Lost Newbie

[Bubba_Mustafa]

Hi all!

Just a newbie saying hello.

Just picked up my first kit (did go for the deluxe with glass carboy) and 2 English Pale Ale kits. (hoping first batch will be at least drinkable my my tastes)

Have a bunch of Q's but will post on the correct forum.
(gotta say *love* the closed This vs That stickie. More forums should embrace this concept.)

 

[david_42]

Welcome. You'll have to try hard or be very sloppy to make an undrinkable beer.

 

[Bubba_Mustafa]

Welcome. You'll have to try hard or be very sloppy to make an undrinkable beer.

Well I can be picky on my beers (no snob or conesure (sp!), but like what I like)

Footnote: Was in Portland Oregon with a so-called beer lover; he was ordering Coors Light (thats like going to Italy and eating at Mc Donald s)
Had planned on a beer vacation visiting all the brew pubs of the NW, but that fell through with the economy as is.

 

[slowbie]

Welcome. A bit of advice: try to make styles that you really like (although you'll probably want to stick with reasonably low ABV for your first few batches i.e. less than 7%), because I made a red ale and an English Pale ale as my first two batches and I was a little discouraged going into my third batch (an IPA), but my third batch was great. As it turned out (as verified by others who drank my beer) the first two batches were fine, I just didn't like the styles as much as I thought I did. However, I'm going to echo david_42 and say that you should have no problem making drinkable beer.

As you probably are able to guess, you can probably get away with posting all your brewing related questions in the beginner's forum for the time being if you don't want to figure out where they go otherwise.

Good luck, but watch out, it's addicting!

 

[Bubba_Mustafa]

Welcome. A bit of advice: try to make styles that you really like (although you'll probably want to stick with reasonably low ABV for your first few batches i.e. less than 7%), because I made a red ale and an English Pale ale as my first two batches and I was a little discouraged going into my third batch (an IPA), but my third batch was great. As it turned out (as verified by others who drank my beer) the first two batches were fine, I just didn't like the styles as much as I thought I did. However, I'm going to echo david_42 and say that you should have no problem making drinkable beer.

As you probably are able to guess, you can probably get away with posting all your brewing related questions in the beginner's forum for the time being if you don't want to figure out where they go otherwise.

Good luck, but watch out, it's addicting!

Not looking to make beer flavored whiskey = just good tasting beer over alky content.

I do need to find my 'tastes' and will post on the right forum here for suggestions. (wine has the same eclectic taste span)

My school of thought is to do a type a few rounds for a consistent baseline then tweak after 2 or 3 rounds are consistent. (I do have a bit of scientists in me. Fix CNC lasers for a living and learn all I can on *any* subject.)

Funny, Red and pale ales I like but despise IPAs (too bitter, tried many, just not me)


But thanks (to all) for the warm welcomes!

 

[Homercidal]

Greetings! Don't worry about running out of things to learn here. There are tons of experienced brewers all touting their methods (and showing off their equipment).

 

[Bubba_Mustafa]

Greetings! Don't worry about running out of things to learn here. There are tons of experienced brewers all touting their methods (and showing off their equipment).

Thanks!

Like my job, I look at it as I'll (or anyone) will never learn it *all*.
10 years into my job and learning everyday!

And as for showing off equipment, I have always loved the two extremes, ultra-utter ghetto (shows whats actually *needed*) and the the cream of the crop (shows the scientist/artisan aspect).

(oh been on a LOT of forums. Hows this one? Some will roast/burn/toast a newbie for not searching, others are kinda tolerant. I do searches most times, but once in a while I need answer NOW or I get too many/few search results and feel a post is needed)

 

[slowbie]

(oh been on a LOT of forums. Hows this one? Some will roast/burn/toast a newbie for not searching, others are kinda tolerant. I do searches most times, but once in a while I need answer NOW or I get too many/few search results and feel a post is needed)

IMO this is the best homebrewing forum on the internet. As far as not searching, it all depends on the question you ask. An example from today: I saw a thread where someone had pitched their yeast 13 hours before and could not see signs of fermentation and they were worried. It seems like every other new brewer starts a thread like that at least once, so that thread shows up weekly (don't start to worry unless it's been at least three days). Even when people tell you to search they're usually pretty nice about it though.

 

[Bubba_Mustafa]

Cool! I'm not one to jump to "oh my God! its got a single funny colored bubble that looks too big" newbie (as a comparative notion). I understand its a time deal, and nothing is made/nor lost in a single moment. (read part of John Palmer's book and the part about skimming off the mold from the kraseun didn't phase me much. Mold would bother me, but the fact that it can be skimmed off eases it in the same breathe eases things. People in general get all worried about mold, but a small ratio are actually dangerous: like snakes, but who wants to risk it? type thing. Of course the Alky content might help things there....)

(I'm a bit past the intro part of this forum now huh? I do like to keep order on forums when I can)

IMO this is the best homebrewing forum on the internet. As far as not searching, it all depends on the question you ask. An example from today: I saw a thread where someone had pitched their yeast 13 hours before and could not see signs of fermentation and they were worried. It seems like every other new brewer starts a thread like that at least once, so that thread shows up weekly (don't start to worry unless it's been at least three days). Even when people tell you to search they're usually pretty nice about it though.

 

[Homercidal]

Quotes go above your reply.

Frikkin newb.

 

[Bubba_Mustafa]

Been around forums since the pre-Windows days. (aka:usenet/BBS days; Even ran my own multi-node DOS based BBS) Seem many a people (still today) quote a 5 page post only to say 3 word reply (at the bottom typically with *everything along with pictures* quoted and duplicated. Quoting above makes more sense to me (with poor netiquite, more these days). See what one has to say, then if needed, look below. makes more sense then scrolling 5 pages of nested quotes to find the response.)

Edit: Though I will chop and reply to deal with individually points. (normally)
(FAR from a newbie on 'puters. Dealt with 'puter since *before* DOS. Dealt with CP/M)

Quotes go above your reply.

Frikkin newb.

 

[DragonTail]

Welcome