I'm new to the home-brewing game and am more interested in all grain. I'm having trouble sortin through all the threads look for info that I need. So it anyone can point me in the right direction to learn about the hops, yeast and termination it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Not really advise as much just relating how I got started.
I've had people I know over the years buy kits and make beer. Most were drinkable but not impressive. Most only brewed once and that was it. So I never gave it much thought.
2 years ago I met a pro brewer. He told me enough about all grain brewing that I decided to take the plunge. First I bought a kegerator from him for $50, and slowly started to assemble my brew op. That was in Dec. 2011. In Sept. of 2012 I finally brewed my first all grain batch, 10 gal. And I haven't regretted it at all.
While I was building my setup I studied like a MOFO, picking his brain and Googling. Google kept bringing up hits on this site and I joined.
During the study, and setup time, I spent a ton of bucks on, Reference beers.
I've made at least $500 in mistakes, but it was worth it in the end.
In short,... my advise is research is priceless, do a ton of it!
Study, study, study. And buy wisely, according to your budget.
You can do the baby steps if you want, that would be what I recommend to most, but jumping off a cliff and going 10 gallons AG was kind of a thrill for me.
Oh ya, I'm still new too, so,... what's this
termination you speak of?
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