(Re)Introduce yourself here!

[SteveO]

Name: Steve O
Brewing for: 1 year
Extract, partial, AG: Brewed a few extracts, moving to AG.
Favorite style: Porter, Stouts, Browns
Other Beverages: n/a
Best beer made: Porter
Fun hobbies: Volleyball, firefighter, daddy.

I did a few extract kits but never felt like I really knew what the hell was going on. I felt like I was basically following a recipe that anyone off the street could do. I wanted to REALLY learn more about the whole process and get a better understanding of what's going on. I've been piecing together my all-grain setup for a few months now and plan to christen that equipment this Saturday. I'm planning for total failure, anything better than that is a plus.

I also post at East Side Brewers, Garage Brewers, and HomeBrewTalk.

[TimmyR]

Name: Timmy
Brewing for: 13 years
Extract, partial, AG: All-Grain, 10-gallons
Favorite style: The one in my kegerator; depends on season
Other Beverages: Cider
Best beer made: American Stout, American Pale Ale
Fun hobbies: CrossFit, kettlebells, bbq

Good day 'Brews. I live over in O'Fallon, IL and have been homebrewing for about 13-years now (with a couple of long-term breaks along the way). Just last year I moved to 10-gallon, all-grain from partial mash (and some inadvertent all-grain batches when my efficiency surprised me).

I managed to attend NHC this past year for the first time which was a fantastic experience. I am hoping to find the time to start attending your meetings and possibly join your club.

Cheers,

Timmy

[BSBeer]

Name: Bryan Schaefer
How long have you been brewing?: About a Month
Extract, partial mash or all grain?: Extract. Getting the process down and saving up for the last bit of equipment that I need.
What is your favorite style to brew/drink?: Porters, wheat beers, malty beers in general.
What other tasty beverages do you ferment?: None currently.
What's the best beer you think you've made?: Well, only a couple batches in, I don't think I can qualify an answer for this.
Any other fun hobbies?: general computer mayhem.

[ZooKeeper]

Name: Jesse S
How long have you been brewing?: little over a year
Extract, partial mash or all grain?: extract
What is your favorite style to brew/drink?: English bitters, German wheats & Belgian ales.
What other tasty beverages do you ferment?: Apfelwein
What's the best beer you think you've made?: Tank 7 Clone...isn't very old, already tastes good & keeps getting better with age.
Any other fun hobbies?: Mizzou sports & hunting

[Weissman]

Name: James W
How long have you been brewing?: Year and a half-ish
Extract, partial mash or all grain?: All Grain
What is your favorite style to brew/drink?: Oatmeal Stout, Irish Reds, Belgian Wits, Wheat beers.
What other tasty beverages do you ferment?: Port, Mead, and Apfelwein
What's the best beer you think you've made?: My Oatmeal Stout is probably the best so far. Heavy, creamy, rich and high octane.
Any other fun hobbies?: Paintball, Hunting, BBQing, and Fatherhood.

This is the first group that I've started talking with. Plans are to go to a meeting or two and most likely join. Also planning on getting in touch with the Garage Brewers, since they're in my neck of suburbia. Hopefully I'll get over my phobia of someone other than friends or family trying my brew and compete some.

[SteveO]

This is the first group that I've started talking with. Plans are to go to a meeting or two and most likely join. Also planning on getting in touch with the Garage Brewers, since they're in my neck of suburbia. Hopefully I'll get over my phobia of someone other than friends or family trying my brew and compete some.

Welcome!

I was leery of having "seasoned" brewers try my stuff too, but you learn so much more about your own brewing processes and how to make them better through it. Your friends and family will lie to your face and say "not bad!" but if it sucks most brewers will tell you that and be able to analyze your techniques and help you figure out WHERE it went south.

[wonkothsane]

Name: Joe Basso
How long have you been brewing?: Oct. 2011
Extract, partial mash or all grain?: All grain.
What is your favorite style to brew/drink?: Style 9e. and more recently anything from Category 17.
What other tasty beverages do you ferment?: Apfelwine. Soon other wines, mead and ciders.
What's the best beer you think you've made?: I have made too few to determine this yet. Check next year this time.
Any other fun hobbies?: Many, Hunting, Black Powder Rifles, Fishing, Fly Tying, Cooking of any type, to name a few.

