Greetings
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- ArrogantDan
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Greetings
I'd like to take the time to introduce myself. My name is Dan and I'm the newest member of the BrewCommune. I'm a full-on hop head who loves big beers, especially Belgians. My favorite West Coast Brewery is Stone and my favorite East Coast Brewery is Dogfish Head. I'm always looking for one of their beers I have'nt tried yet, and it looks like I'll be going to the Stone Brewery in a couple of weeks. I've been brewing for a little more than a year now, six months into all-grain. I've been brewing in the garage those six months and I'm just now starting to keg (what a relief!!!).
About a month and a half ago, I was cleaning up after a brew day and a neighbor walked up to me and said "heah, I didn't know you're a homebrewer". It turned out to be Jeremy (Marotte Brewery) who is a member of the commune also. Since then Jeremy, Justin (socalcc), and myself have had a couple of brew days that were a lot of fun. At this point I'm a sponge taking in a lot of info, learning quite a bit. I've been by Addison Homebrew Provisions a couple of times and oc eric was a lot help and is way "cool". For those of you who have'nt been by, make it a priority, it's a great shop.
I look forward to meeting everybody soon and making better beers.
Cheers,
ArrogantDan
About a month and a half ago, I was cleaning up after a brew day and a neighbor walked up to me and said "heah, I didn't know you're a homebrewer". It turned out to be Jeremy (Marotte Brewery) who is a member of the commune also. Since then Jeremy, Justin (socalcc), and myself have had a couple of brew days that were a lot of fun. At this point I'm a sponge taking in a lot of info, learning quite a bit. I've been by Addison Homebrew Provisions a couple of times and oc eric was a lot help and is way "cool". For those of you who have'nt been by, make it a priority, it's a great shop.
I look forward to meeting everybody soon and making better beers.
Cheers,
ArrogantDan
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Hello there Dan! looks like I'm not the New Guy anymore
You actually sound like you're in the same situation I'm in-- brewing for a year or so, just starting to keg. Welcome and have fun!
You actually sound like you're in the same situation I'm in-- brewing for a year or so, just starting to keg. Welcome and have fun!
- lexuschris
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Welcome to BrewCommune Dan!!!
Lots of cool & fun folks in the group! From professional brewers to professional amatuers to newbies like you & me!
Looking forward to meeting you at the next club brew-day or meeting!
--LexusChris
Lots of cool & fun folks in the group! From professional brewers to professional amatuers to newbies like you & me!
Looking forward to meeting you at the next club brew-day or meeting!
--LexusChris
"A woman drove me to drink, and I hadn't even the courtesy to thank her." – W.C. Fields
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Welcome Dan!
- backyard brewer
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Welcome aboard guys!
- maltbarley
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Welcome!
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Sounds like you need to take a trip up to Russian River. They do some stellar IPAs, but even beyond they've got a much wider Belgian, barrel-aged, and sour beer lineup than Stone.
And, of course, I can only assume you're familiar with The Bruery...
And, of course, I can only assume you're familiar with The Bruery...
Brad
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Yeah. Since I have yet to take the all-grain plunge myself (as far as my own equpiment, anyway), it has been fun brewing some great all grain beers with you. Especially since we can brew 10 gallons and then split the batches. One of these days we need to brew the same beer on both setups to see if there is any difference (keggle w/ burner vs igloo cooler mastuns).ArrogantDan wrote: Since then Jeremy, Justin (socalcc), and myself have had a couple of brew days that were a lot of fun.
Welcome to the board! You have had a lot of questions, that I have tried to answer, but this is the place to get the details, as I was usually paraphrasing something I read here anyway.
Ask away!
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Nice of you to introduce yourself to the board Dan. Great way to get acclimated to the group.
Keep on brewing - and bring something in for me to try when it's ready.
Keep on brewing - and bring something in for me to try when it's ready.
An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk with his fools. - Hemingway
- BrewMasterBrad
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Welcome Dan. Don't listen to anything Jeremy says about us, we're actually pretty nice people.
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada down at Trader Vic's
- backhousebrew
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I just realized I never made a Hi-I'm-New thread. What's the expiration date on those? lol
- ArrogantDan
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Yeah, I love what I've tried from Russian River (Blind Pig, Pliny the Elder, and Damnation), but based on availability and selection, I'm a Stone guy. I've only had a couple from The Bruery (both were great), but my intentions are to start trying as many as possible.