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Hi All,
Nice to be here amongst a whole bunch of fellow brew enthusiasts. I live in NZ although I have been all over the world as a tourist and even lived in China for a while. Anyhow I started brewing beer in NZ as long ago as the early 1980's. More of an economic necesity in those days. We brewed mostly cheap kit beers and we were not too adventurous. I always remember that the beer we made was rarely satisfactory and had a distinctive home brew twang. Into the present and about a year ago I got interested in the hobby again when a good mate purchased some fairly good quailty brewing equipment and much to my surprise started to brew some pretty respectable beers. Anyhow since then I have also gotten back into brewing having aquired a couple of pressure fermenters and an all grain system and have been really pleased with the results. Thursday nights myself and a few buddies congregate around at a mates house where we have tasting sessions and swap brewing tales - that get longer as the night gets darker. One thing I have noticed since returning to the hobby is the sheer breadth and quaility of equipment and ingredients now available compared to what I remember way back when.
Anyhow, great to be here
Cheers
Philphy
Nice to be here amongst a whole bunch of fellow brew enthusiasts. I live in NZ although I have been all over the world as a tourist and even lived in China for a while. Anyhow I started brewing beer in NZ as long ago as the early 1980's. More of an economic necesity in those days. We brewed mostly cheap kit beers and we were not too adventurous. I always remember that the beer we made was rarely satisfactory and had a distinctive home brew twang. Into the present and about a year ago I got interested in the hobby again when a good mate purchased some fairly good quailty brewing equipment and much to my surprise started to brew some pretty respectable beers. Anyhow since then I have also gotten back into brewing having aquired a couple of pressure fermenters and an all grain system and have been really pleased with the results. Thursday nights myself and a few buddies congregate around at a mates house where we have tasting sessions and swap brewing tales - that get longer as the night gets darker. One thing I have noticed since returning to the hobby is the sheer breadth and quaility of equipment and ingredients now available compared to what I remember way back when.
Anyhow, great to be here
Cheers
Philphy