[kwerner71]

Name: Kevin Werner
How long have you been brewing?: Year and a half
What is your favorite style to brew/drink?: Category 14B and C
What other tasty beverages do you ferment?: Wine
What's the best beer you think you've made?: Dry hopped APA
Any other fun hobbies?: Golf

[Brewandwinesupply]

Name: Doug Dieckman, owner Brew and Wine Supply in Hillsboro, MO
How long have you been brewing?: Been brewing on and off for about 15 years
Extract, partial mash or all grain?: partial mash
What is your favorite style to brew/drink?: mostly dark and malty, not much of a hop head.
What other tasty beverages do you ferment?:Wine
What's the best beer you think you've made?: Honey porter
Any other fun hobbies?: Growing grapes, making cheese, boating, sailing, too many others to list.

[billbrister]

Name: Bill Brister
How long have you been brewing?: 1 year
Extract, partial mash or all grain?: Started with extract ... have recently started brewing all grain
What is your favorite style to brew/drink?: IPA - Pale Ale ... anything with a ton of hops!
What other tasty beverages do you ferment?: Nothing other than beer right now.
What's the best beer you think you've made?: A honey brown ale - my first beer I am entering into MicroFest
Any other fun hobbies?: Hockey and Internet Web Design

[deer creek brew]

Name: Nick and Brooke, a.k.a. deer creek brew. Desoto, MO
How long have you been brewing?: Just Started!
Extract, partial mash or all grain?: Extract on first two batches, but gearing up to start partial mash and possibly all grain.
What is your favorite style to brew/drink?: Brew...do not know yet. I work mainly offshore and the first batch is still bottle conditioning until I get home near the end of April. Drink...stouts, porters, IPAs, and other Pale Ales
What other tasty beverages do you ferment?: Brooke also brews Kombucha which is a very tasty fermented tea.
What's the best beer you think you've made?: Have not tasted the first batch yet, but know the process has already hooked me.
Any other fun hobbies?: fly fishing, fly tying, snowboarding, skiing, backpacking, camping, wind surfing, hunting, and more!

[beerbythepool]

Name: Eric Griffith
How long have you been brewing?: 1.5 years
Extract, partial mash or all grain?: Just switched to all-grain in March, 4 batches so far and I love it. Still refining my technique and adding equipment to make process better.
What is your favorite style to brew/drink?: changes with the seasons, but have 2 IPA's fermenting and planning 2 Saisons this month. I like to drink something new all the time and love it all, but sours...still trying to get over the hump.
What other tasty beverages do you ferment?: none
What's the best beer you think you've made?: So far with all-grain would be a Dry Irish Stout. Extract would be probably a small saison or arrogant bastard clone.
Any other fun hobbies?: most fun is related to beer, but also enjoy sports and writing.

I have been trying to get to a meeting and hope to be there tomorrow. Nervous, but excited to meet some other homebrews. Cheers!

[Bierleichen]

Name: Nate Brinson
How long have you been brewing?: 2 months
Extract, partial mash or all grain?: Extract. Looking to do maybe one more extract before going partial mash. Of course, getting to all grain is the goal.
What is your favorite style to brew/drink?: It depends. Stouts, IPAs and other various "big beers" are nice, but I can enjoy something like a Helles, Kölsch, Altbier, or Pils just as much, if not more. Really into Bamberg Rauchbier.
What other tasty beverages do you ferment?: none
What's the best beer you think you've made?: Irish Red. To be fair, it's the only one that I have finished. I have a Weissbier fermenting now.
Any other fun hobbies?: Soccer, golf, trying to improve my German (thus the username)

[erniew]

Name: Ernie Ward
How long have you been brewing?: 1.5 years
Extract, partial mash or all grain?: All grain.
What is your favorite style to brew/drink?: Porter or Stout
What other tasty beverages do you ferment?: None on purpose.
What's the best beer you think you've made?: Robust Porter
Any other fun hobbies?: Traveling in my motor home.

[Jaytron]

Name: Jason
How long have you been brewing?: about 2 weeks
Extract, partial mash or all grain?: Extract
What is your favorite style to brew/drink?: all kinds of Ales and Lagers.
What other tasty beverages do you ferment?: Nothing... yet...
What's the best beer you think you've made?: My first batch is in the fermenter right now, So I'll let you know in a few weeks.
Any other fun hobbies?: Cars, Guns,Computers, Beer... you know, typical man stuff.