returned brewer

[knowle]

hi , just got back into brewing after a break of about 20yrs. forgot how much fun it was!!!
is any body else having trouble doing anything but watching it bubble away.got 40pts of milestone ipa going on thurs night and i cant keep away.

 

[31bb3]

no mate were all as bad
welcome to the forum

 

[Tony]

Yes indeed!

Nice to meet you!
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[knowle]

thanks for the welcome.
hope this one turns out alright , remember homebrew always tasting a bit chemically.
will wait and see . dont think i had enough patience in my younger days probably drank straight from the fermenting bin.

 

[evanvine]

Welcome to the Forum, you'll be ok!
Kits have come on in leaps and bounds since you last brewed.

 

[gsidford]

thanks for the welcome.
hope this one turns out alright , remember homebrew always tasting a bit chemically.
will wait and see . dont think i had enough patience in my younger days probably drank straight from the fermenting bin.

I returned earlier this year and like you had bad memories of kits and what taste came out the other end.

I have only done two can kits (Woodfordes Wherry and a Muntons Smugglers Gold dry hopped with Goldings) and I have been amazed by how much these kits have moved on. I am just doing a second Smugglers with different yeast (S04) and dryu hopping again to see whether I can improve it even more. Also tried my first extract brew using the howto here and the Stout is lovely.

I think you will be surprised by what you can brew up now with relative ease