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Hi everone, I've been watching the forum for a while now with the ambition to brew some beer, but now it's time to get going since I now have a keg to put it in. Haven't made beer since I was a teenager so I thought I'd give it a try again. Yes, I said a teenager. I think I was 16 or so. Convienced my parents that since the drug store would sell it to me it was ok to make. Didn't turn out very good so I'm homefull the new kits will be better and I can learn to make it well. Been making fruit based wine for nearly as long so I don't think it will be too much of a shift. Thought I'd start simple so I've got a Festa kit on the go now, so time will tell.

Welcome aboard!

Festa Brews are a great way to start (or get back) into beer making. It allows you to practice the important stuff like cleaning/sanitation, and fermentation temperature control (the first you would already be well versed in with wine, but the second isn't as critical in the wine biz). Then you can get into the more creative side of things with recipe development.

Careful with that Festa Kit, It will get you hooked on brewing and you won't be able to turn back. It's happened before ...a few times.

the-mailman wrote:Hi everone, I've been watching the forum for a while now with the ambition to brew some beer, but not it's time to get going since I now have a keg to put it in. Haven't made beer since I was a teenager so I thought I'd give it a try again. Yes, I said a teenager. I think I was 16 or so. Convienced my parents that since the drug store would sell it to me it was ok to make. Didn't turn out very good so I'm homefull the new kits will be better and I can learn to make it well. Been making fruit based wine for nearly as long so I don't think it will be too much of a shift. Thought I'd start simple so I've got a Festa kit on the go now, so time will tell.

Welcome. Festa will get you hooked. I started on Festa, moved to the stove top kits and now I'm full blown all grain in just over a year. Wouldn't change it for the world.

Welcome!