Hi all. This is a first for me - ie, posting to a great looking forum like this. I started out 6 years ago with a fermenter inherited from my grandfather, brewed twice (both were good) then got lazy and packed it away for 4 years. It took a mate who bought a new Coopers Homebrew kit to get me back into it and havn't looked back since. I now focus on experimenting with brews like crazy and have had good success so far.
Thanks to a friend in IT i now have a website i ramble on at (
www.vikingbrewhouse.com ..... shameless plug!!!) and am now brewing traditional method lagers in a fridge alondside the ales. The equipment has grown to three extra 30 litre (8.5 gallon) fermenters, the 400 litre (114 gallon) working fridge, 2 immersion heaters and not enough space for storage of the product! (perhaps I should drink faster?!)
I love getting down and dirty with a new brew and most definately love playing around and parting with the standard recipe.
I also love brewing with honey as the primary fermentable because of the sheer unpreddicability of the finished taste and the challenge it presents to get some consistancy
I also tend to ramble on a bit too much!
Havn't tried an all grain brew yet, but gradually working on the method with extracts and extra grains & hops to bet a bit more experience and confidence.
Happy brewing and happier consuming fellow brewers
Cheers from the Pintmaster