT has been the best source for learning though.

 

[yummybeer]

got started by getting mr. beer kit as a christmas gift several years ago. as far as the "learning how" part, i just followed the recipes and read a couple books. also picked up some tips from here, too. so i'm basicly "self-taught".