What got you into the hobby?

krackin · Jun 24, 2016

When I started it was illegal to brew at home. It was a justified crime of passion and necessity.

brewshki · Jun 24, 2016

mike-teslia said:
my dad got a Mr beer kit from peavy mart on clearance along with 3 extra cans we made the first batch and it was not bad but not great so he gave/pawned it off on me when i went back to collage after the Christmas break i made all of them the upgraded to the standard 6 gallon pail system for kit and kilo cans from my local home brew shop my "mentor" at that time was craigtube

i then got out of for about a year and a half then once things were more settled i picked up a new system after finding brewing tv and chop and brew i was hooked again and now in about a good 12 batches of beer and wines and no plans of stopping soon

Both great YouTube channels!

Calder · Jun 24, 2016

I moved from England to the US in the 80s, and to me Bud/Miller/Cours were tasteless. Great as a refreshing drink when ice cold on a hot day, but as a beer, they really didn't rate in my book. Nothing else available in the stores at that time.

Sierra Nevada and Sam Adams were only start-up breweries at that time, and their distribution didn't reach where I was.

I started brewing just to get some decent beer.

bendog15 · Jun 25, 2016

Was dating a girl and started making cider to try and get her buzzed. The cider turned out terrible. Finally a buddy pointed out that I had most of the equipment needed to brew beer. Stopped making cider (which I hated) and started making extract kits. 3 years later, I'm a serious all grainer with a dream keezer and all kinds of beer on tap. Btw I ended up marrying that girl.

Nomofett · Jun 25, 2016

Same as the post earlier I moved from Portland to Japan and the selection here was lacking and expensive. Always thought it'd be tough then saw some friends do it and figured I needed a hobby. After I saw how easy BIAB small batches could be I figured I'd give it a shot.

uptonparkfan · Jun 25, 2016

I wanted to brew for year and done first one should be reedy bottle next week.

brewbama · Jun 25, 2016

I used to brew prior to being stationed in Italy in '93. Then, when Alabama finally legalized home brewing a cpl yrs ago I decided to get back into it. I enjoy creating food such as BBQ, sausage, dried meats, pizza, pickles, etc and this is just a natural next step.

uptonparkfan · Jun 25, 2016

I just like to able brew my own beer then .design label etc

Michigan_Wolfman · Jun 25, 2016

My interest in homebrewing got started when my youngest sister came home from college (Central Michigan University) with a couple bottles of an apricot ale she and some classmates had brewed in an actual course offered by the university on how to homebrew. It wasn't the absolute greatest beer, but it wasn't all that bad either, and I began to wonder if I could do it myself. Lured by the catchy gimmick advertising of the MR. BEER line of products, I bought a MR BEER starter kit, only to be disappointed in the yeasty, overall funky flavors that each kit produced no matter how long I let the bottles condition. Finally, I decided to shelf the Little Brown Keg and took a trip to 'Things Brewed' in Webberville Michigan, where I purchased a Brewer's Best Homebrew starter kit, two cases of bottles, a copy of 'The Joy Of Homebrewing' and a Things Brewed recipe kit for 'Better Than Manufactured Light'. Encouraged by the success of my efforts using quality ingredients and a decent brewing set up, I next set out to brew one of the recipes found in 'The Joy Of Homebrewing'. I believe it was the recipe titled 'Australian Summer Snow Lager'. Lacking the ability to do a temperature controlled lager, I substituted ale yeast (Cooper's generic ale yeast or Safale US-)5, can't remember which it was now), and still turned out the best tasting beer I had ever brewed at that point in time. From then on, I've been a diehard homebrewer.