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My boyfriend (Derek) and I have been home brewing for a few years. So far we have only done the Festa Brew kits, and Derek has added hops to a couple of our more recent batches, and it has turned out well. He usually deals with the beer, and I deal with the wine. We also snagged one of the Tideview ciders from Noble Grape-it's our first cider, and I'm excited to try it!
We'd like to get in to brewing from scratch sometime soon.This seems like a great place for information!
Hey there!
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At Alexander Keith's we follow the recipes first developed by the great brewmaster to the absolute letter. 
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"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.
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Festas are a great way to start! They make some tasty beers and kickstart the addiction to brewing. We haven't moved too far past them yet, just a couple of all grains with other brewers. The Brewnosers are a great crew and this forum has been an invaluable resource.
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Hi Susan and Derek
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Welcome! I also moved away from Festa kits in the summer. I would personally recommend the Partial Grain kits you can get as the next step as it's fairly an inexpensive step.
Check out https://www.everwoodavebrewshop.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; for your brewing needs. Dave is our well known secret around here, is a brewer himself, and can get you setup with just about anything you need and is located out in Hammonds plains.
If you have any questions, let us know
Check out https://www.everwoodavebrewshop.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; for your brewing needs. Dave is our well known secret around here, is a brewer himself, and can get you setup with just about anything you need and is located out in Hammonds plains.
If you have any questions, let us know
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