Been brewing for about 4 months now, started with a Mr. Beer my wife got me for Christmas. She says its the best worst gift she ever got me. I have since passed on the Mr. Beer to my brother-in law and his wife is ready to kill me. I went from 2 gal extract to 5 gal extract to 5 gal all grain. I now have 8 brews under my belt 1 extract lager and 2 all grain batches. As soon as I place one brew in the fermenter, I'm planning the next and have everything ready as soon as a fermenter is empty. Only down side is everything has to be ordered, the closest LHBS is 2 hrs away. Any down time I have, I am either on this web site, the AHS web site, Beersmith, reading "How to Brew", or brewing.