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[Agirard2003]

You can't judge a beer by its bottle. 12oz of my 14% ABV Black Pearl ale is plenty for one sitting.

my wife bought me some beer one time from the LCBO, can was the size of a redbull can and it was 18%, well drank that on an empty stomach and it kicked my ass .. hah

 

[Agirard2003]

Same for me! The wife got me a “Mr Beer” kit for my birthday one year.... I didn’t touch it for a year, and I was worried it wouldn’t turn out. But, you know what? I read on the Mr Beer forum how to dry hop, and my very first brew was the “Diablo IPA” dry hopped with cascade hops and it turned out REAL good considering. I was hooked.
Now I BIAB all grain and have designed several of my own styles. Little by little, learning more and more as I go, upgrading piece by piece as I go. I just bottled a WCIPA style last night that I have real high hopes for as it smelled and tasted goood pre bottling.
There was a guy at a LHBSS that looked down his nose at me when I said I started with Mr Beer. ... He was a bit of a dick.

Gotta start somewhere..

acronyms are killing me... hah

now the next part is understanding these recipes!!

 

[Cammanron]

L H B S S

Local Home Brew Supply Store

 

[bwible]

I'm not sure what "regular" means but I'll just assume those wimpy 12oz bottles you Americans drink from...

That’s because we’re mostly not drinking wimpy 3.8% or 4% beers.

And nobody here drinks homebrew from the bottle. We’re more civilized than that.