I brewed my first batch of beer in Dunwoody, GA in 1978 with my Dad (a winemaker). The results weren't so great, so I did not try this again until 1986. Those were the good old days of a can of John Bull with the yeast under the cap. I followed the instructions on the can.
Learned the basics of making Mead from a guy named Carl Marx in Achorage, Alaska. I have been making some pretty decent mead ever since.
In 1989, I moved to Boston, MA and joined the Boston Wortprocessors. That's where I learned to make drinkable beer and met Jim Cook on the pub crawl of all pub crawls.
I moved to Charleston, WV in 1992. Upon discovering that there was no place to buy supplies, decided to create The Brewing Station. I was slowly shamed into all-grain brewing and starting placing at competitions.
I am now completed my second All Grain Brew-in-a-bag. I was amazed that I had conversion in 30 minutes. The brew from start to finish was 3 hours total. I was brewing with a couple